اليابان

Date of Judgment: October 8, 2009

Issuing Authority: Supreme Court

Level of the Issuing Authority: Final Instance

Type of Procedure: Judicial (Civin( �b>

Subject Matter: Copyright and Related Rights (Neighboring Rights)

Summary of the judgment (decision):

Regarding the duration of copyright under the Old Copyright Act (before revision by Act No. 48 of 1970) of a work whose author is a natural person, when the fact that the natural person is the author is indicated using the real name thereof, and the work is made public, even if there is indication that the authorship of the work is attributed to an organization, Article 3 of the Old Act, not Article 6 of the Old Act, is applied, and the duration is determined on the basis of the time of death of the author.