The Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) is a
non-profit
A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...
,
non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...
representing "industries and users of the
intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, co ...
(IP) system".
[JIPA web site]
''Introduction''
Consulted on May 1, 2009. It was established in 1938. It claims to be the largest private organization in
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
concerned with intellectual property rights,
[Katsunosuke Maeda, ''Introductory Greetings on the Publication of the Founding Edition of the “Journal of JIPA”. On the Founding Issue of the “Journal of JIPA”'', Journal of JIPA, Vol.1 No.1 2001, p. 3.] with more than one thousand members as of 2009.
See also
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Japanese patent law
Japanese patent law is based on the first-to-file principle and is mainly given force by the of Japan. Article 2 defines an invention as "the highly advanced creation of technical ideas utilizing the law of nature".
English translation
The de ...
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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 ...
References
External links
Japan Intellectual Property Association web site(English)
1938 establishments in Japan
Intellectual property organizations
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