Program

OCTOBER 23 (FRI) 13:30 – 18:00
PATENT OFFICE PART

①Panel Discussion(Patent:International Comparison of the Assessment of Public Use Prior Art)

②Panel Discussion(Trademark:International Comparison of Trademark Non-Use Cancellation Proceedings)

PLENARY SESSION

Panel Discussion

(JSIP 10th Anniversary Commemorative Session: Changes in the IP Judiciary and Its Surrounding Environment over the Past Decade)


13:30
Remarks

KASAI Yasuyuki

Commissioner, Japan Patent Office (JPO)

13:40
PATENT OFFICE PART

Panel Discussion(Patent:International Comparison of the Assessment of Public Use Prior Art)

MITSUMOTO Minako

Executive Chief Administrative Judge, Trial and Appeal Department, Japan Patent Office (JPO)

SHIMIZU Yoshinori

Managing Partner, SHIMIZU Global IP

Kalyan Deshpande

Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Oliver Randl

Technical Member of the Boards of Appeal, EPO

15:00

Panel Discussion

(Trademark:International Comparison of Trademark Non-Use Cancellation Proceedings)

NEGISHI Katsuhiro

Senior Director of the 35th Board of Trial and Appeal, Japan Patent Office (JPO)

OTSUKA Kazutaka

Patent Attorney, ASAMURA IP P.C.

Thomas Wellington

Administrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Nina Korjus

Chairperson of the Fourth Board of Appeal, EUIPO

16:20
PLENARY SESSION – Panel Discussion

JSIP 10th Anniversary Program – Changes in the Environment Surrounding Intellectual Property Judiciary over the Past 10 Years

Kisu Kim

Presiding Judge, Intellectual Property High Court of Korea

Ronny Thomas

Presiding Judge, Unified Patent Court Local Division Düsseldorf

HASEGAWA Kouji

Presiding Judge, Intellectual Property High Court

HAYASHI Izumi

President, IP Lawyers Network Japan

MOROOKA Kenichi

Director-General of Trial and Appeal Department, Japan Patent Office (JPO)

MITSUMOTO Minako

Executive Chief Administrative Judge, Trial and Appeal Department, Japan Patent Office (JPO)

TAKAHASHI Masakazu

Managing Partner, T.TAKAHASHI PATENT OFFICE

Kalyan Deshpande

Chief Administrative Patent Judge, Patent Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Oliver Randl

Technical Member of the Boards of Appeal, EPO

Thomas Wellington

Administrative Trademark Judge, Trademark Trial and Appeal Board, USPTO

Nina Korjus

Chairperson of the Fourth Board of Appeal, EUIPO

17:50
Closing Remarks

MATSUDA Junichi

President, Japan Federation of Bar Associations

18:00
Scheduled to end
OCTOBER 22 (THU) 13:30 – 18:00
COURT PART