Medical AI, software & IP
Localized editions of our Japanese articles — general information, not legal advice.
![Part 2: When a Nobel-Winning Discovery Ended Up in Court — The University–Pharma Royalty Trap [Paid]](/static/images/blog/fig/fig-univ-medai-ip-cases-2-discovery-to-courtroom.png)
Part 2: When a Nobel-Winning Discovery Ended Up in Court — The University–Pharma Royalty Trap [Paid]
Who owns a Nobel-caliber discovery—and what is a 'fair' price for it? Using the landmark Opdivo royalty fight…
Part 1: How One University's Patents Produced Both a "Winner" and a "Loser" — The IP Design That Sealed the Fates of Medical Startups
Medical startups commercialize universities' basic research. In the US and EU, patents originating from the s…
![Part 5: How to Actually Protect a Medical-AI Web App in the Cloud Era (Series Finale) [Paid]](/static/images/blog/fig/fig-medai-web-patent-strategy-5-p5-hero.png)
Part 5: How to Actually Protect a Medical-AI Web App in the Cloud Era (Series Finale) [Paid]
"If we patent it, can't a competitor just move their servers offshore and walk away?" It's the single most co…
![Part 3: Does a Patent Really 'Reach' a Medical AI Service? The Architecture That Decides [Paid]](/static/images/blog/fig/fig-medai-web-patent-strategy-3-p3-hero.png)
Part 3: Does a Patent Really 'Reach' a Medical AI Service? The Architecture That Decides [Paid]
Cloud teams routinely blur a system's national location with region selection and multi-region backups. A 202…
![Part 2: Can a Server Abroad Still Escape a Patent? Inside the Landmark Dwango v. FC2 Ruling [Paid]](/static/images/blog/fig/fig-medai-web-patent-strategy-2-cross-border-data-hero.png)
Part 2: Can a Server Abroad Still Escape a Patent? Inside the Landmark Dwango v. FC2 Ruling [Paid]
For decades, engineers assumed that hosting a server overseas placed a system beyond the reach of Japanese pa…
Part 1: Inference in the US, Database in Europe — Can Japanese Patent Rights Reach "Borderless Medical AI"?
Just by choosing an AWS region, the frontend, AI inference, database, and backup end up in separate countries…
![Part 4: When Your Customer Is Anyone — or an AI — Anywhere: API Access and the Vanishing 'Infringer' [Paid]](/static/images/blog/fig/fig-medai-web-patent-strategy-4-p4-hero.png)
Part 4: When Your Customer Is Anyone — or an AI — Anywhere: API Access and the Vanishing 'Infringer' [Paid]
Do you really have to file patents in every country on Earth to protect a medical AI app? A landmark Japanese…
![Why Only a "Handful of Companies" Reaped Enormous Profits from mRNA Vaccines —— How Patent Strategy Decided Pharmaceutical Supremacy [Paid]](/static/images/blog/ai/mrna-dominant-design.png)
Why Only a "Handful of Companies" Reaped Enormous Profits from mRNA Vaccines —— How Patent Strategy Decided Pharmaceutical Supremacy [Paid]
How did the mRNA vaccine oligopoly come about? An IP-perspective explanation covering dominant design, divisi…
Playing the piano pedal with your head — inside the bFaaaP Open Source Project
bFaaaP is an AI assistive pedal that achieves piano sustain from head motion instead of the foot. A friendly …
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