Tech Research
Reading technologies such as BitTorrent with the help of AI, and what they mean for the law.
Research notes by ITJ
Law × Technology × AI.
Lawyers experiment and record.
ITJ Law Office, a Tokyo law firm, studies the intersection of technology and law and shares the process.
THE THREE PILLARS
Three areas of research
Finding the questions between law and technology that do not yet have a name.
New Law
Explaining niche economic issues and new legal questions.
LATEST NOTE
In preparation: the first note is on its way.
AI Practice
Records of introducing AI into a law firm.
LATEST NOTE
In preparation: the first note is on its way.
NEW NOTES
Latest notes
What we thought about and learned along the way.
Tech Research
Civil Liability for BitTorrent Infringement in Japan: A Framework Overview
How Japanese rights holders pursue BitTorrent participants in civil court: the three-stage procedure and the leading Intellectual Property High Court judgment.
Tech Research
BitTorrent Enforcement in Japan: Scale, Legal Basis and Criminal Exposure
What official statistics show about disclosure requests to Japanese providers, why participation in a BitTorrent swarm can infringe several exclusive rights, and how criminal enforcement is framed.
WORK IN PROGRESS
Research themes
Themes we plan to take up. We will publish our progress as notes.
In preparation
AI-assisted legal information guide
We are considering a conversational tool that provides general legal information. It does not give legal advice or consultation.
In preparation
AI in office work
We plan to test how AI can support routine office tasks, within the limits of confidentiality.
In preparation
AI in case-law research
We plan to examine how AI can help search and summarize published court decisions, and where it falls short.
EXCHANGE VIEWS
Exchange views with us
We would like to compare notes with lawyers and researchers in other jurisdictions who work on similar questions. One example is peer-to-peer copyright enforcement: Japanese content is shared through BitTorrent networks well beyond Japan, and we would like to hear how liability, damages and the identification of participants are handled elsewhere. We are equally interested in the use of AI in legal practice and in new legal questions raised by technology.
Scope: this is an exchange of general views and research among practitioners. We do not discuss specific pending matters, and we do not offer legal services, referrals or fee arrangements through this site.
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ABOUT
ITJ Lab is a record of research and experiments run by ITJ Law Office (Bengoshi Hojin ITJ Horitsu Jimusho), a member of the Daiichi Tokyo Bar Association. We try technology close to legal practice, and think about the law close to technology, and keep notes of the process.