Research and study conducted by IIP in FY 2011 is as follows.The reports(Japanese text) are available at the Institute of Intellectual Property Library.
| The Exercise of Essential Patents for Standards | summary |
| Desirable Design System toward Accession to the Hague Agreement for the International Registration of Industrial Designs | summary |
| Desirable Design System toward Accession to the Locarno Agreement for the International Registration of Industrial Designs | summary |
| Amendment that Changes a Special Technical Feature of an Invention and Requirements of Unity of Invention | summary |
| Desirable Operations of Patent Microorganism Depositary Institutions | summary |
| Design System Corresponding to Design Protection in the Digital Society | summary |
| The Protection of Certification Marks under the Trademark Act | summary |
| “Actual State of Transactions” that are Taken into Consideration in Litigation Annulling of JPO Trial Decision on Trademark | summary |
| Licensing of Intellectual Property Rights and Trade Secret Management in Connection with Japanese Companies’ Expansion to Emerging Countries | summary |
| The Protection of Unregistered Technologies and Brands | summary |
| Quality Control (Management) of Operations Peripheral to Formality Examination and Other Operations | summary |
| FY2011 Analysis of Trends in Applications for Industrial Property Rights Aimed at Achieving New Growth in the Japanese Economy | summary |