Links

Links to the sites of creators
Homepages by inventors and creators
SOUNDSTORAGE(Japanese)
http://soundstorage.net/

This is a homepage by Mr. Nobushige Baba, a composer of game music. The BGMs used in the games "Tristia of The Deep-blue Sea" and "Magical Twirler Angel Rabbi" are his works. You can listen to part of his game BGMs.

Links to companies and organizations
Homepages by associations of companies that materialize and adopt prospective inventions and new ideas

Small Medium Enterprise Trade Network System(SMET)(Japanese)
http://www.pio.or.jp/smet/index.html
A page of SMET, a search page by Ota City Industrial Promotion Organization, an industrial group comprising companies of Japan's top-level technologies. On this homepage, you can search small-to-medium-sized manufacturers located in industrial cities of all over Japan.
J-Net21(Japanese)
http://j-net21.jasmec.go.jp/
A page of J-Net21, a portal site for small and medium companies run by Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation. On this homepage, you can search information on products and techniques of small and medium companies.

Links to universities and colleges
Homepages by universities/colleges and the related organizations.

NUBIC (Nihon University office of Business, research and Intellectual property Center) (Japanese/English)
(top)http://www.nubic.adm.nihon-u.ac.jp/english/index_e.html
Homepage by NUBIC, an organization with the functions of the TLO (Technology Licensing Organization) and the intellectual property department of Nihon University. The inventions achieved by Nihon University are introduced.
Cornell University (English)
(top)http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/
(Link to the page concerning patent) http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/patent.html
(Link to the page of the supremecourt collection) http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/
A page of J-Net21, a portal site for small and medium companies run by Japan Small and Medium Enterprise Corporation. On this homepage, you can search information on products and techniques of small and medium companies.

Links to academic institutions
Homepages for those who are interested in the inventions achieved by academic institutions

JST (Japan Science and Technology Corporation) (Japanese/English)
(top)    http://www.jst.go.jp/
(Link to the page concerning intellectual properties)  http://www.jst.go.jp/giten/saiteki/index.html
Homepage by Japan Science and Technology Corporation, a foundation under the Ministry of Education, conducting basic researches and development and dissemination of new technologies for the promotion of science and technology in Japan. The organization runs "National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation" at Odaiba, Tokyo.
Max Planck Society (English/German)
(top)  http://www.ip.mpg.de/ 
(Link to the page concerning intellectual properties)http://www.ip.mpg.de/Enhanced/Deutsch/Homepage.HTM
Homepage by Max Planck Society, a research organization in Munich, Germany, covering a wide research fields of from natural sciences such as biotechnology and physics and life sciences to social sciences including intellectual property law.

Links to public institutions
Homepages by governmental organizations of various countries and international organizations concerning intellectual properties including patent offices

Trilateral Web Site (English)
http://www.jpo.go.jp/torikumi_e/kokusai_e/tws/twsindex.htm

The World Trade Organization (English)
http://www.wto.org/

WIPO: World Intellectual Property Organization (English)
http://www.wipo.org/
Homepage by WIPO, an organization under the United Nations. On this homepage, you can search patent literature and download the patent application supporting software such as PCT-EASY.
Japan Patent Office(Japanese/English)
http://www.jpo.go.jp/index.htm
Homepage by Japan Patent Office. New information on its top page is essential to know the present situation of the Japanese patent system. The Industrial Property Digital Library page enables you to do literature searches of intellectual properties including patents.
United States Patent And Trademark Office (English)
http://www.uspto.gov/
(Link to the page of Related Web Sites)http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/other.html
Homepage by United States Patent And Trademark Office. On this homepage, literature searches of intellectual properties are available.
The United States Copyright Office (English)
http://www.copyright.gov/

European Patent Office (English)
http://www.european-patent-office.org/
Homepage by European Patent Office. On this homepage, literature searches of intellectual properties are available.
Agency for Cultural Affairs(Japanese/English)
http://www.bunka.go.jp/english/2002-index-e.html
Homepage by the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs. The homepage provides information about the copyright law system and a list of copyright management businesses.
Supreme Court(Japanese/English)
http://courtdomino2.courts.go.jp/home.nsf/ehome?OpenPage
Homepage by Supreme Court of Japan. On this homepage, you can search legal precedents relating to intellectual properties.
CAFC (Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit) (English)
http://www.fedcir.gov/
Homepage by CAFC corresponding to the Japanese High Court. On this homepage, you can view the court decisions by CAFC.
The homepage of the Plant Variety Protection(Japanese/English)
http://www.hinsyu.maff.go.jp/english/index.htm

The Japan Fair Trade Commission(Japanese/English)
http://www2.jftc.go.jp/e-page/index.htm
Homepage by the Japan Fair Trade Commission. The homepage provides important documents including the guidelines for the patent and know-how licensing agreements under the antimonopoly law.
APEC: (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference)(English)
(top)  http://www.apecsec.org.sg/
(Link to the page concerning intellectual properties)http://www.apecsec.org.sg/apec/apec_groups/committees/committee_on_trade/intellectual_property.html
Homepage by APEC, a forum for promotion of trades and economic cooperation among Asia-Pacific countries. The homepage contains a page of IPEG (the Intellectual Property Rights Experts' Group), a group under APEC.

Links to the sites concerning intellectual properties
Homepages providing information concerning intellectual properties

Yahoo Japan
http://dir.yahoo.co.jp/Government/Law/Intellectual_Property/
Page by a search site "Yahoo! Japan" concerning intellectual property rights. From this page, you can go further to pages on the subcategories of intellectual property rights.
Braina Co., Ltd.
http://search.braina.com/html/10_02.html
Page by "Chiteki Zaisan Johokyoku," a search site concerning intellectual properties, providing information on license trade businesses. From this page, you can move to the homepages of license trade businesses like us.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TODAY
http://www.iptoday.com/
Homepage by "Intellectual Property Today," a magazine published by Omega Communications focused on issues in intellectual properties. Back issues of the magazine are also viewable.