知的財産戦略についての取り組みと主要政策課題(<特集>知的財産戦略とイノベーション)
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The Japanese Government has been implementing a variety of measures to create, protect and exploitation of intellectual properties to improve the competitiveness of the Japanese industry and revitalization of the economy at large. These measures were prompted by the evolving "knowledge-based" economy, in which the intangible knowledge and information create values, as well as by the rapidly improving technological level of Asian countries. This trend was triggered by the Prime Minister's policy speech in February 2002, resulting in the establishment of the Strategic Council on Intellectual Property, which developed the Intellectual Property Policy Outline in July 2002. The Basic Law on Intellectual Property was enacted in November 2002, and its enforcement in March 2003 was accompanied by the establishment of the Intellectual Property Policy Headquarters. Finally, the Strategic Program for the Creation, Protection and Exploitation of Intellectual Property was formed in July 2003. The Program comprises 270 items classified into five categories : creation, protection, exploitation, and content of intellectual properties and human resources engaging in intellectual properties. For the creation of intellectual properties, the program requires more emphasis on the role of universities as the focus of the national innovation system to promote systematic developmental activities. The program emphasizes the enforcement of such measures as accelerated patent examination, creation of a high court for intellectual property conflicts, and prevention of piracy for effective protection of intellectual properties. In order to advance exploitation of intellectual properties, the program demands the industry of its own strategic thinking and effort, and provides for supportive measures including revision of the patent trust system and establishment of a patent pool to facilitate standardization. Some of these measures were modeled on the American "pro-patent" policies, whose experiences, including miscalculations, should provide valuable suggestions for establishing Japan's own intellectual property strategy.
- 2004-02-20