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Other Link： http://hdl.handle.net/2115/88678

本会の倫理綱領は法的拘束力を伴ういわゆるハードローではない．他方，倫理綱領は関係する技術者等の行動の指針になるという意味で，いわゆるソフトローとなる．ソフトローについては，近時，大きく展開しており，倫理綱領の改定にあたってはその展開を視野に入れる必要がある．本稿は企業の社会的責任（CSR : Corporate Social Responsibility），持続可能な開発目標（SDGs : Sustainable Development Goals）及びESG（Environmental, Social and Governance）を概観し，今回の倫理綱領の改定との関係を検討する．

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技術者及びそれを雇用する企業には「コンプライアンス」が求められる．コンプライアンスとしてもちろん法令遵守が求められるが，それだけではなく，厳密には法令ではない規範の遵守も求められる．というのも，法令の制定（または判例の確立）には時間がかかるため，多くの場合，これらは技術の後追いになるためである．とすると，倫理綱領には法令遵守の促進に加え，このギャップを埋める機能が期待されるのではないか．本稿はこういった観点から「倫理と法」との関係を整理し，今般の倫理綱領の改定案との関係を検討する．

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Publisher：社会環境学会  

本稿は日本政府が定めた「責任あるサプライチェーン等における人権尊重のためのガイドライン」を分析することを目的とする。本ガイドラインは企業にサプライチェーン上での人権尊重の取組みを義務づけるが，なぜ人権の直接の侵害者以外の企業が責任を負うのか。本稿はその根拠を既存の法制度に求め，結論として，人権侵害を「引き起こす」場合は因果関係が，「助長する」場合は因果性及び主観的な共同性が，また，「直接関連する」場合は信頼関係及び報償責任が責任の積極的根拠となり，反面，結果回避可能性が責任の消極的根拠となっていることを示す。

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The "right to repair" is defined as the user's right to decide on the product, but current legislation takes forms of obligations to provide repair parts and repair manuals from authorized product manufacturers to the users or the independent repair service providers. In other words, the current “right to repair” legislation does not address the prevention of the repair by the manufacturer’s intellectual property rights. Then, what measures can be taken to tackle that situation? In this respect, in EU design law, the "repair clause" which legalizes repair using spare parts has existed since before the "right to repair" was discussed. This paper follows the discussion of the repair clause through the leading case, the Acacia case, and explores whether the clause contributes to the "right to repair" and the pros and cons of such clauses. As a conclusion, the repair clause of EU can support the "right to repair". On the other hand, the extensibility of the clause may differ depending on whether the rational of the exception provision is considered as the competition law and the exhaustion doctrine or, beyond the traditional those theories, given the meaning of an "environment-oriented" right to repair to promote the circular economy.

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The first session of the 117th Congress (2021-2022) was a year of significant change for supply chain security in two ways. The supply chain security community made progress on the revision of NIST SP 800-161, the basic document in the area of supply chain security, and on the rapid development of key policies in response to major security incidents, such as the Colonial Pipeline incident and the Log4j vulnerability incident.
On the other hand, there have been the following room to do. The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC), a framework for mandatory information security measures for contractors in the Department of Defense, was temporarily suspended. And a bill that would establish a new information sharing framework between the public and private sectors regarding security incidents did not reach an agreement. Those may indicate the difficulty of making information security management mandatory, which was originally based on the voluntary approach.

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Other Link： http://hdl.handle.net/2115/85972

Authorship：Lead author   Publisher：Institute for Information and Communications Policy  

The purpose of this study is to summarize the developments of the UK telecommunications law, particularly the regulations for BT as an infrastructure incumbent, and to highlight its characteristics.
In the U.K., Openreach, a wholly owned subsidiary of BT, is engaging telecom infrastructure business. Broadband operators in the U.K. still need to use Openreach's facilities in many geographic areas. Therefore, it is necessary to prevent abuse of a dominant position and preferential treatment of BT by Openreach. The former is an issue of "SMP (Significant Market Power) regulations" and the latter is an issue of "equality of access and operational separation."
Although there have been prior studies on the UK's telecoms law, there are two reasons why we have undertaken this study.
The first reason is to contribute to Japan's telecoms policy by updating the previous studies of UK's initiatives. As a background, the construction of high-capacity communication networks has become a global issue in the context of the demand for digitalization.
The second reason is to summarize the characteristics of the regulation for the British incumbent, with regards to the following factors: Japan's regulation for NTT is in its period of change; and ex-ante regulations for platforms based on the size of companies are being considered worldwide.
With the above in mind, this study focuses on the UK telecoms law since the 1980s. As a result, the following points can be highlighted: regulations for the incumbent operator has shifted its focus from service competition (promoting market entry and hence price competition) to infrastructure competition (encouraging investment by competitors); operational separation is exercised in the UK as "co-regulation" with a focus on organization; and the guiding principles of "competition/investment" and "organization (co-regulation)" can have a more general value, not limited to telecoms market.

