{"id":48004,"date":"2025-04-28T12:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=legal_developments&#038;p=48004"},"modified":"2025-04-28T12:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:50:25","slug":"judgment-rendered-by-the-grand-panel-of-the-intellectual-property-high-court-on-march-19-2025-regarding-the-patentability-of-compositions-which-contemplate-medical-procedures-both-before-and-after-m","status":"publish","type":"legal_developments","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/thought-leadership\/judgment-rendered-by-the-grand-panel-of-the-intellectual-property-high-court-on-march-19-2025-regarding-the-patentability-of-compositions-which-contemplate-medical-procedures-both-before-and-after-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Judgment rendered by the Grand Panel of the Intellectual Property High Court on March 19, 2025, regarding the patentability of compositions which contemplate medical procedures both before and after manufacture"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Introduction<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>On March 19, 2025, the Grand Panel of the Intellectual Property High Court (the \u201cIPHC\u201d) rendered their judgment in a patent infringement case. The court reversed a Tokyo District Court\u2019s judgment and found that the defendant had infringed the plaintiff\u2019s patent.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This case represents the 16th Grand Panel judgment of the IPHC<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> and was subject to a proceeding calling for third-party opinions (Japanese procedure allowing for non-party submissions of briefs similar to amicus curiae briefs)<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This newsletter provides an overview and explains the significance of this judgment based on the text of the judgment published on the official website of the IPHC.<\/p>\n<p>View original article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noandt.com\/en\/publications\/publication20250331-1\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[Authors]<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"642\"><strong>Kenji Tosaki <\/strong>(Partner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"642\"><strong>Masato Kumeuchi<\/strong> (Partner)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"642\"><strong>Soichiro Unami<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a> A Grand Panel judgment is not a judgment relating to a single case; rather, several judgments\/decisions relating to several cases addressing the same legal issues were rendered by the Grand Panel of the IPHC on the same day. By counting such group of judgments\/decisions collectively as one Grand Panel judgment, this case is recognized as the 16th Grand Panel judgment issued.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a> A proceeding calling for third-party opinions (set out in Article 105(2-11) of the Patent Act) was introduced by the 2021 amendment to the Patent Act. This case is the second case in which third-party opinions were solicited by way of this proceeding. For information on the first case where third-party opinions were solicited, please refer to our NO&amp;T IP Law Update No.1, \u00a0\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.noandt.com\/en\/publications\/publication20230602-2\/\">Judgment rendered by the Grand Panel of the Intellectual Property High Court on May 26, 2023, regarding the Principle of Territoriality<\/a>\u201d (June 2023) and No.10, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.noandt.com\/en\/publications\/publication20250307-1\/\">Patents: \u2013 The Principle of Territoriality: Two Notable Judgments of the Supreme Court of Japan rendered on March 3, 2025<\/a>\u201d (March 2025).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-48004","legal_developments","type-legal_developments","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_developments\/48004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/legal_developments"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/legal_developments"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}