"Patent and Utility Model Laws" in "Compendium of Japanese Business Law", ed. Baum/Bälz (Cologne 2011), p. 837-963 (in German)
出版物 | 04.02.2011
Author(s): Dr. G. Rahn, Dr. D. Schüßler-Langeheine, Dr. M. Dernauer, Dr. A. Petersen-Padberg, Dr. C. T. Steins, Dr. A. Dehner
In this German-language compendium on Japanese business law (German title: "Patent- und Gebrauchsmusterrecht" in "Handbuch Japanisches Handels- und Wirtschaftsrecht"), five attorneys-at-law and one patent attorney of HOFFMANN EITLE comprehensively discuss on more than 100 pages the laws regarding patents and utility models in Japan. In particular, the following topics are addressed:
- Historical developments and recent reforms
- Inventions as defined by the patent law
- Substantive requirements for obtaining a patent
- The right to an invention
- Grant, revocation and correction of patents
- The effect of patents (claims in case of infringement)
- Customs actions
- Patent infringement proceedings
- Particularities of utility models