International Activities
The 21st Trilateral Users Meeting in Brussels, Belgium.
September 30, 2014, A Trilateral Users (JIPA, AIPLA & IPO, Business Europe) Meeting was held at the headquarters of Business Europe, Brussels, Belgium. Ms. Miyashita, project leader, Mr. Morita, assistant leader, Mr. Ohashi, chairman of the First International Committee, Mr. Yoshioka, vice chairman of the Second International Committee, and others participated from JIPA.Discussions for system harmonization on various items have been made in the Tegernsee Meeting, IP5 Patent Offices Meeting, etc. In the meeting of this time, we exchanged opinions as to which item we as a user group should conduct system harmonization on and what direction of system harmonization we should go forward in. Specifically, respective organizations expressed their points of view and exchanged opinions on a variety of items including the four items discussed in the Tegernsee Meeting. This time, in particular, eight countries and members of industry organizations participated as Business Europe and expressed their opinions and we found that there are a variety of points of view among them.
Based on the discussions of this time, we will organize the points of view on the items on which system harmonization should be considered, to get a consensus as the trilateral user group in the future.
The next "Trilateral Users Meeting" will be held in Japan in March next year on the occasion of the "Trilateral Patent Offices and Users Meeting".
