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Japanese regulators to probe IP, know-how appropriation across industries

By Toko Sekiguchi ( August 18, 2025, 08:58 GMT | Insight) -- Japan’s competition and IP regulators will launch a wide-ranging investigation — the third stage in the government's effort to address IP abuses of bargaining power — that has so far addressed initial probes into manufacturers and startup partnerships. The new probe will consist of a comprehensive, cross-industry survey that will help shape Japan’s IP and competition strategies.Japan’s competition and IP regulators will launch a wide-ranging investigation into the treatment of intellectual property and know-how in business transactions this month, targeting around 40,000 companies across industries to determine whether suppliers face unfair appropriation of their intangible assets....

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