Japan IP Association
N. KujiExecutive Managing Director*ConfidentialJapan Intellectual Property Association
Establishment :1938
The patent applications filed by JIPA member
companies account for more than 80% of all patentapplications filed in Japan.
Given its considerable influence, JIPA has set itself
the high goal of contributing to sound global
industrial development through the use of IP*Confidential

1Organization chart
Chair person（１）Representative director

Vice Chair（２）Sony Fuji film

President（１）ToyotaVice president（５）SecretaryGeneral

Executivedirector*Confidential

Committee（21）Toshiba, Panasonic, Nissan, Kajima,
Sumitomo Chemical

Executive director（１）Director（14）Secretary Office

Kobe steel

Industry group
（８）

JIPA

Fujitsu, Canon, Kao, Mitsubishi Electric, Mazda,Takeda, NEC, Sony, Hitachi, Ajinomoto, NGK,Kaneka, Kobe steel, Sumitomo Electric,

Projects（８）2What is JIPA ?
 JIPA assists Japanese companies in leveraging
IP effectively to enhance their international
industrial competitiveness.
 JIPA has about 1,300 members.
 The patent applications filed by JIPA members
account for more than 80% of all the patentapplications filed globally.
 Through their business activities, companies
make decisions concerning IP, based on businesstrends and other information including JIPA
information.

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Training policy
 JIPA offers a unique personnel training system
whereby the senior employees of one company
coach the junior employees of other companies
through training and committee activities.
 The practical skills needed to make such decision
cannot be acquired only through the study of law,
but junior employees can learn them from senior
employees.
 This method has been in place since JIPA’sestablishment in 1938.
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4Training system
 JIPA runs more than 150 training courses, notonly for companies’ IP members, but also forbusiness owners, engineers, and personnel
working in other business sections including
sales, promotion, strategy planning, etc.
 JIPA training courses are designed by theTraining Planning Committee made by member
companies. That means essential programs forcorporate business are reflected directly and in atimely manner.

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5Number of trainee 15,000 / a year Not only studying through JIPA training courses,
but also participating in JIPA committee orproject is also effective to learn from senioremployees.
 Every year about 15,000 people participate in
JIPA training courses and programs.
 Every year about 1,000 people participate in
JIPA committee and project JIPA also runs overseas training programs thatprovide participants with the opportunity to stayin a foreign country for a certain period toreceive intensive expert training.
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More than 150 training courses
 Introductory knowledge course 5
 Basic knowledge course 10 Practical knowledge course 31
 Dispute study course 10

 Practical debate course 7
 Strategy course 2
 Foreign country law study course 16
 Foreign country staying course 6
 Business and engineering persons course 30

 Leader course 3
 New information seminar course 33*Confidential

7Member company’s Logo (sample)*Confidential

8Answer to matrix
Policy：Cover all types of IP in business
JIPA members are not only manufacturers but also
companies engaged in a diverse range of businessfields including banking, trade, mass media, digitalcontent, etc. It means IP includes also know-how,know-why, business solution, data management,
brand management, etc.
Check of suitability : All training courses aredesigned by Training Planning Committee, whichmeans training plan is made from view point ofbusiness.

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9Answer to matrix
Training : More than 150 courses
On the job training : Through business in each company
Evaluation : Whether effectively enhance member
companies’ international industrial competitiveness.

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