Intellectual Property High Court
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35°38′30″N 139°42′11″E / 35.641651°N 139.703047°E / 35.641651; 139.703047The Intellectual Property High Court (知的財産高等裁判所, Chiteki-zaisan kōtō-saiban-sho), sometimes abbreviated IPHC, is a special branch of Tokyo High Court in the judicial system of Japan. It is based in Nakameguro, a district in Meguro Ward in Tokyo, Japan.cite-ref-1[1]
The Intellectual Property (IP) High Court was established on 1 April 2005,cite-ref-history-2-0[2] in order to accelerate and reduce the costs of patent litigation in Japan.cite-ref-3[3] 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 (JPO).cite-ref-history-2-1[2] 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 rights, and integrated circuit layout design protection.cite-ref-4[4]
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References
cite-note-11. ↑ "ACCESS". Intellectual Property High Court. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
cite-note-history-22. ↑ IP High Court web site, History Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, consulted on 12 January 2008.
cite-note-44. ↑ "Courts in Japan" (PDF). Supreme Court of Japan. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
cite-note-greeting-51. IP High Court web site, Chief Judge of the IP High Court Tomokatsu Tsukahara, consulted on 12 January 2008.
cite-note-62. "Head of Japans IP High Court retires", Managing Intellectual Property, 20 August 2010.
cite-note-73. Peter Ollier, "Inventor wins in PlayStation patent dispute", Managing Intellectual Property, 31 August 2010.
cite-note-84. IP High Court web site, [1].
Further reading
• Katsumi Shinohara, Outline of the Intellectual Property High Court of Japan, AIPPI Journal, May 2005, p. 131.
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