- Program of the Seminar on Bad-faith Trademark Filings
Time and Date:
Tuesday, October 22, 2013 10:00～17:00 (Doors open at 9:30.)
Venue：
Hitotsubashi Hall, National Center of Sciences,
2-1-2, Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Program
| 10:00～10:10 | Opening remarks | Japan Patent Office |
| 10:10～10:40 | Keynote speech | Professor. Kazufumi Dohi, Nihon University, College of Law, Graduate School of Intellectual Property |
| 10:40～11:20 | Special presentation | Amendment of Chinese Trademark Law (tentative) |
| 11:20～12:00 | Special presentation | TBD (Information will be provided as soon as it is available.) |
| 12:00～13:30 | Break |
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| 13:30～15:30 | Panel Discussion | Moderator: Mr. Hirotoshi Kunitomo, Director-General, Trademark and Customer Relations Department, Japan Patent Office Panelists: Japan, U.S., Europe, China, Korea |
| 15:30～15:40 | Break |
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| 15:40～16:50 | Questions and Answers - Participants can ask about systems and examination practices to panelists- |
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| 16:50～17:00 | Closing remarks | Japan Patent Office |
- Theme of the Panel Discussion
Systems and examination practices for bad- faith Trademark Filings