Comprehensive Research on International Transactions and Copyright Law

著作权法小组和工业产权法小组由国际知识产权研究组成。从实践和理论的角度来看，这两个法律领域彼此密切相关，因此，两个小组都非常密切地进行了研究。版权法小组的研究目的是：(1)对日本版权法进行分析——日本政府已经宣布日本是一个“知识产权驱动型国家”——并提供必要的英文信息；(2)以立法或条约提案的形式提交版权法的规范性规则，我们认为这将有助于构建国际交易的基础设施。由于数字化和网络化技术的发展，著作权的创造、中介和行使涉及到各种行为主体，这给传统的著作权法律制度带来了重大挑战。在今后越来越多的国际版权交易中，我们不仅要提供关于日本版权法的准确信息，还要对我国版权法的重要问题进行批判性的评估和深入的分析。作为实现这一目标的第一步，我们选择了日本著作权法的重要案例并将其翻译成英文，同时也提供了日本著作权法的概述。在此过程中，小组成员一致认为，应将“间接版权侵权”（“第三方责任”）和“版权限制与例外”作为当代问题进行更深入的分析。除了提高国际交易的“透明度”外，我们也无法逃避与国际版权纠纷有关的各种问题，包括国际管辖权、适用法律、承认和执行外国判决。在研究的后半段，我们与国际研究网络合作，对这些问题进行了深入的分析。少

The Copyright Law Group and the Industrial Property Law Group consists of research on international intellectual property. Both areas of law are closely connected each other from a practical and theoretical point of view, therefore, both groups have conducted research together very closely.The purpose of the research of the Copyright Law Group was, (1) to make an analysis of the Japanese copyright law - where the Japanese government has declared Japan to be an "intellectual property driven country" - as well as to offer necessary information in English, and (2) to submit normative rules on copyright law as a legislative or treaty proposal, which we believe would contribute to the construction of an infrastructure on international transactions.Because of the development of digitization and networking technologies, various actors are related to the creation, intermediation and exploitation of copyright, which have brought a major challenge for the traditional copyright law regime. In ter … More ms of international copyright transactions, we have to not only offer accurate information about Japanese copyright law, but also make a critical assessment and a thorough analysis of important issues of our copyright law. As a first step to achieving this goal, we selected important cases of Japanese copyright law and translated into English, and also offered overviews of Japanese copyright law. During this process, the group members agreed that deeper analysis should be made for "indirect copyright infringement" ("third party liabilities") and "copyright limitations and exceptions" as contemporary issues.In addition to enhance the "transparency" of international transactions, we cannot escape from various issues related to international copyright disputes including international jurisdictions, applicable law, and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgment. In the second half of our research, we have made an intensive analysis on these issues, collaborating with international research networks. Less