Utility Model Act of Japan
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The Utility Model Act of Japan is a Japanese intellectual property law that provides protection for technical ideas related to the shape or structure of devices, offering a simpler and shorter-term alternative to patent protection.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Utility Model Act of Japan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2259085 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Utility Model Act of Japan Context triple: [Intellectual Property High Court, appliesLaw, Utility Model Act of Japan]
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A.
Antimonopoly Act of Japan
The Antimonopoly Act of Japan is the country’s core competition law that prohibits monopolistic practices, unfair trade restraints, and anti-competitive mergers to maintain fair and free markets.
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B.
Administrative Procedure Act of Japan
The Administrative Procedure Act of Japan is a fundamental law that standardizes and ensures fairness, transparency, and due process in administrative actions and decision-making by Japanese government agencies.
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C.
Judicial Scrivener Act of Japan
The Judicial Scrivener Act of Japan is the law that defines and regulates the qualifications, scope of work, and professional responsibilities of judicial scriveners, who handle legal documentation and certain limited legal procedures in Japan.
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D.
Subcontract Act of Japan
The Subcontract Act of Japan is a competition law designed to protect subcontractors from unfair trade practices by larger contracting firms, particularly in areas such as delayed payments, unilateral contract changes, and abuse of bargaining power.
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E.
Cabinet Law of Japan
The Cabinet Law of Japan is a fundamental statute that defines the organization, powers, and procedures of the Japanese Cabinet within the country’s constitutional framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Utility Model Act of Japan Target entity description: The Utility Model Act of Japan is a Japanese intellectual property law that provides protection for technical ideas related to the shape or structure of devices, offering a simpler and shorter-term alternative to patent protection.
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A.
Antimonopoly Act of Japan
The Antimonopoly Act of Japan is the country’s core competition law that prohibits monopolistic practices, unfair trade restraints, and anti-competitive mergers to maintain fair and free markets.
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B.
Administrative Procedure Act of Japan
The Administrative Procedure Act of Japan is a fundamental law that standardizes and ensures fairness, transparency, and due process in administrative actions and decision-making by Japanese government agencies.
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C.
Judicial Scrivener Act of Japan
The Judicial Scrivener Act of Japan is the law that defines and regulates the qualifications, scope of work, and professional responsibilities of judicial scriveners, who handle legal documentation and certain limited legal procedures in Japan.
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D.
Subcontract Act of Japan
The Subcontract Act of Japan is a competition law designed to protect subcontractors from unfair trade practices by larger contracting firms, particularly in areas such as delayed payments, unilateral contract changes, and abuse of bargaining power.
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E.
Cabinet Law of Japan
The Cabinet Law of Japan is a fundamental statute that defines the organization, powers, and procedures of the Japanese Cabinet within the country’s constitutional framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese statute
ⓘ
intellectual property law ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Japan Patent Office ⓘ |
| allows |
conversion between patent application and utility model application under certain conditions
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priority claim from patent applications under certain conditions ⓘ |
| basedOn | registration without substantive novelty examination ⓘ |
| complements | patent protection system in Japan ⓘ |
| contains |
provisions on assignment and licensing of utility model rights
ⓘ
provisions on invalidation trials ⓘ provisions on rights to obtain a utility model registration ⓘ provisions on term and lapse of rights ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| enforcement | civil litigation in Japanese courts ⓘ |
| excludes |
biotechnological inventions as such
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chemical substances as such ⓘ methods ⓘ |
| field |
industrial property
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intellectual property law ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| legalRemedy | exclusive right to commercially exploit registered utility model ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Japanese law ⓘ |
| objective | to promote the development of industry through protection of device-related technical ideas ⓘ |
| protects |
technical ideas related to the combination of devices
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technical ideas related to the shape of devices ⓘ technical ideas related to the structure of devices ⓘ utility models ⓘ |
| provides |
shorter-term protection than patents
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simpler protection than patents ⓘ |
| purpose | to encourage protection of minor inventions and device improvements ⓘ |
| registrationSystem | non‑substantive examination system ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Design Act of Japan
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Patent Act of Japan ⓘ Trademark Act of Japan ⓘ |
| requires |
formal examination only at filing
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industrial applicability of the device ⓘ inventive step at a lower level than patents ⓘ novelty of the device ⓘ request for technical opinion before enforcement ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
combination of articles
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shape of an article ⓘ structure of an article ⓘ |
| termOfProtection | 10 years from filing date ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Utility Model Act of Japan Description of subject: The Utility Model Act of Japan is a Japanese intellectual property law that provides protection for technical ideas related to the shape or structure of devices, offering a simpler and shorter-term alternative to patent protection.
Referenced by (2)
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