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The “Fake GI” Problem That Does Not Disappear Even After Takedowns: The Weight of “Hida Beef” and “Yubari Melon” Flooding Overseas E-Commerce Sites

Even in Open Source, a “Name” Is Not Free to Use: The Notepad++ Controversy and the Boundary Between Code and Brand

How Enterprise Value Security Rights Could Change the Conventional Wisdom of Lending — Toward an Era of Lending Based Not on “Things,” but on the Future of a Business

A New Framework to Put “Unusable Copyrighted Works” into Circulation: What Japan’s Unmanaged Works Adjudication System Changes—and What It Does Not

What Vietnam’s Designation as a “Priority Foreign Country” Signals: IP Assessment Has Returned to the Forefront of Trade Negotiations

What Vietnam’s “Priority Foreign Country” Designation Signals: The United States Has Begun Re-centering Intellectual Property in Its Trade Pressure Strategy

What China’s 60% Share of AI Patents Reveals: The Real Battleground of Competition, as Seen from the “Digital China” Summit

Is the EU’s Version of “Buy European” Protectionism? How to Read the Industrial Acceleration Act That Provoked China’s Backlash

How Far Can AI Intellectual Property Be Protected? — New Risks in the Age of “Model Distillation” Revealed by U.S.–China Tensions

The Era Shown by Patent Tycoon: From “Learning” IP to “Managing” IP

AI Has Become “Learnable Intellectual Property” — The New Defense Line in the Era of Model Distillation Revealed by the DeepSeek Issue

Toward the Age of “Stolen AI” — The New Challenges for IP Protection Posed by U.S.-China AI Friction

Toward an Era of Not Only “Protecting” Culture but Also “Delivering” It: The Issues Highlighted by the New Commissioner for Cultural Affairs’ Vision for Supporting Cultural Outreach

“Claims of IP Theft Are Entirely Baseless”: What China’s Rebuttal Reveals — How Should We View Intellectual Property in an Era of Technological Hegemony?

What Tesla’s “Zero Federal Tax” Reveals: How Should We View the Boundary Between Lawful Tax Minimization and Corporate Governance?

What the 260 Million Yuan Counterfeit Baijiu Case Reveals: A New Battleground in China’s Premium Liquor Market, Live Commerce, and Intellectual Property Protection

What South Korea’s “World No. 1 in AI Patents Per Capita” Really Shows: National Strategy and Execution Beyond the Numbers

What Toyota’s Intellectual Property Achievement Award Reveals: The Current State of an IP Strategy Integrating Designs, Patents, and Trademarks

Design Is Not About “Appearance” but Competitiveness: The Essence of Design Strategy Revealed by Toyota’s Intellectual Property Achievement Award

Flea Market Apps Mass-Produce “Small Crimes” — The Risks of the Age of Individual Selling Revealed by the Fake Chanel Logo Case

Drug Prices Have Become a Trade Bargaining Chip: A New Phase of Institutional Competition Revealed by the U.S.-UK Pharmaceutical Agreement

Color Becomes a Brand — A New Stage for Sports Brands Signaled by Yonex’s Registration of “Blue & Green” as a Trademark

The Cox Ruling Is Not About “ISP Immunity”: Why Anti-Piracy Policy Is Shifting from Liability Theory to Blocking Orders

Can X Lose Just for “Turning a Blind Eye”? How the Cox Ruling Shifted the Center of Gravity in Platform Copyright Liability

Can the “Komyaku” Fan Creation Guide Turn Expo Memories into a “Post-Closing Asset”?

100% Tariffs Are Not “Pharmaceutical Sanctions” but a “Negotiation Mechanism” — How to Read the Trump Administration’s Section 232 Action

The USTR’s NTE Is No Longer an “Annual Report” — The 2026 Edition Shows the Operationalization of Trade Pressure

Will JASRAC Move Beyond “Collection and Distribution”? The Next Step for Music Copyright Infrastructure Suggested by the muside × KENDRIX Partnership

China Has Risen to “No. 9,” but It Is Still Not at the Top: What the National Innovation Index Report 2025 Really Tells Us About Where China Stands

Who Is “Royalty-Free” Royalty-Free for? — The Real Issue Raised by the Dolby v. Snap Lawsuit over AV1

Who Owns a Recipe? — Protecting Public and Private Recipes in Light of the “Aoi no Kyushoku-shitsu” Case

From Cost Center to Product-Creation Function: How Should We View Shimadzu’s Launch of “Genzo AI”?