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Japan court rejects ex-Nihon employee's inventorship claim, citing digital evidence

By Toko Sekiguchi ( November 20, 2025, 08:17 GMT | Insight) -- An Osaka District Court has dismissed a former employee’s 20 million yen ($127,000) lawsuit against automotive-lighting maker Nihon Coating in a ruling that underscores Japanese courts’ interpretation of inventorship. An Osaka District Court has dismissed a former employee’s 20 million yen ($127,000) lawsuit against automotive-lighting maker Nihon Coating, ruling that the plaintiff was not an inventor of six LED headlamp patents and that their name appeared on two of them only as a gesture of goodwill....

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