2019(Wa)1409 (July 22, 2020) ”VIRUS” Patent Infringement Case

“Working of the patented invention for experimental or research purposes” (Article 69-1 of the Patent Act)

(Conclusion)
“Working of the patented invention for experimental or research purposes” (Article 69-1 of the Patent Act) is admitted–Patentee lost

A case in which the Tokyo District Court found to the effect that experiments or research conducted to obtain marketing approval for a new (original) medicinal product also correspond to the “working of the patented invention for experimental or research purposes” set forth in Article 69, Paragraph 1 of the Patent Act. The right of a prior user was acknowledged.

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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/992/002992.pdf