FY2025 JPO/IPR Training Course on Design Substantive Examination and Accession to the Hague Agreement [In-person] (Program)

Term of Course

July 17 - July 25, 2025

Program (In-person)

Session 1.
Welcome Addresses
(Jul. 17 (Thu.), 10:00 - 10:10)

International Cooperation Division, JPO
Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center (APIC), Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation (JIPII)

Session 2.
Courtesy Call on Executive Official of the JPO
(Jul. 17 (Thu.), 10:30 - 10:50)

Mr. KITAMURA Hiroki
Director-General, Patent and Design Examination Department (Physics, Optics, Social Infrastructure and Design), JPO

Session 3.
Visit to the JPO
(Jul. 17 (Thu.), 10:55 - 11:45)

International Cooperation Division, JPO

Session 4.
APIC Orientation
(Jul. 17 (Thu.), 12:05 - 12:45)

APIC, JIPII

Session 5.
Outline of the Hague System / Role of the International Bureau
(Jul. 17 (Thu.), 14:00 - 15:30)

Ms. VANWOUW Masami
Consultant, WIPO Japan Office

Session 6.
Role of the Applicant’s Contracting Party (Indirect Filing) and the Designated Contracting Party
(Jul. 17 (Thu.), 15:40 - 17:10)

Mr. ENOMOTO Haruki
Formality Examiner, Office for International Design Applications under the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement, Application Division, JPO

Session 7.
Country Report Presentations
(Jul. 18 (Fri.), 10:00-13:00, 14:00-17:00)

Design Division, JPO
International Cooperation Division, JPO
APIC, JIPII

Session 8.
Overview of the Design System and Design Examination Practices
(Jul. 22 (Tue.), 10:00 - 13:00)

Ms. NARA Hinako
Design Examiner, Consumer Goods and Distribution Design Division, JPO

Session 9.
Design Examination Standards (1) (Including Exercises）
(Jul. 22 (Tue.), 14:00 - 17:00)

Ms. HAMAMOTO Fumiko
Design Examination Standards Office, Design Division, JPO

Session 10.
Design Examination Standards (2) (Including Discussion)
(Jul. 23 (Wed.), 10:00 - 13:00)

Ms. HAMAMOTO Fumiko
Design Examination Standards Office, Design Division, JPO

Session 11.
Design Examination Practices
Procedures for Examination under the Hague Agreement (Case Studies)
(Jul. 23 (Wed.), 14:00 - 17:00)

Mr. SHIMURA Kanta
Deputy Director / Design Examiner, International Cooperation Division, JPO

Session 12.
Design Infringement Litigation
(Jul. 24 (Thu.), 10:00 - 13:00)

Ms. KIMOTO Naomi
Patent Attorney, Director, General Manager
SUZUYE & SUZUYE

Session 13.
Advantages of the Hague System for Attorneys
(Jul. 24 (Thu.), 14:00 - 17:00)

Mr. URIMOTO Tadao
Patent Attorney, SHOBAYASHI International Patent & Trademark Office

Session 14.
Sharing Japan's Experience of Accession to the Hague Agreement / Overall Discussion
(Jul. 25 (Fri.), 10:00 - 13:00)

Mr. OMAGARI Kosuke
Director for Design Examination Planning, Design Division, JPO

Session 15.
Overall Discussion
(Jul. 25 (Fri.), 14:00 - 15:00)

International Cooperation Division, JPO
Mr. OGIYA Takao
Director General, APIC, JIPII

Session 16.
Evaluation Session
(Jul. 25 (Fri.), 15:15 - 16:15)

International Cooperation Division, JPO
APIC, JIPII

Closing Ceremony
(Jul. 25 (Fri.), 16:30 - 17:00)

Mr. HAKAMATA Tomohiro
Director, Regional Cooperation Office, International Cooperation Division, Policy Planning and Coordination Department, JPO
International Cooperation Division, JPO
APIC, JIPII

[Last updated 11 March 2026]

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