“Trilateral Offices and Users Cooperation on the Worldwide Trend in Increasing Patent Applications”
Tokyo, 16 November 2006
Public Conference
“Orizuru Rei” in Hotel New Otani Tokyo
| Time | Programme |
|---|---|
| 13:30 | Opening |
| 13:35 - 15:00 | Part 1: Presentations from the Trilateral Patent Offices “Policy Development on the Worldwide Trend in Increasing Patent Applications” Moderator: Yoichi Omori, Executive Director, IIP |
| 13:35 - 13:50 | Domestic and International Initiatives of the JPO (Translation: English JPO ) Makoto Nakajima, Commissioner, Japan Patent Office |
| 13:50 - 14:05 | Challenges facing the global patent system - Text EPO Alain Pompidou, President, European Patent Office |
| 14:05 - 14:20 | Managing Workloads Through Global Cooperation Jon W. Dudas, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of United States Patent and Trademark Office |
| 14:20 - 14:40 | Questions and answers |
| 14:40 - 15:00 | Coffee break |
| 15:00 - 17:00 | Part 2: Presentations from the Trilateral Users and Discussions “Needs and Subjects of Users in relation to the Worldwide Trend in Increasing Patent Application” Moderator: Sadao Nagaoka, Professor, Hitotsubashi University |
| 15:00 - 15:15 | JIPA: Trilateral Users Meeting (Translation: English JIPA ) Kazuo Kamisugi, President of JIPA |
| 15:15 - 15:30 | UNICE: Stricter Examination to Address the Workload Issue Thierry Sueur, Vice-Chairman of UNICE’s Patents Working Group |
| 1 5:30 - 15:40 | IPO: Legal Certainty For Patent System Users Herbert C. Wamsley, Executive Director of IPO |
| 15:40 - 15:50 | AIPLA: Needs of Users Michael K Kirk, Executive Director of AIPLA |
| 15:50 - 17:00 | Discussions |
| 17:00 | Conclusions and closure of the meeting |
| All day | Booths of Trilateral Co-operation and Trilateral Offices |