Unlocking Global IP Insights: Join the International Intellectual Property Judicial Symposium 2024 (JSIP2024) This September

Venue of last year’s symposium (JSIP2023)

On October 24th and 25th, 2024, the “International Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property 2024 (JSIP2024)” will be held in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, with the theme of judicial decisions regarding intellectual property disputes and recent intellectual property topics. Pre-registration is required to participate, and it is also possible to watch videos simultaneously distributed online. We will introduce the outline of the event and how to participate.

The International Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property (JSIP), which began in 2017 with the joint sponsorship of the Supreme Court, the Intellectual Property High Court, the Ministry of Justice, the Japan Patent Office, the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, and Lawyers Intellectual Property Net, will be held for the 8th time this year. The event attracts many people each time, as it invites legal professionals and referees from countries in Europe, America, and Asia, and provides the latest information not only on Japan’s intellectual property judicial system, but also on the same system and its operation in other countries and regions around the world. is participating. This year, with the theme of “Intellectual Property Dispute Resolution in Japan, the United States, and Europe,” we plan to invite judges and referees from Europe and the United States to hold mock trials, mock oral hearings, and panel discussions based on the latest information. (Specific programs are listed separately)

The program for the first day, October 24th, will be conducted by the court. Judges and lawyers from Japan, Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom held mock trials in their respective countries and regions using the same cases in which patent validity is being contested in patent infringement lawsuits. The court’s judgment on the following is stated. In the second half, a panel discussion was held with judges and lawyers from each country/region looking back on the mock trial, comparing the framework for determining patent validity, the way trials should be conducted, etc., deepening mutual understanding, and providing the latest information from each country/region. Opinions will be exchanged on intellectual property dispute procedures.

The program on the second day, October 25th, will be in charge of the Japan Patent Office. There will be lectures on the latest trends in the intellectual property judicial field in each country and region by the chief trial judge of the Japanese Patent Office, the chief trial judge of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and the head of the European Patent Office’s legal trial division. Next, a mock oral hearing by the Japanese Patent Office will be held in a more realistic manner, including cross-examination of witnesses. Then, in a panel discussion format, opinions will be exchanged on themes such as oral proceedings and judgments on inventive step, etc., based on the hypothetical cases handled in the mock oral proceedings.

Panel discussion at the Patent Office part of last year’s symposium (JSIP2023). Judges from various Asian countries participated as panelists.

Through the two-day program, this symposium will be a valuable opportunity not only for lawyers and patent attorneys involved in intellectual property litigation, but also for industry and researchers to further deepen mutual understanding of the intellectual property judicial system and court system. Probably.

“International Intellectual Property Judicial Symposium 2024 (JSIP2024)” – Intellectual property dispute resolution in Japan, the US and Europe –
Program (planned)

October 24th (Thursday) 13:30 to 18:00/Court Part

1. Mock trial between Japan, the European Unified Patent Court, the United States, and the United Kingdom (cases where patent validity is disputed in patent infringement litigation)
2. Panel discussion (Regarding the examination of patent validity in court, etc.)
   Panelists: Judges and lawyers from Japan, Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom

October 25th (Friday) 13:30 to 18:00 / Patent Office Part

1. Lecture (latest trends in trials at each office, relationship between the patent office and courts)
2. Mock oral hearing by the Japan Patent Office
3. Panel discussion (oral hearing, judgment on inventive step, etc.)
   Panelists: Judges from Japan, the US, and Europe

All programs include simultaneous interpretation in Japanese and English

◆How to participate(Participation at the venue, viewing simultaneous online distribution)
Dedicated site[[https://jsip-tokyo.go.jp/2024/]Pre-register from

venueBar Association Building 2nd Floor “Auditorium Cleo” 1-1-3 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Venue participation capacity250 people planned

Pre-registration is required for both attending the event and viewing the event online.
All programs will be conducted with Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation.

Commemorative photo of speakers from last year’s symposium (JSIP2023).

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