2025 SUMMIT MEETING OF GNIPA
Banquet Room B,
TKP Garden City PREMIUM Yokohama Landmark Tower,
25F The Landmark Tower Yokohama
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2025
PROGRAM（SUBJECT TO CHANGEs）
| Schedule | Topic | Speaker from | Speaker | Presentation Materials |
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| 9:00-9:45 | 1. Introduction, Election | |||
| 9:45-10:40 | 2. Harmonization Update from Offices | USPTO |
Procedural Harmonization Update Jessica Patterson, Senior Advisor and Director for International Worksharing |
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| JPO |
Harmonization Initiatives by JPO IKOMA Hayato, Deputy Director, Multilateral Policy Section, International Policy Division |
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| 3. Harmonization Update from User Group | FICPI |
SPLH – FICPI perspective for 2025-2026 Jérome Collin, CET Special Reporter |
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| 10:40-10:55 | Coffee Break | |||
| 10:55-11:55 | 3. Harmonization Update from User Group | IPO |
Update on Category Definitions for AI-Related Inventions Laura Sheridan, Board of Directors |
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| PAK (Germany) |
UPC and Unitary Patent Status Report Nanno Lenz, Past President |
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| 4. Recent Development from the Regions | ABPI (Brazil) |
The Brazilian IP Landscape:Prosecution, Enforcement, and Industry Challenges Claudia Maria Zeraik, Chair of the Geographical Indications Committee |
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| ACPI (Colombia) |
Intellectual Property in Colombia Juan Carlos Cuesta, Past President |
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| 11:55-12:45 | Lunch Break | |||
| 12:45-14:10 | 5. Recent Development from the Regions | IP Australia |
Recent developments in automated decision-making and AI at IP Australia Chris Rathborne, CIDO and General Manager, Data and Technology Group |
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| JPO |
JPO's Recent Initiatives in AI-related Invention Examinations MIYABE Nanae, Deputy Director, Examination Standards Office, Patent and Design Examination Department |
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| CNCPI (France) |
Developments in IP from France Emmanuel Potdevin, President |
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| KPAA (Korea) |
2024-2025 Developments in Korea Young jin HEO, Vice President |
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| ACPAA (China) | Dajian WU, Vice President |
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| 14:10-15:15 | 6. Panel: Implementing Generative AI in IP Firms (including free discussion) | AIPLA(Moderator) | John Osha, Chair of AI Task Force of American Intellectual Property Law Association | |
| FICPI | Swarup Kumar, Deputy Secretary General | |||
| CIPA (UK) | Daniel Chew, Past President | |||
| PAK (Germany) | Nanno Lenz, Past President | |||
| IPTA (Australia) | John Randells, President | |||
| JPAA (Japan) | Takashi KOIKE, Member | |||
| 15:15-15:35 | Coffee Break | |||
| 15:35-17:00 | 7. Harmonization Update | EPO |
HARMONISATION UPDATE FROM THE EPO: OUTCOMES OF THE EUROPEAN STUDY OF CASE LAW ON PRIOR USER RIGHTS Sylvie Strobel, Lawyer, Patent Law Policy and Harmonisation |
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| WIPO |
Global Identifier and Use Cases Young-woo Yun, Head of Standards Section, Infrastructure and Platforms Sector |
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| CIPA (UK) |
International Patent Harmonisation Activities: A UK Perspective Tony Rollins, Past President |
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| Business Europe |
Harmonisation Update BUSINESSEUROPE’s perspective Elena Bertolotto, Senior Advisor of Legal Affairs Department |
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| 8. Recent Development from the Regions | CITMA (UK) |
Trade Mark Practice in the UK: Changes post-Brexit and news from the last year Kelly Saliger, President |
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| 17:00-17:15 | Adjourn | |||
| 17:15-19:00 | Cocktail Reception |
