Website of the Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP) a research and development organisation which was established in 1989 and has offices in Japan and the United States. The site provides summaries of the IIP's research work which is focused on Japanese IP issues and includes topics such as the international harmonisation of trademark systems, influences of the patent system on the economy and patent protection in the fields of medicine and biotechnology. Selected examples of the IIP's research work are made freely available in full-text in PDF format. There are also summaries of work carried out by the IIP in collaboration with academics from other countries. A database of Japanese cases relating to intellectual property is made available in English and can be searched by court, case number, date, keyword or type of right. The site also links to a database of Asian IP precedents.
Institute of Intellectual Property
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IIP
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