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Overview
This seminar will offer an update on the adoption of the Unitary Patent system, which will contribute in making the protection of inventions in Europe simpler and more effective by allowing applicants to protect their inventions in EU countries by submitting one single patent application. The speakers will discuss how the Unitary Patent system is going to boost R&D activities, and facilitate the path of innovative products and services.
The seminar will also cover topics related to the growing adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies and applications. In fact, the importance of AI it is now posing questions that must be clearly answered as this technology progresses. The speakers will cover main topics about AI-related inventions, their protection, and about the potential changes that IP legal frameworks might need to experience. The seminar will discuss the current situation from a European and Japanese perspective with an eye to the future.
Program
| 14h30 | Registration |
| 15:00-15:15 | Welcome and opening remarks by Ms. Marjut HANNONEN, Minister Counsellor, Head of Trade Section of the EU Delegation to Japan Mr. HAMANO Koichi, JPO Commissioner Mr. Pascal Faure, INPI General Director |
| 15:15-15:20 | Introduction to the EU-Japan Technology Transfer Helpdesk |
| Presentation Sessions | |
| Panel 1: | Update on the Unitary Patent System and the PPH in Japan |
| 15:20-15:40 Speaker: |
Update on the Unitary Patent System Mr. Jean-Christophe Rolland - President of the Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (CNCPI)- French Patent Attorney /CNCPI |
| 15:40-16:00 Speaker: Moderator: |
PPH in Japan: focus on French and EPO PPH Mr. NISHIOKA Takahisa, Deputy Director, Examination Policy Planning Office, Administrative Affairs Division, JPO Mr. FX De Beaufort Action economic Director at INPI France |
| 16:00-16:15 | Q & A |
| Panel 2: | AI patenting and future challenges |
| 16:20-16:40 Speaker: |
AI patenting in the EU and future challenges Mr. Jean Marc Deltorn, AI Specialist and former examiner at EPO |
| 16:40-17:00 Speaker: Moderator: |
AI patenting in Japan and future challenges Mr. Fumio Takahashi, Patent Attorney, SHIGA International Patent Office Mr. Luca Escoffier, Project Manager, EU-Japan Technology Transfer Helpdesk - EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation |
| 17:00-17:15 | Q & A |
| 17:15-17:20 | Closing Remarks by Mr. Manuel Hubert, EU-side Managing Director, EU-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation |
| 17:20-19:00 | Networking Reception |
Joint venture established in 1987 by the European Commission (DG GROW) and the Japanese Government (METI) for promoting all forms of industrial, trade and investment cooperation between the EU and Japan.
