35°38′30″N139°42′11″E / 35.641651°N 139.703047°E /35.641651; 139.703047TheIntellectual Property High Court (知的財産高等裁判所,Chiteki-zaisan kōtō-saiban-sho), sometimes abbreviated IPHC, is a special branch ofTokyo High Court in thejudicial system of Japan. It is based inNakameguro, a district inMeguroWard inTokyo, Japan.[1]
The Intellectual Property (IP) High Court was established on 1 April 2005,[2] in order to accelerate and reduce the costs ofpatent litigation in Japan.[3] The IP High Court hears appeals from district courts in Japan on patent actions and suits against appeal/trial decisions made by theJapan Patent Office (JPO).[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, andintegrated circuit layout design protection.[4]
| Chief judges of the IP High Court |
| 1. Katsumi Shinohara (April 2005 – April 2007).[5] |
| 2. Tomokatsu Tsukahara (May 2007 – ca. August 2010).[5] |
| 3. Tetsuhiro Nakano (August 2010 – March 2012)[6][7] |
| 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 – ).[8] |
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