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On September 3, 2024, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the intellectual property offices (IPOs) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Member States held the 14th Japan-ASEAN Heads of IP Offices Meeting in Brunei.
At this meeting, the Japan-ASEAN Joint Statement on IP 2024 was adopted, and the JPO and ASEAN IPOs agreed on the FY2024-2025 Japan-ASEAN IP Rights Action Plan.
In addition, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)*1 presented their interim reports on research and studies related to branding strategies being implemented in cooperation with ASEAN countries, as well as research and studies related to patent examinations for remarkable technologies in Pharmaceutical and Related fields.
The JPO also held bilaterial meetings with the Philippines and Thailand, wherein the continuous promotion of bilateral cooperation was confirmed.
ASEAN Member States have been advancing efforts to improve the IP environment, based on the ASEAN Intellectual Property Rights Action Plan 2016-2025 formulated by the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC).
To support the efforts of ASEAN countries, the JPO has been cooperating with them in various ways over the years.
Accordingly, the 14th Japan-ASEAN Heads of IP Offices Meeting aimed to further deepen Japan-ASEAN cooperation within the IP field.
The JPO and ASEAN IPOs adopted a Japan-ASEAN Joint Statement for Intellectual Property. With this adoption, all the participants could confirm the fruits of discussion from the first Japan-ASEAN Patent Experts Meeting*2 to the fourth Meeting and also reconfirm the consolidation of the cooperation framework.
The JPO reported that all contents of the FY2023 Japan-ASEAN IP Rights Action Plan have been implemented, and agreed on the following items for the FY2024 Action Plan, which confirmed ongoing Japan-ASEAN cooperation:
An interim report was presented by ERIA on studies on branding strategies and patent examination practices of pharmaceuticals and other remarkable technologies. Some of the contents of the reports will be discussed at the 5th Japan-ASEAN Patent Experts Meeting, and it is expected that the discussions will promote the development of examination system for pharmaceuticals and other remarkable technologies in ASEAN countries.
Bilateral meetings were held between the JPO and the IP Offices of the Philippines and Thailand, and it was confirmed that bilateral cooperation will continue to be promoted.
The JPO will continue to deepen mutual cooperation with ASEAN IPOs by holding high-level and working-level meetings, and will actively promote efforts for the development and evolution of IP systems in ASEAN, so that Japanese companies can obtain appropriate protection of intellectual property rights in ASEAN.
The 14th Japan-ASEAN Heads of IP Offices Meeting
Bilateral meeting with Director General
Barba (Philippines)
* On the right is JPO Commissioner ONO Yota.
Bilateral meeting with Assistant
Director General Chiyawan (Thailand)
* On the left is JPO Director MATSUSHITA Koichi.
*1 The Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) is an international research institute established in Jakarta in June 2008. ERIA conducts policy research and recommendations for deepening economic integration, improving development gaps, and promoting sustainable economic growth in 16 East Asian countries (ASEAN, Japan, China, Korea, India, Australia, and NZ). It also makes recommendations at the summit level, including the East Asia Summit and ASEAN Summit, and conducts policy research upon request.
ERIA's website (External link)
*2 The JPO has been hosting the Japan-ASEAN Patent Experts Meeting since 2020. In the first to fourth meetings, the JPO has conducted the development of patent examination standards in the field of advanced technology and shared knowledge on the issue of mistranslation of patents.
Patent Experts Discuss Issues Including Emerging Technology Examinations and Mistranslations of Patent Descriptions at the Fourth Japan-ASEAN Patent Experts Meeting.
*3 The ASEAN IP Academy is an ASEAN training institute established in September 2021 to provide training in the field of IP for ASEAN member states.
JPO and ASEAN IP Academy Collaboration to Provide On-Line Design-Training Program (February 2024)
[Last updated 6 September 2024]
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