AIPLA Visits the JPO to Exchange Opinions

April 16, 2024

The members of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)^* visited the Japan Patent Office (JPO) on April 15th and held a meeting with JPO Commissioner Koichi HAMANO. During this meeting, the JPO introduced its latest developments including examinations for AI-related inventions, the Trademark Act revision that came into effect on April 1st, and other recent topics of interest. In addition, AIPLA gave an introduction to the latest AI-related IP topics in the United States.

Working-level meetings were also 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. YAMASHITA, 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 16 April 2024]