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Announcement of the APEC IP Symposium - Innovating IP Exploitation

During this year, Japan will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum for the second time after a period of 15 years. In addition, an APEC IP Symposium will be held for the second time by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) after a period of ten years and coincide with the 31st APEC Intellectual Property Rights Experts’ Group (IPEG) Meeting in Sendai in early September. At the APEC IP Symposium - Innovating IP Exploitation, experts in the APEC region will engage in multifaceted lectures and discussions regarding new ways to effectively exploit IP rights.

1. Background

In recent years, with the progress of globalization and open innovation, the need for the global protection and exploitation of IP rights has been greater more than ever before, and in the APEC region, the importance of making improvements to IP systems is being acknowledged once again.

The Leaders’ Declaration of the 17th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting held last November referred to the importance of the IP system and the means of exploiting intellectual property as follows: “[We] reiterated the importance of comprehensive and balanced intellectual property (IP) systems that provide for and protect the incentives that encourage creation and innovation and provide the tools for successful management and exploitation of IP rights.”

Taking into account this Leaders’ Declaration, Japan made a proposal at the 30th IPEG Meeting in March of this year to hold a symposium on the theme of the exploitation of IP rights, so that knowledge concerning the exploitation of IP rights within the APEC region could be shared through open-minded discussions. The proposal was duly approved by the IPEG members.

Ten years have passed since an APEC IP Symposium was held in Japan. The APEC IP Symposium – Innovating IP Exploitation is an example of the positive actions and contributions of Japan in the field of intellectual property in the APEC region. In addition, it is expected that the symposium will be a valuable opportunity for the participants to obtain knowledge of IP systems in the APEC region.

2. APEC IP Symposium

In the APEC IP Symposium, the IPEG members and IP experts from the APEC members will act as lecturers and moderators and engage in multifaceted lectures and discussions on the exploitation of IP rights.

Event: APEC IP Symposium - Innovating IP Exploitation
Date: Thursday, September 9, 2010
Venue: Sendai International Center (Sendai City)
Speakers: Participants in the IPEG Meeting, academic faculty, government officials, etc.
Seating capacity: 200 (Free admission / Advance registration required)
Language: English (Simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English)
Program: Available on a separate sheet (PDF:71KB)

We look forward to your participation in the symposium which is a valuable opportunity for you to learn about new policies and international developments regarding the exploitation of IP rights and to experience an APEC-related event in Japan.

Registration for the symposium can be done at the official website for the APEC IP Symposium.

Release Date

August 9, 2010

Contact

Regional Policy Office, International Affairs Division, General Affairs Department Japan Patent Office