NIHU participates in the “Project to Prepare a Headquaters for University Intellectual Property Management” implemented by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, together with the other Inter-University Research Institutes, and is strategically creating, obtaining and utilizing intellectual properties within the organization. In order to achieve this, each institute comprising NIHU not only manages and operates effectively the intellectual properties created and accumulated in the process of research and education, but also has been preparing a system to actively disseminate the results to the broader society. The Intellectual Properties Administration Office promotes the preparation of such a system, and engages in efforts to spread information on intellectual property rights.

  NIHU makes public the various databases held by each institute. However, in today’s world where protection of database rights is an important issue, it pays special attention to handling copyright in order to adequately protect the databases.

  Projects in FY 2005

(1)NIHU Intellectual Properties Seminars
Two seminars were held targeting researchers within the institutes of NIHU under the themes of “Images and rights handling” and “Copyright distribution technology in the digital era: Digital creation rights and the administration of digital rights.”

(2)Participation in “Innovation Japan 2005”
“Innovation Japan 2005” was a matching event between the cutting-edge technology projects in Japanese universities and the industrial world. NIHU participated by contributing a booth which exhibited the Project to Prepare a Headquaters for Intellectual Property Management in Inter-University Research Institutes.

(3)Database Directories Made Available
Database directories held by NIHU were made public on its website.

  Projects Scheduled for FY 2006

(1)Holding “NIHU Intellectual Property Seminars”
Seminars will be held mainly discussing the theme of “copyright.”