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"The 5th IP5 Patent Offices & Users Meeting" and "IP5 Users Meeting"
The 5th IP5 Patent Office Presidents and IP5 Users Meeting between the patent offices (JPO, USPTO, EPO, CIPO, and KPO) and users was held at the Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo on June 1, 2016, subsequent to the 4th meeting held in Suzhou, China, last year. Presidents and vice presidents attended from the IP5 Offices, including Mr. Ito, Commissioner of JPO, and members of the Trilateral Users (JIPA, AIPLA & IPO, and Business Europe) meeting as well as KINPA (Korea Intellectual Property Association) of South Korea and PPAC (Patent Protection Association of China) of China attended as the IP5 Users just as last year.
This year, Mr. Ito, Commissioner of JPO and Mr. Takashi Suzuki, former Vice President of JIPA (2015), co-chaired the meeting. From JIPA, Mr. Kenji Kondo, President, Mr. Kazuyasu Adachi, Vice President, Mr. Naoto Kuji, Executive Managing Director, Mr. Minoru Kato, Managing Director, Ms. Miyashita, leader of the International Policy PJ, and some other members participated in the meeting. Mr. Francis Gurry, Director General of WIPO, also participated in the meeting as an observer.
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[Update 2016-06-28 ]
