We hereby announce that, in a patent litigation case in which our firm acts as counsel (Intellectual Property High Court, 2026 (Ne) No. 10041), a procedure for soliciting opinions from the general public as third parties under Article 105-2-11 of the Patent Act has been decided to be conducted.

In this procedure, the Intellectual Property High Court is soliciting third-party opinions on “matters relating to medical use inventions” and “matters relating to the scope of effect of patent rights for which the term has been extended.” For an overview of the case and details of the matters on which opinions are being solicited, please refer to the Intellectual Property High Court website at the link below.

https://www.courts.go.jp/ip/tetuduki/folder/index_10.html