JPO Held Numerous High-level Meetings with IP Offices in Various Countries and Regions

January 28, 2022

Mr. MORI Kiyoshi, Commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO); Mr. IWASAKI Susumu, Deputy Commissioner;　and other principal officers of the JPO held video conferences with intellectual property offices in various countries and regions during the past months. Based on these meetings, the JPO confirmed that it will continue advancing cooperative initiatives in many fields with these other countries and regions.

The following is a list of the high-level bilateral meetings that the JPO held

North America

• October 1
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI; Deputy Commissioner IWASAKI; and Mr. Hirshfeld, Performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• October 13
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Mr. Georgaras, Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)

Europe

• September 6
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Mr. Archambeau, Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)
• September 28
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Mr. Strömbäck, Director General of the Swedish Intellectual Property Office (PRV)
• October 28
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Mr. Faure, Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property of France (INPI France)
• November 1
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI, Deputy Commissioner IWASAKI, and Mr. Moss, Chief Executive and Comptroller General of the Intellectual Property Office of the United Kingdom (UK IPO)
• November 12
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI, Deputy Commissioner IWASAKI, and Mr. Campinos, President of the European Patent Office (EPO)
• November 22
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Mr. Sørensen, Director General of the Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO)
• January 26, 2022
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Ms. Rudloff-Schäffer, President of the Deutsche Patent-und Markenamt (DPMA)

Australia

• October 18
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Mr. Schwager, Director General of IP Australia

China

• October 13
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Dr. Shen, Commissioner of the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA)

ASEAN

• October 25
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Ms. Lee, the Chief Executive of the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)

India

• November 16
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Mr. Ratnoo, Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks (CGPDTM) of India

South America

• November 9
  A meeting between JPO Commissioner MORI and Mr. Furtado, President of the National Institute of Industrial Property of Brazil (INPI Brazil)

Africa

• October 22
  A meeting with Director General Twebaze of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO)
• November 10
  A meeting with Acting Director General Wago of the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI)

Multilateral meetings

IP5 / ID5 / TM5

• June 23
  The 14th IP5 Heads of Office Meeting (Hosted by the JPO)
  *News Release: IP5 Offices Agreed on New Cooperation on AI and Harmonization of Patent Prosecution Procedures Results of the 14th IP5 Heads of Office Meeting [Last updated June 24, 2021] (External link)
• November 1-2
  The 7th Annual Meeting of the Five Industrial Design Offices (ID5)
• November 3-5
  The 10th Annual Meeting of the Five Trademark Offices (TM5)

Trilateral

• December 7
  The 39th Trilateral Heads of Office Meeting (Hosted by the JPO)

TRIPO

• November 30
  The 21st TRIPO Heads Meeting

G7

• November 19
  The G7 Heads of IP Office Conversation
  *News Release: G7 IP Offices Will Support Economic Recovery after the Pandemic (External Link)

ASEAN

• August 2
  The 11th Japan-ASEAN Heads of IP Offices Meeting
  *News Release: Enhancement of Japan-ASEAN IP Cooperation (External link)

Middle East

• July 8
  IP Dialogue with the Arab Region

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[Last updated 20 April 2022]