About Intellectual Property System
Governmental Organizations
- Japan Patent Office (JPO)
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(MITI)
- Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
- The Ministry of Justice
- Agency for Cultural Affairs
- Japan Fair Trade Commission(JFTC)
- Japan Customs
Other Organizations
- Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
- Japan Federation of Bar Associations(JFBA)
- Daini Tokyo Bar Association
- Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII)
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Japan (AIPPI Japan)
- Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP)
- Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)
About Judicial System
- Supreme Court of Japan
- Intellectual Property High Court
About Laws, Statutes and Guidelines
- Judgments of the Supreme Court
- Japanese Law Translation
- Copyright Law of Japan
- JFTC Legislation and Guidelines
About Copyright
- Copyright Research and Information Center (CRIC)
- Software Information Center (SOFTIC)
- The Association of Copyright for Computer Software (ACCS)
- Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC)
About Licensing, Arbitration and Business
- Licensing Executives Society Japan (LES Japan)
- Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA)
- Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center (JIPAC)
- Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO)
About Technologies
- Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA)
To obtain Japanese IP Gazettes
- Japan Patent Information Organization (JAPIO)
- Japan Platform for Patent Information (J-PlatPat) of JPO
(How to obtain a machine translation of a Japanese patent publication from the IPDL)
- Click the “Patent & Utility Model Gazette DB” to show the input page.
- Input the “Kind Code” and “Number” of the publication you want and click the “Search” button to conduct a search.
- Click a publication number link text in the left frame to select the publication, and an English patent abstract will be shown in the right frame.
- Click the “DETAIL” button in the upper frame and you will get a machine translation of the claims.
- Click an appropriate link text such as “DETAILED DESCRIPTION” in the upper frame to select a section to be translated.