RCLIP
Waseda University’s Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property (RCLIP)
Waseda University and the Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property (RCLIP) are located in the heart of Tokyo, Japan.
Waseda University’s Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property (RCLIP)
In the context of the 2025 dialogue between the German and the Japanese Ministry of Justice in Tokyo, RCLIP is co-hosting a conference titled “Defending the Rule of Law”, along with the DJJV and other co-hosts. See here for further information and how to RSVP.
This annual report is a must-have for those involved in the field in Japan, providing an up-to-date overview of court precedents, academic theories, policies and industry, and foreign trends over the past year. Important topics are explained in special features and other articles.
The long-awaited Festschrift for RCLIP Senior Fellow Ryoichi Mimura has been published! See here for more information.
Makoto Hattori shares his insights from this year’s International Symposium on Intellectual Property Courts (JSIP) has been held annually, co-hosted by the Supreme Court of Japan, the Ministry of Justice, the Japan Patent Office, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, and the Intellectual Property Lawyers Network.
WIPO Member States held final negotiations on a New Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge at WIPO Headquarters in Geneva from May 13-24, 2024, with Ambassador Guillerme de Aguiar Patriotta, Brazil's Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO), chairing the diplomatic meeting which culminated in consensus approval of the new WIPO Treaty. I take this opportunity to share some considerations on the new WIPO Treaty, since Brazil was the leader of the final discussions and the subject is of great interest to Brazil.
Waseda University and the Research Center for the Legal System of Intellectual Property (RCLIP) are located in the heart of Tokyo, Japan.