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| The AIPPI Congress and the Executive Committee Meeting which are held every two years are important meetings where representatives of AIPPI member countries discuss important questions relating to intellectual property and set forth public views on various policies established by intellectual property-related international organizations such as WIPO. In order to select questions to be presented to the Bureau Meeting of the General Secretariat, the AIPPI Congress, and the Executive Committee meeting, the Council of Presidents and the Program Committee meet regularly and meetings of various working committees are held as required. As the Japanese Group, AIPPI JAPAN also plays an important role through studying the questions on the agenda in advance, consolidating views and sending delegates to participate in the discussions. Listed below are AIPPI Congresses and the Executive Committee Meetings held since the Tokyo Congress. |
| [World Congresses] | ||
| 26th | AIPPI Congress in Tokyo | 1966 |
| 27th | AIPPI Congress in Venice | 1969 |
| 28th | AIPPI Congress in Mexico | 1972 |
| 29th | AIPPI Congress in San Francisco | 1975 |
| 30th | AIPPI Congress in Munich | 1978 |
| 31st | AIPPI Congress in Buenos Aires | 1980 |
| 32nd | AIPPI Congress in Paris | 1983 |
| 33rd | AIPPI Congress in London | 1986 |
| 34th | AIPPI Congress in Amsterdam | 1989 |
| 35th | AIPPI Congress in Tokyo | 1992 |
| 36th | AIPPI Congress in Montreal | 1995 |
| 37th | AIPPI Congress in Rio de Janeiro | 1998 |
| 38th | AIPPI Congress in Melbourne | 2001 |
| 39th | AIPPI Congress in Geneva | 2004 |
| 40th | AIPPI Congress in Gothenburg | 2006 |
| 41st | AIPPI Congress in Boston | 2008 (planned) |
| 42nd | AIPPI Congress in Paris | 2010 (planned) |
| 43rd | AIPPI Congress in Seoul | 2012 (planned) |
| 44th | AIPPI Congress in Toronto | 2014 (planned) |
| [Executive Committee Meetings] | |
| Melbourne Ex. Co. Meeting | 1974 |
| Montreux Ex. Co. Meeting | 1976 |
| Toronto Ex. Co. Meeting | 1979 |
| Moscow Ex. Co. Meeting | 1982 |
| Rio de Janeiro Ex. Co. Meeting | 1985 |
| Sydney Ex. Co. Meeting | 1988 |
| Barcelona Ex. Co. Meeting | 1990 |
| Copenhagen Ex. Co. Meeting | 1994 |
| Vienna Ex. Co. Meeting | 1997 |
| Sorrento Ex. Co. Meeting | 2000 |
| Lisbon Ex. Co. Meeting | 2002 |
| Luzern Ex. Co. Meeting | 2003 |
| Berlin Ex. Co. Meeting | 2005 |
| Singapore Ex. Co. Meeting | 2007 |
| Buenos Aires Ex. Co. Meeting | 2009 (planned) |
| Hyderabad Ex. Co. Meeting | 2011 (planned) |
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| The Japanese Group of AIPPI is working
closely with various overseas intellectual
property-related organizations and other
national and regional groups of AIPPI in
order to mutually confirm the existing international
problems on a private-level basis, discuss
adequate ways to cope with them, and reflect
them in treaties as well as systems and practices
in each country or region. In particular,
the Japanese Group of AIPPI has long been
holding regular meetings with the Chinese
and Russian (the former Soviet Union) Groups
of AIPPI. Besides these, it has repeatedly
held meetings with the Max Planck Institute,
the Center for Advanced Study and Research
on Intellectual Property (CASRIP) and other
universities and research institutes in Europe
and the U.S. in the field of intellectual
property. |
| [Japan-Russia Industrial Property Consultation Meeting] |
| Since 1975, the Japanese and Russian Groups
of AIPPI have been holding a regular meeting
of their delegates once every year alternately
in Tokyo and Moscow to discuss industrial
property-related issues and deepen mutual
understanding. Various improvements have
been made through discussing the differences
in industrial property systems between the
two countries, moves to revise laws, and
issues related to technological interchanges
and licensing between Japan and Russia. The
meeting was suspended in the wake of the
collapse of the Soviet Union, but resumed
in 1993 with the president of the Russian
Group invited to Tokyo. In this meeting,
the Japanese Group of AIPPI obtained first-hand
information on the handling of rights granted
by the former Soviet Union and the situation
of industrial property protection in CIS
countries. The Japanese Group of AIPPI intends
to hold a discussion session with the Russian
Group in 2008. |