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Publisher：The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research  

DOI： 10.11430/jsicr.39.4_119

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Other Link： https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jsicr/39/4/39_119/_article/-char/en

Responsible for pages：443-472   Book type：Scholarly book

橘雄介「Kimble最高裁判決を通して見る米国における特許権のミスユースの展開――財産権・反トラスト・パブリックドメインという観点から」田村善之（編）『知財とパブリック・ドメイン 1：特許法篇』（勁草書房 2023年1月、ISBN: 9784326404148）443-472頁【査読なし】

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Event date： 2022.12

Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

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Venue：早稲田大学  

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Other Link： https://ablp.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pastevent_intellectualpropertylaw.html

Presentation type：Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)  

Venue：オンライン  

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Venue：品川プリンスホテルNタワー  

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本報告はリコー・トナーカートリッジ事件の控訴審判決（知財高判令和4.3.29令和2年（ネ）10057号〔情報記録装置〕）の判例評釈である。この事件はリサイクル品に対する特許権に基づく請求が権利の濫用（民法1条3項）を構成するかが問題となり、後述の通り第一審は請求を棄却したが、控訴審は請求を認めた。では、いずれを是とすべきだろうか。この点、循環経済の観点から新たな分析はできないのだろうか。すなわち、既存の法理を超えたメタ的な価値から問題を捉えることはできないだろうか。本報告はこの観点から控訴審判決を批判的に検討する。

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Other Link： https://ablp.j.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pastevent_intellectualpropertylaw.html

Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)  

Venue：Tokyo University, Tokyo, Japan   Country：Japan  

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Language：English   Presentation type：Oral presentation (invited, special)  

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Publishing type：Research paper, summary (national, other academic conference)  

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Publishing type：Research paper, summary (national, other academic conference)   Publisher：THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS  

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Publisher：旭硝子財団  

DOI： 10.50867/afreport.2024_080

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Publishing type：Research paper, summary (national, other academic conference)   Publisher：THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS  

The European Commission has indeed proposed a draft Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) that will establish environmental requirements for products placed on the EU market. The Ecodesign Directive has already included repair requirements, such as the obligation to provide repair parts for a certain period of time after the product is placed on the market, but the products covered and the nature of the obligation were limited. The proposed regulation goes beyond this and includes a framework for providing repair information to independent repair service providers (product passport) and promotes the "right to repair."

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Publishing type：Research paper, summary (national, other academic conference)   Publisher：THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS  

The replication of third-party software in the realm of information security research has the potential to encroach upon the copyright of the said software. In this context, the Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States has determined that the replication of an operating system for the purpose of security research qualifies as fair use and does not constitute a violation of copyright. This case has garnered significant attention from researchers in the field of cybersecurity, with the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge submitting an amicus curiae. This report aims to analyze the aforementioned judicial ruling.

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Language：Japanese   Publisher：Fukuoka Institute of Technology  

This paper focuses on an online study abroad program and discusses its educational effectiveness. The measurement of educational effectiveness using rubrics will be addressed. In addition, an attempt to assess students' competencies will be presented.

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Publishing type：Research paper, summary (national, other academic conference)   Publisher：THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS  

In March 2023, the European Commission adopted a draft Directive on Common Rules to Promoting the Repair of Goods. The draft directive aims to make repairs more affordable for consumers and to reduce waste. The background is the so-called "right to repair" argument. This paper analyzes this draft directive and contributes to the "right to repair" legal policy.

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In December 2022, the Digital Fair Repair Act was passed in New York State, USA. This act is attracting attention as a "Right to Repair" law that requires manufacturers of digital devices to provide the same diagnostic and repair information to other independent repair businesses and consumers if they provide such information to certain repair businesses. However, the law also suffered a setback when it was signed by the governor, limiting the products covered by the law to those sold on the retail market. This report examines this law and analyzes its contents and underlying policies in order to contribute to future discussions of the Right to Repair.

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Publishing type：Research paper, summary (national, other academic conference)   Publisher：THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS  

This past September, the European Commission published the Cyber Resilience Act. It will establish security requirements for IT products. This report analyzes the new draft regulation from the perspective of cyber supply chain security.

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Publishing type：Research paper, summary (national, other academic conference)   Publisher：THE INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONICS, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERS  

Patent misuse is an unequitable extension of patent rights. When misuse is found, remedies for the patentee are denied. The interest of this paper is to obtain legal policy implications on the extension of patent rights. For example, in the U.S., how to make indirect infringement of patent rights more flexible is a legal policy issue, but on the other hand, expansion of the scope of patent rights may restrict competition. Therefore, the distribution of roles between patent law and antitrust law is also an issue in the extension of patent rights. These issues are common to Japan. This paper examines the development of misuse through the Kimble case, a Supreme Court decision on misuse by the U.S. Supreme Court, and points out that its characteristics are a departure from property rights doctrine, separation from antitrust law, and categorical protection of the public domain.

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Other Link： https://ipsj.ixsq.nii.ac.jp/ej/index.php?active_action=repository_view_main_item_detail&page_id=13&block_id=8&item_id=218254&item_no=1

Publishing type：Meeting report  

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Other Link： https://ipsj.ixsq.nii.ac.jp/ej/?action=pages_view_main&active_action=repository_view_main_item_detail&item_id=216772&item_no=1&page_id=13&block_id=8

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