Access & Links

Address

TEL

03-5367-1351

FAX

03-5367-1353

Map

Ariga International Patent Office is a 7 minute walk from the Tokyo Metro Yotsuya-sanchome Station (Exit #2) or an 8 minute walk from the Tokyo Metro Shinjuku-gyoenmae Station (Exit #2).

Useful Links

Patent & IP Resources

Japanese IP Organizations

• Japan Platform for Patent Information (Plat-Pat)
• International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property of Japan (AIPPI-Japan)
• Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)
• The Institute of Intellectual Property (Japan)
• Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII)
• Japan External Trade Organization
• The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• The Intellectual High Court (Japan)

Foreign IP Organizations

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
• Europe’s Network of Patent Databases
• American Bar Association – Intellectual Property Law
• The IPR Helpdesk
• IP Law Server
• Selected Patent Law Decisions of the US Supreme Court
• The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan
• The British Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Patent Offices

• US Patent and Trademark Office
• European Patent Office
• Japan Patent Office
• Chinese Patent Office
• Korean Patent Office
• United Kingdom Patent Office
• Canadian Intellectual Property Office
• Hong Kong Patent Office
• Australian Patent Office

Translations of Japanese Laws Relating to Intellectual Property*

• The Patent Act
• The Utility Model Act
• Design Act
• Trademark Act
• Patent Attorney Act
• Plant Variety Protection and Seed Act
• Intellectual Property Basic Act
• Copyright Act
• Examination Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model in Japan

*While great care and effort has been taken in order to assure that the translations of these laws from Japanese into English are accurate, it is likely that some inconsistencies do exist. Should any disputes arise during prosecution relating to these acts, it has been the established protocol of the JPO to rely on the original Japanese text to resolve such disputes.