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[Japan-China Industrial Property Consultation Meeting] |
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In 1986, an agreement was reached between
Mr. Yoshihiro Inayama, then President of
the Japanese Group of AIPPI, and Mr. Jian
Xin Ren, then President of the Chinese Group
of AIPPI (the former Director of the People's
Legal House) to exchange lecturers and discuss
issues pending between the two countries
in friendly terms. Since then, the meeting
has been held almost every year. At the meeting
held in Beijing in November 1998, the two
groups actively interchanged ideas through
the meeting program including the introduction
of Japan's Arbitration Center for Industrial
Property (the present Japan Intellectual
Property Arbitration Center) and a lecture
on patent management in major Japanese enterprises. |
| [Japan-China-Korea Intellectual Property Consultation Meeting] |
| The Republic of Korea also joined in the
Japan-China meeting from 2000, and a trilateral
consultation meeting among the Japanese,
Chinese and Korean Groups was held in Seoul
in 2002. The three groups gained understanding
of the situation in each other's country
through a meeting program including lectures
on the "Centralization of Jurisdiction
Concerning Patent Infringement Litigation,"
"Amendment to Trademark Laws Concerning
Accession to the Madrid Protocol," etc.
Each country thereafter had an opportunity to deliver a lecture from its standpoint: "Court Decisions on Claim Interpretations in Patent Infringement Lawsuits" by Japan in September 2004 at the Keidanren Guest House in Gotemba; "Court Decisions on Claim Interpretations in Patent Infringement Lawsuits" by China in October 2005 in Suzhou, China; and "The Law, Rules and Practice of the Trial for Invalidation and Correction of Claims of Issued Patents and its Operation in Each Country" by Korea in June 2007 in Seoul, Korea. |
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| Committees are organized and engaged in
activities based on questions prepared by
the AIPPI General Secretariat. The following items will be discussed at the AIPPI Ex. Co. Meeting in Singapore in 2007: |
| Q193: Limitations of the Trademark Protection |
| Q194: The Impact of Co-Ownership of Intellectual
Property Rights on their Exploitation |
| Q195: Divisional, Continuation and Continuation in Part Patent Applications |
| Other items discussed by committees in the AIPPI headquarters include the following: |
| Q94: GATT/WTO (Doha Declaration) |
| Q109: Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) |
| Q132: Computer Software, Information Networks,
Artificial Intelligence and Integrated Circuits |
| Q153: Hague Conference on Private International Law |
| Q160: ICANN Task Force |
| Q162: Community Patent Regulation |
| Q170: Substantive Patent Law Treaty |
| Q178: Scope of Patent Protection |
| Q180: Content and Relevance of Industrial
Applicability and/or Utility as Requirements
for Patentability |
| Q185: Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights |
The details of the discussions are published in the "A.I.P.P.I." Journal as the occasion demands. The resolution for each question item is published as "AIPPI Chronicle" by the AIPPI headquarters. |
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| In order to make the intellectual property
system conform to economic and social changes,
and especially to the rapid progress of globalization,
the International IP Legislation Research
Office performs investigative research to
ascertain the current situation and trends
of the world, as well as to establish policies
for future directions and orientations, in
receipt of consignments from the Japan Patent
Office (JPO). |
| "Country-By-Country Comparative Study and Research on Industrial Property System" |
FY2006: |
| a. Study and Research on Operations of Patent
Systems for Harmonization of
the Inventive
Step Requirements With the aim of obtaining basic materials for the trilateral negotiations, as well as negotiations with patent offices in other major countries with regard to harmonization of substantive Patent law systems, we investigated the methodologies and criteria employed in major countries for finding inventive steps, by conducting a comparative case study, hearing opinions from users, and performing statistical analysis on the results of examination and trial proceedings for applications filed with the Trilateral Offices. |
