The Intellectual Property High Court of Japan established in April 2005 will have its 10th anniversary this April. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit founded in 1982 is the model for this IP specialized court. Its purpose is to provide more judicial protection for IP and to make unified decisions in IP cases.

However, there still remain three major issues in Japanese patent infringement litigation – the low number of cases, the low success rate, and the low damages amount.

Originally published in Legal Media Group on April 5, 2015.