On June 1 2023, the amended Payment Services Act (the "PSA" or "amended PSA") went into effect along with the Cabinet Office Ordinance on Electronic Payment Instruments...

7 月号のニュースレターに続いて、本ニュースレターでは、AI 規則の規制と EU で事業を展開する すべての企業に対して予想される影響について&#

Recent events, including the trade conflict between the USA and China, the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, have heightened global interest in international trade...

Climate – the law governing operations that emit Greenhouse Gases (e.g. carbon trading) is addressed by Environment and Climate Change international guides...

本件は、「振動機能付き椅子」という名称の発明に係る特許権（以下「本件特許」）を有する控訴人（原審原告）が、被控訴人（原審被告A

In recent years, a growing number of companies have considered doing business in which tokens on blockchains represent real-world assets and these tokens are traded online not just in Japan...

Discussion concerning the so called "social clause"1 took place under the GATT/WTO,2 and was finally settled in 1996 by the WTO Singapore Ministerial Declaration paragraph 4...

Lately, global-level issues and the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that indicate the goals for solving these issues have been drawing more attention.

日本企業が海外の企業に投資するにあたり、まず確認しなければならないのは各国における外資による投資規制です。規制対象となる投資

東南アジア知財アップデート： インドネシア改正特許法及び改正商標法のポイント

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an international network of consumer protection authorities in more than 70 countries, including the International Consumer Protection and Enforcement Network's (ICPEN)...

The most recent amendments to the Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (the "Disability Discrimination Act", ) require not only government agencies...

Within just over a year of the FSR coming into force, the EC has published a Staff Working Document ("SWD") consisting of questions and answers on certain key aspects of the FSR on 26 July 2024.

Lately, global-level issues and the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that indicate the goals for solving these issues have been drawing more attention.

Previously, Japanese labor laws and regulations required employers to pay wages to their workers only in cash or by transfer into the workers' bank accounts or other similar accounts at financial...

Do foreign lenders (including non-bank foreign lenders) require a licence/regulatory approval to lend into your jurisdiction or take the benefit of security over assets located in your jurisdiction?

On May 15, 2024, the Diet passed into law amendments to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (the "FIEA") (the "Amendments"). While the Amendments contain many important measures, one of the noteworthy measures...

経済産業省は、2018年4月に「キャッシュレス・ビジョン」を策定し、キャッシュレス決済比率を2025年までに4割程度にするという目標を掲げた。

EU の外国補助金規則（以下「FSR」）に基づく届出義務は 2023 年 10 月 12 日に発効しましたが、そ の後、欧州委員会は公共調達手続に関する FSR の届出に&

2025 年 2 月 13 日、公正取引委員会が医療機器等の製造販売業者の確約計画を認定しました。