| b. Study and Research on Progress in the
Development of Domestic Systems
Based on
the WTO Decision of August 30,
2003 on Public
Health The Protocol to amend the TRIPS Agreement, which is based on the WTO Decision of August 30, 2003 on Public Health that allows any member country to export pharmaceutical products including HIV/AIDS drugs to least-developed countries (LDCs) and developing countries, is open for members to accept until December 1, 2007. In order to obtain materials for determining Japan's policy on this issue, we conducted research targeting the countries that had already finished developing relevant domestic systems, and those that were planning legal revisions. |
| c. Study and Research on the Actual Status
of Design Protection through Utilization
of Rights in Asian Countries In order to compile a manual on how to deal with the design imitations that can be found throughout Asia, we investigated the domestic systems of seven countries in this region, namely China, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia, India and Indonesia, focusing on how to protect rights for designs by applying not only design laws but also copyright laws and unfair competition laws. |
| d. Study and Research on Ideal Methods for
the Development of Intellectual Property-Related
Human Resources in Developing Countries Under the initiative of the Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center of the Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (APIC-JIIII), human resource development projects targeting developing countries have been implemented for the past ten years (during which period more than 2,000 trainees have visited Japan). We evaluated the project outcomes obtained so far, and made recommendations for the future of the project. |
| e. Study and Research on the Intellectual
Property Protection System and Operations
Thereof in India We made an overall review of the intellectual property protection systems in India, a country that has achieved rapid economic growth in recent years. In 2005, India was brought into compliance with all TRIPS obligations, including protection of substance patents. In this context, we also reviewed the about the consistence with the treaties. |
FY2005: |
| a. Study and Research on Accelerated Examination
and Preferential Examination |
| b. Study and Research on Disclosure of Origin
of Genetic Resources upon Patent
Filing,
and Organizations to Give Prior
Approval
for Access to Genetic Resources |
| c. Study and Research on Protection of Well-Known
Trademarks |
FY2004: |
| a. Study and Research on Quality Control
of Patent Examination |
| b. Study and Research on Global Anti-Patent
Trend |
| c. Study and Research on International Cooperation
for Anti-Counterfeiting Measures |
FY2003: |
| a. Study and Research on Collective/Certification/Guarantee
Trademark Systems in Each Country |
| b. Study and Research on the Handling of
Intellectual Property Rights
in Free Trade
Agreement, Economic Partnership
Agreement,
or Other Agreement |
| c. Study and Research on Cooperation Provided
by Each Developed Country with
Developing
Countries in the Intellectual
Property Field |
| d. Future Directions and Orientations of
Industrial Property Right Protection
in Asian
Countries |
FY2002: |
| a. Study and Research on Various Issues Concerning
Geographical Indication |
| b. Study and Research on Trademark Systems
and Implementation Thereof in
Asian Countries |
| c. Study and Research on the Design Protection
Systems in the European Countries
after Enactment
of the Council Regulation (EC)
on Community
Designs |
FY2001: |
| a. Survey on Actual Condition of Education
on Industrial Property Rights
in Several
Countries |
| b. Study and Research on the Patent Cooperation
Treaty (PCT) Reforms |
| c. Study and Research on Patent Systems and
Operation Thereof for Substantive
Harmonization
of Patent Laws |
FY2000: |
| a. Country-by-Country Comparative Study for
Design Protection |
| b. Research on Problems Related to New Protection
Area Surrounding Industrial Property
Rights |
| c. Research on Solutions to Intellectual
Property-Related Issues |
FY1999: |
| a. Study on Various Problems of the Patent
Cooperation Treaty and on its
Improvement
Policies |
| b. Study on Patent Requirements such as Grace
Period, etc., within the Patent
Laws of Each
Country |
| c. International Strategies Concerning Measures
for Developing Countries and
the Next Round
of TRIPS Negotiation |
