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AIPLA comes to JIPA
On April 17, 2007, 25 members of Japan IP Practice Committee, AIPLA come to JIPA to have the annual opinion exchange. 15 people, mainly members of International Patent Committee #1 attended the meeting from JIPA side.
JIPA attendees consisting mainly International Patent Committee #1 reported about Japanese E-filing System based on last year’s Agreement of Trilateral Meeting and demonstrated Application software and its support software.
AIPLA member made presentations on M&A, IP management in multinational companies, American patent law revision and so on.
Due to a long friendship between AIPLA and JIPA, the meeting was in a friendly atmosphere from beginning to end, and it was in two-hour-brief -meeting, but covered a lot.
Agenda
ąŁ Due diligence procedures in an M&A context
(AIPLA) David Schnapf, Neil Henderson
ąŁ Recent developments in policies/politics related to patent pooling and industry
standards
(AIPLA) Naomi Voegtli, Thomas Reimann
ąŁ Pharmaceutical data exclusivity
(AIPLA) Soonhee Jang
ąŁ Recent developments in the JPO and courts regarding inventive step standard in Japan
(JIPA) Comments by: Hirohiko Usui
(AIPLA) Comments by: Steve Meyer
ąŁ U.S. Multinational Global IP Asset Management
(AIPLA) Mark Guetlich, Jim Trussell
ąŁ Update of US patent reform legislation and USPTO reform, including proposed
regulations on continuation applications and claims
(AIPLA) Alan Kasper
ąŁ Japanese E-Filling System - Demonstrations of application software and support software
(JIPA) Tetsuo Aoki, Toshiyuki Hori
[Update 2007-04-17 ]
