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Is Using Images of Buildings a Legal Violation? Understanding Copyright and Trademark Rights

Is Using Images of Buildings a Legal Violation? Understanding Copyright and Trademark Rights

Photographs, movies, animations, games, VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), and merchandise are just a few of the many ways in which arch...

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Can Copyrights Be Granted to Ideas? The Boundary Between Expression and Idea

Can Copyrights Be Granted to Ideas? The Boundary Between Expression and Idea

Copyright is a right to protect creative works. According to the Japanese Copyright Law, it is defined as:"An expression of thoughts or feelings th...

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What is the Response to Administrative Penalties for Violations of the 'Japanese Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Act'? Explanation Including Examples

What is the Response to Administrative Penalties for Violations of the 'Japanese Pharmaceutical .

Under the Japanese Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, administrative measures such as business improvement orders and revocation of manufacturing and sale...

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What is Scraping? Explaining the Legal Challenges of this Convenient Data Collection Method that's Gaining Attention

What is Scraping? Explaining the Legal Challenges of this Convenient Data Collection Method that.

As advancements in data analysis and AI technology continue, 'data collection' is garnering attention. In this context, data collection through 'sc...

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Explaining the Conversion Claim Clause in Investment Contracts for Startups

Explaining the Conversion Claim Clause in Investment Contracts for Startups

An "investment contract" is a contract that a company enters into with investors when receiving investment. An investment contract includes various...

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Services as an Escrow Agent by Law Firms and Attorneys

Services as an Escrow Agent by Law Firms and Attorneys

Escrow is a mechanism that ensures the safety of transactions by involving a third party between the seller and the buyer. In other words, for exam...

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Interim Judgment in the 'Mario Kart' Case and Intellectual Property Rights Infringement

Interim Judgment in the 'Mario Kart' Case and Intellectual Property Rights Infringement

Nintendo filed a lawsuit against the public road kart rental company "Maricar" (now MARI Mobility Development) seeking an injunction and 50 million...

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What are the Cases and Reasons for a Lawyer to Decline a Case? An Explanation by a Lawyer

What are the Cases and Reasons for a Lawyer to Decline a Case? An Explanation by a Lawyer

Have you ever found yourself in a predicament and thought about consulting a lawyer?However, it's important to understand that lawyers are not obli...

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How to Write a Warning Letter When You Discover a Trademark Infringement

How to Write a Warning Letter When You Discover a Trademark Infringement

If there are products or services infringing on your company's trademark rights, the rights holder can demand the cessation of its use and claim da...

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What is Trademark Infringement? Explaining the Framework for Determining Illegality

What is Trademark Infringement? Explaining the Framework for Determining Illegality

By obtaining trademark rights for your company's products and materials, you can prevent so-called "Ripoffs".However, a trademark right is not, for...

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'What is the Abolished (Former) 'Japanese Attorney Fee Standard'? An Introduction to the Specific Calculation Method'

'What is the Abolished (Former) 'Japanese Attorney Fee Standard'? An Introduction to the Specifi.

When engaging a lawyer, it is naturally of great concern how much the cost will be.In fact, previously, each bar association to which a lawyer belo...

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What are the Differences and Distinctions between Dispatch, Secondment, Quasi-Delegation, Contracting, Disguised Contracting, and Worker Supply?

What are the Differences and Distinctions between Dispatch, Secondment, Quasi-Delegation, Contra.

Not only for IT companies and IT-related projects, but for all businesses, human resources and labor-related practices can often lead to complex le...

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Understanding the Criteria and Penalties (Imprisonment & Fines) for 'Trademark Infringement' Through Case Studies

Understanding the Criteria and Penalties (Imprisonment & Fines) for 'Trademark Infringement'.

Once you have registered your company name, product name, etc. as a 'Japanese Trademark Right', if someone else is using that trademark without per...

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'Points to Note When Using Free Materials with Limited Usage such as 'Personal Use OK''

'Points to Note When Using Free Materials with Limited Usage such as 'Personal Use OK''

When creating a website for your company, you might consider using free materials for buttons and icons.However, even though they are referred to a...

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'What is 'Japanese Job-Related Works'? Explaining the 4 Requirements and How Corporations Can Obtain Copyrights'

'What is 'Japanese Job-Related Works'? Explaining the 4 Requirements and How Corporations Can Ob.

Under the Japanese Copyright Law, the principle is that the person who actually created the work is the author. And this author holds the copyright...

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Disclosing Addresses and Real Names? When Does Reporting Crime Cross the Line into Privacy Infringement?

Disclosing Addresses and Real Names? When Does Reporting Crime Cross the Line into Privacy Infri.

Facts such as "being convicted of a crime" or "being arrested" are generally things that people do not wish to be made public. Reporting these fact...

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