JPO Hosted IP5 Trial and Appeal Boards High-Level Meeting

June 14, 2021

On June 10, 2021, the Japan Patent Office (JPO) hosted the IP5 Trial and Appeal Boards High-Level Meeting in the form of a videoconference.

At the meeting chaired by Mr. KATSURA Masanori, Director-General of the Trial and Appeal Department of the JPO, the participants introduced the latest developments in the Trial and Appeal departments/boards of the IP5 offices (IP5) and WIPO, as well as actively exchanged opinions as the first step toward specific cooperation among the IP5, such as providing users of the IP5 with important/precedent decisions of the IP5, holding seminars for the users, and exchanging statistical data.

 

IP5 Trial and Appeal Boards High-Level Meeting

JPO’s Director-General KATSURA, chair of the Meeting (Right)
JPO’s Executive Chief Administrative Judge HATTORI (Left)

[Last updated 14 June 2021]