Japan Intellectual Property Association
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The Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization
and bar association
representing "industries and users of the intellectual property
(IP) system". It was established in 1938. It claims to be the largest private organization in Japan
concerned with intellectual property rights, with more than one thousand members as of 2009.
Non-governmental organization
A non-governmental organization is a legally constituted organization created by natural or legal persons that operates independently from any government. The term originated from the United Nations , and is normally used to refer to organizations that do not form part of the government and are...
and bar association
Bar association
A bar association is a professional body of lawyers. Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their jurisdiction; others are professional organizations dedicated to serving their members; in many cases, they are both...
representing "industries and users of the intellectual property
Intellectual property
Intellectual property is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized—and the corresponding fields of law...
(IP) system". It was established in 1938. It claims to be the largest private organization in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
concerned with intellectual property rights, with more than one thousand members as of 2009.