This book examines how intellectual property (IP) is used in Japan, and how in recent years it has developed a new approach to IP, borrowed from the US and Europe, stressing the importance of innovation, to revitalise the Japanese economy from the stagnation and deflation that characterised the...

Roots of IP drive and economic globalization -- Japan as an IP nation -- Historical perspective of the economy and IP -- Cross-border IP and fast tracking of patent applications -- Changes to the patent court and employee's rights to compensation -- Changes in Japanese corporate governance --...