Japan Intellectual Property Association

The Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization representing "industries and users of the intellectual property (IP) system".JIPA web site, [http://www.jipa.or.jp/english/what/index.html Introduction]. Consulted on May 1, 2009. It was established in 1938.Katsunosuke Maeda, [https://web.archive.org/web/20060721175209/http://www.jipa.or.jp/content/english/journal/vol1_01/2001_1_01.pdf Introductory Greetings on the Publication of the Founding Edition of the “Journal of JIPA”. On the Founding Issue of the “Journal of JIPA”], Journal of JIPA, Vol.1 No.1 2001, p. 2. The Internet Archive, archived on July 21, 2006. It claims to be the largest private organization in Japan concerned with intellectual property rights,Katsunosuke Maeda, Introductory Greetings on the Publication of the Founding Edition of the “Journal of JIPA”. On the Founding Issue of the “Journal of JIPA”, Journal of JIPA, Vol.1 No.1 2001, p. 3. with more than one thousand members as of 2009.