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	27 Feb.	Meeting Held between Minister Miyazawa of the METI and Dr. Francis Gurry, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
	27 Feb.	JPO Releases Quality Management Manual for Trademark Examination
	27 Feb.	JPO Releases Quality Management Manual for Design Examination
	27 Feb.	Cooperation in the Examination Process: Establishment of an Advanced Industrial Property Network (AIPN)
	26 Feb.	JPO Conducted Training Course for Patent Examiners on Specified Technology (Pharmaceutical) under the WIPO Funds-in-Trust/JAPAN
	25 Feb.	Decisions
	20 Feb.	Japan Acceded to the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement
	18 Feb.	EPO Symposium on Harmonisation was Held in Munich, Germany
	18 Feb.	The International Registration System of Industrial Designs will be Available from Mid-May 2015 (Press Release on the METI Web Site)
	18 Feb.	JPO Conducted JPO/IPR OJT Course on the Practices for Madrid Protocol Trademark Filings for ASEAN Countries
	16 Feb.	Director General Shahrinah of the Brunei Darussalam Intellectual Property Office (BruIPO) Visited the JPO to Exchange Opinions on Intellectual Property
	13 Feb.	JPO Conducted Training Course on the IP Management and the Formulation and Implementation of Results-Based IP Office Plans under the WIPO Funds-in-Trust/JAPAN
	13 Feb.	Strengthening Cooperation with the WIPO

	The International Registration System of Industrial Designs will be Available from Mid-May 2015 (Press Release on the METI Web Site) (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated February 16, 2015]
	JPO Started Operation of Full-fledged Version of Chinese and Korean Gazette Translation and Search System (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated January 5, 2015]
	The Third TM5 Annual Meeting was Held (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated December 5, 2014]
	The JPO to Start the FY2014 Anti-Counterfeiting Campaign (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated December 1, 2014]
	JPO will Strengthen its Cooperative Relationship with Cambodia in the Field of IP (Press Release on the METI Web Site) [Last updated November 27, 2014]

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