The Intellectual Property High Court (, ''Chiteki-zaisan kōtō-saiban-sho''), sometimes abbreviated IPHC, is a special branch of Tokyo High Court in the

judicial system of Japan In the judicial system of Japan, the Constitution of Japan guarantees that "all judges shall be independent in the exercise of their conscience and shall be bound only by this constitution and the Laws" (Article 76). They cannot be removed from ...

. It is based in Nakameguro, a district in

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, Japan. The Intellectual Property (IP) High Court was established on 1 April 2005,IP High Court web site
''History''
, consulted on 12 January 2008. in order to accelerate and reduce the costs of

patent A patent is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the legal right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention for a limited period of time in exchange for publishing an sufficiency of disclosure, enabling discl ...

litigation in Japan. The IP High Court hears appeals from district courts in Japan on patent actions and suits against appeal/trial decisions made by the

Japan Patent Office The is a Japanese governmental agency in charge of industrial property right affairs, under the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The Japan Patent Office is located in Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda, Tokyo and is one of the world's largest pa ...

(JPO). The IP High Court is also the exclusive court of appeals on issues such as: the rights of authors of a computer program,

utility model A utility model is a patent-like intellectual property right to protect inventions. This type of right is available in many countries but, notably, not in the United States, United Kingdom or Canada. Although a utility model is similar to a patent ...

rights, and

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* 2005 establishments in Japan Courts and tribunals established in 2005 Intellectual property adjudication bodies Japanese patent law {{Japan-law-stub

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