SIPO-JPO Heads Meeting Held in Hangzhou

2017/11/22

Commissioner Shen Changyu of the State Intellectual Property Office of China (SIPO) met Commissioner Naoko Munakata of the Japan Patent Office (JPO) at the 24th meeting between the heads of the two offices in Hangzhou on November 16th. Shen highly appreciated the long tradition of IP cooperation between SIPO and JPO, which is one of the first partners with SIPO in cooperation. There would be of great significance to hold this meeting noting the normalization of Sino-Japanese relations entering its 45th year. Strengthening cooperation and commutation between SIPO and JPO met the common interests of IP users in China and Japan as well as the demand for communication in technology, economy and culture fields between the two countries. Several topics including IP policies, patent examiners exchange, patent examination, patent classification, industrial design, automation, patent reexamination and professional training were discussed at the meeting. After the meeting, Shen and Munakata signed the Memorandum of the 24th SIPO-JPO Heads Meeting of the Commissioners.

Source: SIPO