＜IP High Court＞ 2007 (Gyo-Ke) 10209（December 26, 2007） “Packaging container” Case
Easiness to create the design
(Conclusion) Novelty should be found. (Applicant won.)
Since the applied design was created with creative ingenuity from various design choices, it is not easy for a person skilled in the art to create the applied design on the basis of the Prior design 3 by appling the Prior design 1 and the Prior design 2 (a design for a known packaging container in which the diameter of the applicator part is larger than that of the container main body part).
<Writer: Hideki Takaishi (Attorney-at-law licensed in Japan and California)>
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