AIPPI JAPAN consists of corporate members (major companies, non-profit organizations, universities, etc.) and individual members (attorneys at law, patent attorneys, professors, etc.). With its total membership of about 700, it is one of the largest national group of AIPPI. In addition, many Japanese members have been appointed to positions in the General Secretariat and international committees of AIPPI.
Annual Meeting
An annual meeting open to all members of AIPPI JAPAN. Items on the agenda include reporting on activities and settlement of balance in the previous year, work plans and budget for the current year, and voting on important issues related to the running of this association.
Board of Directors' meeting
Composed of directors who are selected from members. They discuss and make decisions on the implementation of resolutions adopted by the Annual Meeting, matters to be submitted to the Annual Meeting, and other important matters that do not need voting by the Annual Meeting.
Senior Directors' meeting
Composed of President, Vice Presidents, Executive Director, and Managing Director & Secretary General and Senior Directors. They discuss and settle urgent and other issues entrusted by the Board of Directors.
Officers
Honorary President | Masakazu Tokura |
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President | Yuzuru Okabe |
Vice Presidents | Hitoshi Abe Eiichiro Kubota |
Executive Director |
Yuzuru Okabe |
Managing Director & Secretary General | Masatoshi Abe (full-time) |
Senior Directors | Yousuke Iida, Naho Ebata, Hiroya Okumura, Hirohito Katsunuma Masaya Tsuno, Masaru Nakajima, Kozo Yabe, Kazuhiko Yoshida |
(Syllabary order)
Ceremony
Celebration
50th anniversary in 2006