FY1998: |
| a. Study on the Effects to the Japanese User
by Differences in the Intellectual
Property
System of Each Country |
| b. Comparative Study Among Japan, the United States, and Europe Regarding the Effects to the Japanese User by Differences in the Intellectual Property System of Each Country |
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| a. "The Program for Cooperation in Establishment
of Information on Foreign Industrial Property
Systems" commissioned by the JPO (Collection and Translation of the Treaties and Conventions as well as Foreign Laws and Regulations Concerning Industrial Property Rights) |
| In FY2006, AIPPI JAPAN has established
revised legislative data both
in English
and Japanese in respect of the
United States,
India, Ukraine, UK, Australia,
Saudi Arabia,
South Korea, Germany, Norway,
Finland, France,
Vietnam, Hong Kong, and South
Africa. Since FY1996, AIPPI JAPAN has collected and translated foreign industrial property laws and regulations of 59 countries, regions and organizations (excluding international treaties), and has obtained approval from the following 53 countries, regions and organizations for uploading the textual data on the JPO's website: Ireland, the United States, Argentina, India, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Estonia, Australia, Netherlands, Canada, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Sri Lanka, Slovakia, Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea, Czech Republic, China, Chili, Denmark, Germany, Turkey, New Zealand, Norway, Hungary, Philippines, Finland, Brazil, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Republic of Belarus, Peru, Belgium, Poland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, South Africa, Mexico, Latvia, Lithuania, Lichtenstein, Romania, Luxemburg, Russia, the EPO, the European Community, Benelux and the Eurasian Patent Office. |
| b. The Judicial Decision Study Meeting |
| Since 2002, AIPPI JAPAN has been holding
the Judicial Decision Study Meeting every
month to closely examine judicial decisions
in respect of intellectual property at home
and abroad with Mr. Toshisuke Kiyonaga, a
former division chief judge at the Tokyo
High Court, assuming the post of chairman.
The working group has been established in
order to facilitate this Meeting. |
| 43rd Meeting | Fluid Filler Nozzle Device Case （Ms. Harumi Kojo, Attorney at Law) |
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| 44th Meeting | Case in which the court construed the scope
of claims narrowly to avoid violation
of
the division requirement in the
patent infringement
suit （Mr. Manabu Miyajima, Attorney at Law） |
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| 45th Meeting | Criteria for protection of copyrights in
applied art: case in which copyrightability
of the model prototype of a miniature
figure
given away as a free gift was
disputed in
the course of debate over the
validity of
a copyright licensing contract （Mr. Masahiro Motoyama, Assistant Professor, Kokushikan University） |
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| 47th Meeting | U.S. Supreme Court Judgment, eBay, Inc. v,
MercExchange L.L.C. (Mr. Naoki Yoshida, Attorney at Law) |
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| 48th Meeting | Recent cases concerning determination on
inventive steps (Mr. Tadashi Matsushita, Patent Attorney) |
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| 49th Meeting | Product-by-Process Claims （Mr. Hiroshi Yoshida, Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University） |
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| 50th Meeting | Supreme Court judgments on inventions by
employees （Judge Misao Shimizu） |
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| 51st Meeting | Case in which the court construed the meaning
of the terms in the patent claims,
regardless
of whether or not the language
of the claims
is immediately clear, by taking
into consideration
the contents of the detailed
explanation
of the invention in the description,
etc. （Mr. Hisao Shiomi, Assistant Professor, University of Tsukuba） |
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| 52nd Meeting | Case in which the court recognized the possibility
of correction and found infringement
of the
initial claims, before the JPO
had made a
decision on a request for trial
for correction （Mr. Tetsu Iwatsubo, Attorney at Law） |
