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Every participant agrees that this program was so well prepared and conducted. The content and informationshared was also invaluable to most of us. Even though the whole program was about specializing inpatents, we were taught about other aspects of IP as well such as Trade Mark, Industrial Design and Copyright.Talking about specializing in patents, there were a few subjects that most of us found overwhelmingand those topics were License Negotiation theory and role play, Dispute Settlement and Intellectual PropertyTrading. I myself had never been exposed to such topics before and I felt like these were the missinglinks that I have been looking for and will definitely enhance my skillsets.Another great thing about this program was the selection of participants. All the participants come froma mixture of backgrounds with some from law and practicing as lawyers while most of us had technicalbackgrounds in fields like science and engineering. Some had double degrees and post graduate degreeswhile all had high interest in intellectual property and the creation of wealth that comes with it. With suchdiverse backgrounds, knowledge and experiences, it made the classroom filled with beneficial discussionsone after another until the end of the program.Besides the classroom, we had the chance to visit Honda Showroom at Plaza Aoyama. In the morning, wehad lectures by Honda representatives and in the afternoon, we were taken to the showroom. There werenot many new models of cars and motorbikes but the highlight was the company's robot technology. Yes,the Honda's human-scale robot Asimo. Through a video, we were enlightened on the history of robot makingtechnology developed by Honda through all the years since its beginning. The message was inspiring andthe founder of Honda has truly inspired Honda employees and embedded the culture of innovation atHonda. Also, we were shown a short video on the newly launching driverless car with Honda sensing technology.Truly inspiring!Picture courtesy with ASIMOLife in JapanOne good thing about this program was it was held during summer in Tokyo and it feels like home. Andthat is a good thing because I did not have to pack thick clothes and was able to carry more of nicer ones. Ilanded in Tokyo in the afternoon and was greeted by a couple of AOTS's staff. They gave me a piece of pa-IP Friends Connections August 2018 No.19ENISHI11