JPO Exchanged Opinions with EUIPO

June 24, 2021

On June 22, 2021, Mr. KATSURA Masanori, Director-General, and his team at the Trial and Appeal Department (TAD) of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) held a videoconference to exchange opinions with Mr. João NEGRÃO, President, and his team at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Boards of Appeal (BoA).

During the meeting, after an introduction of recent developments in the trial and appeal boards of the two offices, there was an active exchange of opinions among participants on the questionnaire survey in the field of trademarks, recent case laws on absolute and relative grounds, recent decisions on bad-faith trademark filings, and areas for future cooperation.

Meeting with the EUIPO BoA

Venue at the JPO
Mr. KATSURA Masanori, Director-General of the TAD (in front on the right side)

[Last updated 24 June 2021]