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| 53rd Meeting | Artificial Nipple Case, in which the court
denied the effect of a domestic
priority
right （Mr. Kazuhiro Matsuda, Professor, Kyoto University） |
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| 54th Meeting | Judgment of the appeal court on the Chair-Type
Massager Case （Mr. Kei Iida, Attorney at Law） |
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| 55th Meeting | Generalization of trademarks: Judgment criteria
and legal systems in Europe and
United States;
Kyoho Case （Mr. Hiromichi Aoki, Patent Attorney） |
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| 56th Meeting | Enablement requirement for product inventions
defined by parameters （Ms. Shimako Kato, Patent Attorney） |
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| 57th Meeting | Case in which the point in dispute was whether
or not a constituent feature
of an invention
was eligible for partial priority
under the
Paris Convention （Mr. Kazuo Shibata, Senior Examiner, First Patent Examination Department, JPO） |
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| 58th Meeting | Case in which the court rejected a claim
for an earlier filing date and
restricted
patent enforcement because of
violation of
the division requirement （Mr. Yasushi Motoyama, Patent Attorney） |
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| 59th Meeting | Exhaustion of patent rights and claims for
damages (Lens-Fitted Film Unit
Case) （Mr. Takamitsu Shigetomi, Attorney at Law） |
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| ｃ. Regular Publications |
| - Monthly "A.I.P.P.I." (Japanese) The monthly magazine carries expert analyses of intellectual property-related issues and information on legal revisions and practices relating to laws and regulations in countries around the world. It is distributed to members of AIPPI JAPAN and presented to the Japan Patent Office, courts, the National Diet Library, university libraries and good-will organizations in Japan as well as to over ten related organizations abroad. (Proceeding published 12 issues a year.) - Bimonthly "A.I.P.P.I." (English Journal) This bimonthly magazine is aimed at introducing analyses of intellectual property, court decisions as well as laws and regulations and the related practices in Japan to overseas countries, and promoting correct understanding and recognition of the situation in Japan. The magazine is presented to WIPO and other organizations in roughly 100 countries, including patent offices, international organizations, embassies, associations of patent attorneys and attorneys at law, national libraries and the national and regional groups of AIPPI. It is also sold to the public. (Circulation: approximately 1,700 issues, bimonthly) |
| ｄ. Publication of Books and Reference Materials |
| AIPPI JAPAN publishes various books and
reference materials concerning overseas intellectual
property-related laws and regulations and
court decisions for its members. With the
aim of introducing the Japanese intellectual
property system to overseas countries, it
also publishes English versions of laws and
regulations and court decisions in Japan.
Representative books and reference materials available from AIPPI JAPAN are: - Japanese Laws Relating to Industrial Property (English, 2 volumes, loose-leaf and concise edition) - Overseas Laws Relating to Industrial Property (Japanese, 16 volumes, loose-leaf) - Manual for the Handling of Applications for Patents, Designs and Trademarks throughout the World (Japanese, 14 volumes, loose-leaf) - PCT Applicant's Guide (Japanese, 6 volumes, loose-leaf) - Guidelines for Examination in the European Patent Office (Japanese, loose-leaf) - How to Get a European Patent (Japanese, loose-leaf) - Manual on the European Community Design (Japanese) - Guide to the Application of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Guide to Paris Convention) written by Prof. G.H.C. Bodenhausen (Japanese) - Manual on the European Community Design (Japanese) - Textbook for the US Patent Procedures (Japanese, 3 volumes) - Exanimation Guidelines for Patent and Utility Model, Examination Standard and Examination Guidelines (English, loose-leaf) |
| e."Famous Trademarks in Japan" |
| "Famous Trademarks in Japan (3rd edition)"
published in 2004 is a collection of trademarks
containing the trademarks of Japanese companies
chosen by the Selection Committee consisting
of a group of knowledgeable and experienced
