On April 9 2014, JIPA had an annual meeting with AIPLA IP Practice in Japan Committee at the Tokyo office. AIPLA’s 21 members including Chairperson Mr. Wayne Sobon, ex-Chairperson Mr. Hill and Mr. Kasper came to JIPA, and JIPA’s 20 members including ex-President Mr. Ueno and Executive Managing Director Mr. Kuji took part in the meeting.
At the meeting, AIPLA gave 4 presentations “Claim Construction”, “CLS Bank and its aftermath”, “The Status of Patent Inducement”, and “Recent Executive and Legislative Initiative to Combat Patent Trolls” On the other hand, JIPA introduced the “Effective Use of Patents under Article 102, Japanese Patent Law”. Having lively Q&As on each theme, the meeting came to be very fruitful.