Intellectual Property High Court

Coordinates: 35°40′31″N 139°45′10″E / 35.675256°N 139.752912°E / 35.675256; 139.752912The 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 Kasumigaseki, a district in Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo, Japan.

Chief judges of the IP High Court

1. Katsumi Shinohara (April 2005 - April 2007).^[1]

2. Tomokatsu Tsukahara (May 2007 - ca. August 2010).^[1]

3. Tetsuhiro Nakano (August 2010 - March 2012)^[2]^[3]

4. Toshiaki Iimura (March 2012 - June 2014).^{[citation needed]}

5. Ryuichi Shitara (June 2014 - January 2017).^{[citation needed]}

6. Misao Shimizu (January 2017 - May 2018).^{[citation needed]}

7. Makiko Takabe (May 2018 - ).^[4]

The Intellectual Property (IP) High Court was established on 1 April 2005,^[5] in order to accelerate and reduce the costs of patent litigation in Japan.^[6] 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).^[5]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.^[7]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b IP High Court web site, Chief Judge of the IP High Court Tomokatsu Tsukahara, consulted on 12 January 2008.
^ "Head of Japans IP High Court retires", Managing Intellectual Property, 20 August 2010.
^ Peter Ollier, "Inventor wins in PlayStation patent dispute", Managing Intellectual Property, 31 August 2010.
^ IP High Court web site, [1].
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b IP High Court web site, History Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, consulted on 12 January 2008.
^ Tsutomu Shibata, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Japan, Moving Toward a More Advanced Knowledge Economy, World Bank Publications, 2006, ISBN 0-8213-6672-6, p. 140.
^ "Courts in Japan" (PDF). Supreme Court of Japan. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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[greeting-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b IP High Court web site, Chief Judge of the IP High Court Tomokatsu Tsukahara, consulted on 12 January 2008.

[2] "Head of Japans IP High Court retires", Managing Intellectual Property, 20 August 2010.

[3] Peter Ollier, "Inventor wins in PlayStation patent dispute", Managing Intellectual Property, 31 August 2010.

[4] IP High Court web site, [1].

[history-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b IP High Court web site, History Archived 8 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine, consulted on 12 January 2008.

[6] Tsutomu Shibata, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Japan, Moving Toward a More Advanced Knowledge Economy, World Bank Publications, 2006, ISBN 0-8213-6672-6, p. 140.

[7] "Courts in Japan" (PDF). Supreme Court of Japan. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2021.

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