2017(Wa)40337 (July 22, 2020) “Information Storage Device” Patent Infringement Case (Ricoh v. Toner cartridge recycling companies)

Antimonopoly Act (and Patent Act)

 (Conclusion)
Infringement is NOT found

This is the first case in which a Japanese Court recognized the plaintiff’s acts as a violation of the Antimonopoly Act (Article 19 and Article 2, Paragraph 9, Item 6 of the Antimonopoly Act, and Paragraph 14 of the Designation of Unfair Trade Practices) and dismissed the plaintiff’s claims for injunction and compensation for damages on the grounds that said claims constitute an abuse of rights.

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<Writer: Hideki Takaishi (Attorney-at-law licensed in Japan and California)>

https://www.ip.courts.go.jp/app/files/hanrei_en/991/002991.pdf