Intellectual Property High Court

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{{coord|35.641651|139.703047|display=title|type:landmark}}The Intellectual Property High Court ({{lang|ja-Hani|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 web |title=ACCESS |url=https://www.ip.courts.go.jp/eng/info/access/index.html |website=Intellectual Property High Court |accessdate=2023-02-11}}

The Intellectual Property (IP) High Court was established on 1 April 2005,IP High Court web site, [http://www.ip.courts.go.jp/eng/aboutus/history.html History] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808172119/http://www.ip.courts.go.jp/eng/aboutus/history.html |date=8 August 2007 }}, consulted on 12 January 2008. in order to accelerate and reduce the costs of patent litigation in Japan.Tsutomu Shibata, Hirotaka Takeuchi, Japan, Moving Toward a More Advanced Knowledge Economy, World Bank Publications, 2006, {{ISBN|0-8213-6672-6}}, p. 140. 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). 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 web|date=20 January 2020|title=Courts in Japan|url=https://www.courts.go.jp/english/vc-files/courts-en/file/2020_Courts_in_Japan.pdf|access-date=10 June 2021|website=Supreme Court of Japan}}

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style="text-align:center;" |Chief judges of the IP High Court

style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;" |1. Katsumi Shinohara (April 2005 – April 2007).IP High Court web site, [http://www.ip.courts.go.jp/eng/aboutus/index.html Chief Judge of the IP High Court Tomokatsu Tsukahara], consulted on 12 January 2008.

style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;" |2. Tomokatsu Tsukahara (May 2007 – ca. August 2010).

style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;" |3. Tetsuhiro Nakano (August 2010 – March 2012)[http://www.managingip.com/Article/2654685/Managing-Patents/Head-of-Japans-IP-High-Court-retires.html "Head of Japans IP High Court retires"], Managing Intellectual Property, 20 August 2010.Peter Ollier, [http://www.managingip.com/Article/2659210/Inventor-wins-in-PlayStation-patent-dispute.html "Inventor wins in PlayStation patent dispute"], Managing Intellectual Property, 31 August 2010.

style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;" |4. Toshiaki Iimura (March 2012 – June 2014).{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;" |5. Ryuichi Shitara (June 2014 – January 2017).{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;" |6. Misao Shimizu (January 2017 – May 2018).{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

style="text-align:left; font-size:x-small;" |7. Makiko Takabe (May 2018 – ).IP High Court web site, [http://www.ip.courts.go.jp/eng/aboutus/index.html].