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Greetings for the APEC IP Symposium "Innovating IP Exploitation"

Japan has been hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum this year for the first time in 15 years. Various meetings and events related to the APEC have been held in many parts of Japan throughout this year, and in September, the 31st APEC Intellectual Property Experts’ Group (IPEG) Meeting will be held in Sendai. The APEC IP symposium "Innovating IP Exploitation" focused on the exploitation of IP rights will be organized by the JPO and coincide with the IPEG Meeting.

The Leaders' Declaration of the 17th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting held last November referred to the importance of the IP system including 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 this Leaders' Declaration into account, Japan made a proposal at the 30th IPEG Meeting held this March to hold a symposium on the theme of the exploitation of IP rights, so that knowledge on 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.

The symposium will be led by the IPEG members as well as a number of IP experts from the APEC member-economies, who will conduct multifaceted and multilayered lectures and discussions on the exploitation of IP rights. Ten years have passed since the last APEC IP symposium was held in Japan. It is expected that the symposium will be a valuable opportunity for the participants to obtain knowledge of IP systems in the APEC region and take part in an APEC-related event. Participation in the symposium is free of charge. The working language of the symposium will be English with simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English.

We look forward to your participation in the symposium.

August 2010

Regional Policy Office
International Affairs Division
Japan Patent Office

Outline of the APEC IP Symposium “Innovating IP Exploitation”

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