AIPLA Visits the JPO to Exchange Opinions

April 18, 2023

The members of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)^* visited the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on April 17th and had a meeting with the JPO Commissioner, Mr. Koichi HAMANO. This meeting was the first to be held in three years after being postponed due to COVID-19. The JPO introduced the Green Transformation Technologies Inventory (GXTI) and other latest developments, and AIPLA gave an introduction to U.S. IP information.

In addition, working-level meetings were held prior to this meeting in order to discuss issues and initiatives with regard to the patent and trademark systems in both the U.S. and Japan.

Meeting with JPO Commissioner HAMANO

Left：Mr. KATSURA, JPO Deputy Commissioner
Center：Mr. HAMANO, JPO Commissioner
Right：Mr. NOMURA, JPO Director-General, Trademark and Customer Relations Department

Working-level meeting

* The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)：A national bar association with about 14,000 members, comprised mainly of lawyers specializing in intellectual property in the United States.

[Last updated 18 April 2023]