In an important pro-patentee decision handed down in June, Japan's Supreme Court affirmed a patent holder's right to seek an injunction against an infringer, even if the patentee has granted an ...

The patent-damages landscape in Japan went through several important changes last year. Patentees now have additional bases to seek lost-profit damages and need not prove exploitation of patented ...

Convenience stores, ice and whisky first came as U.S. imports. Then, they were reinvented. By Anna Sherman Artwork by Keita Morimoto Japan has adopted many Americas. There’s the America of its postwar ...