2017(Wa)27378 (August 21, 2020) “Opdivo (Professor Honjyo and Ono Pharmaceutical v. Former Graduate under Professor Honjyo)” Case
Inventorship
(Conclusion)
Plaintiff’s inventorship is not admitted
When finding inventorship, the person’s contribution to the followings are considered:
(1) conceiving of the technical ideas of the Invention;
(2) preparing and selecting the anti-PD-L1 antibody; and
(3) designing and constructing the experimental system necessary for the demonstration of the hypothesis, and the degree of the person’s creative involvement in the process of performing individual experiments.
<Writer: Hideki Takaishi (Attorney-at-law licensed in Japan and California)>
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