Date of
Judgment: January 27, 2000
Issuing
Authority: Supreme Court
Level of
the Issuing Authority: Final Instance
Type of
Procedure: Judicial（Administrative）
Subject
Matter: Patent (Inventions)
Summary
of the judgment (decision):
A request
for an invalidation trial (Request A) would not become unlawful even if a final
and binding decision rendered by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) to dismiss the
claim in another request for an invalidation trial (Request B) filed with
regard to the same patent on the basis of the same facts and evidence is
registered after the filing of Request A.