JPO-EUIPO Trademark Experts Meeting Held

April 1, 2025

The JPO held a two-day virtual trademark experts meeting together with the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) on March 12-13, 2025.

During the meeting, information was exchanged on the examination management systems in both offices, as well as initiatives for utilizing new technologies such as AI, and the handling of goods and services.

Also discussed were cooperative matters between the two offices, and collaborative projects within the framework of the Five Trademark Offices (TM5), which consists of the trademark offices in Japan, the United States, Europe, China and Korea. Herein, we were able to enhance mutual understanding concerning the direction of future initiatives.

The JPO will continue to cooperate with the EUIPO to make the trademark systems of the two offices more user-friendly.

*1 The EUIPO is a regional intellectual property office with functions such as granting rights to European Union trademarks and to registered community designs within the European Union, as well as monitoring intellectual property infringements.
*2 TM5 promotes international cooperation in the field of trademarks through projects related to the initiatives agreed upon by the five offices. The JPO is leading the "Bad-faith Trademark Project" and the "IT Support for Trademark Examination Project", and is additionally co-leading the "User Association Involvement Project" together with the EUIPO.

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Trademark Experts Meeting

[Last updated 1 April 2025]