On April 17, 2007, 25 members of Japan IP Practice Committee, AIPLA come to JIPA to have the annual opinion exchange. 15 people, mainly members of International Patent Committee #1 attended the meeting from JIPA side.
JIPA attendees consisting mainly International Patent Committee #1 reported about Japanese E-filing System based on last year’s Agreement of Trilateral Meeting and demonstrated Application software and its support software.
AIPLA member made presentations on M&A, IP management in multinational companies, American patent law revision and so on.
Due to a long friendship between AIPLA and JIPA, the meeting was in a friendly atmosphere from beginning to end, and it was in two-hour-brief -meeting, but covered a lot.
Agenda
■ Due diligence procedures in an M&A context
(AIPLA) David Schnapf, Neil Henderson
■ Recent developments in policies/politics related to patent pooling and industry
standards
(AIPLA) Naomi Voegtli, Thomas Reimann
■ Pharmaceutical data exclusivity
(AIPLA) Soonhee Jang
■ Recent developments in the JPO and courts regarding inventive step standard in Japan
(JIPA) Comments by: Hirohiko Usui
(AIPLA) Comments by: Steve Meyer
■ U.S. Multinational Global IP Asset Management
(AIPLA) Mark Guetlich, Jim Trussell
■ Update of US patent reform legislation and USPTO reform, including proposed
regulations on continuation applications and claims
(AIPLA) Alan Kasper
■ Japanese E-Filling System – Demonstrations of application software and support software
(JIPA) Tetsuo Aoki, Toshiyuki Hori