
Top Accessed Articles Ranking: Legal Updates, Publications, and Seminars (September 11 – October 8, 2026)
1. Commencement of Acceptance of Submissions under the Principle Code on Intellectual Property Protection and Transparency for the Appropriate Use of Generative AI
2. Tentative Analysis of Principle Code for Protection of Intellectual Property and Transparency for the Appropriate Use of Generative AI (provisional title) (draft) Summary of Disclosure Items / Specific Examples
3. Court Case Review (Trademark): Shape of a Yakult drink bottle recognized as a 3D Trademark
URL: Court Case Review (Trademark): Shape of a Yakult drink bottle recognized as a 3D Trademark
4. Generative AI and Copyright — Consideration of Intellectual Property Systems in an AI Society
URL: Generative AI and Copyright — Consideration of Intellectual Property Systems in an AI Society
5. Period of Exception to Loss of Novelty is expanded from six months to one year
URL: Period of Exception to Loss of Novelty is expanded from six months to one year