people. Numerous copies of it have been distributed
to WIPO, foreign patent offices and other
overseas intellectual property-related organizations
as well as Japanese embassies abroad and
foreign embassies in Japan, etc. to serve
as effective material for the protection
of trademarks of Japanese companies. |
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| AIPPI JAPAN holds intellectual property
seminars for its members with leading professionals,
attorneys at law, patent attorneys and scholars
abroad and in Japan invited as lecturers. The seminars and lecture meetings in and after FY2006 are: (omitting titles from names of lecturers) |
| May 18, 2006 | AIPLA - JFBA/APIIP Symposium | |
| Mark Alleman, et. al. | ||
| Jul. 28, 2006 | India Patent Seminar | |
| Sharad Vadehra, et.al. | ||
| Aug. 3, 2006 | Philippines Trademark Seminar | |
| Editha R. Hechanova | ||
| Aug. 22, 2006 | China Design Seminar | |
| Zhao Jiaxiang | ||
| Aug. 19, 2006 | France IP Seminar | |
| Jean-Baptiste Duranton, et. al. | ||
| Sep. 27, 2006 | U.S. Patent Seminar | |
| Dan Altman, et. al. | ||
| Oct. 30, 2006 | OHIM Design Seminar (Tokyo) | |
| Etienne Sanz de Acedo, et.al | ||
| Nov. 1, 2006 | OHIM Design Seminar (Osaka) | |
| Etienne Sanz de Acedo, et.al | ||
| Dec. 6-7, 2006 | Japan-Overseas Patent System Seminar | |
| Sumio Nomoto and Nobutoshi Mori | ||
| Feb.6, 2007 | European Patent Seminar | |
| Charles Gielen, et. al. | ||
| Mar. 5, 2007 | AIPPI International Symposium commissioned
by the JPO "Toward Harmonization of Patent Systems - Comparison of the Trilateral Offices' Systems and Practices" |
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| Hans-Rainer Jaenichen, et. al. | ||
| Mar. 7, 2007 | China IP Seminar (Tokyo) | |
| Linda Liu and Chixue Wei | ||
| Mar. 9, 2007 | China IP Seminar (Osaka) | |
| Linda Liu and Chixue Wei | ||
| Mar. 27, 2007 | European IP Seminar | |
| Eric Burbaud, et. al. | ||
| May 30, 2007 | U.S. Patent Seminar | |
| James M. Slattery | ||
| Jun. 13, 2007 | OHIM Seminar | |
| Mirand de Sousa, et. al. | ||
| Jul. 31, 2007 | European Trademark Seminar | |
| Richard Gilbey | ||
| Sep. 19, 2007 | International Symposium "Patent Litigation System in Germany and Japan" |
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| Dr. Klaus Grabinski/Dr. Guntram Rahn | ||
| Oct. 24 2007 | U.S. Patent Seminar | |
| Kenichiro Yoshida | ||
| Nov. 7, 2007 | US Patent Mock Trial Seminar | |
| William H. Mandir, et. al. | ||
| Dec. 6, 2007 (planned) | Brazil Trademark Seminar | |
| Helio Fabbri, Jr. | ||
| Dec. 17-18, 2007 (planned) |
Seminar for the Overseas Patent Systems | |
| Sumio Nomoto and Nobutoshi Mori | ||
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| This scholarship was established in 1996
for students from abroad in the area of intellectual
property with a wish for contributing to
their study, for the purpose of widely passing
down the achievements of the late Mr. Kannosuke
Nakamatsu, Attorney at Law (the 2nd chairman
of the Japanese Group of AIPPI, which is
the predecessor of this Association), who
had led the practice of intellectual property
rights in Japan for a long time and of disseminating
and improving the international intellectual
property system. In 2006, the scholarship was presented to the following two persons as a result of selection. |
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Ms. Chang Yeyoung |
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Mr. Xu Haifeng |
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| AIPPI JAPAN keeps in order materials collected from various international organizations for inspection by visitors. |
| [Members of AIPPI・JAPAN] AIPPI JAPAN consists of 183 corporate members, 11 public-interest organizations, 914 individual members, 1 independent administrative legal entity/university and 2 supporting members (total: 1,111 members) as of the end of March 2007. [Officials of AIPPI・JAPAN] With its presidency served by the Chairman of the Japan Business Federation (the former Japan Federation of Economic Organizations), the officials of AIPPI JAPAN are composed of three Vice-Presidents, a Director General, six Senior Directors, 47 Directors and two Auditors. In addition, approximately 100 knowledgeable and experienced people are asked to serve as council members.  Successive Presidents or Chairpersons are as follows:
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