On 12 June 2019, the IP5 Heads of Office met with IP5 Industry in Incheon, Korea, to update the industry representatives on recent developments at their respective offices and on IP5 initiatives such as the Global Dossier and the results of the work of the IP5 Patent Harmonization Expert Panel (PHEP). The IP5 Offices and IP5 Industry also engaged in a dialogue on IP topics of strategic nature, including new emerging technologies and artificial intelligence and the future focus and sustainability of IP5 co-operation.
Topics and presentations included:
Recent developments at the IP5 Offices and WIPO
- Recent developments at KIPO (presented by KIPO)
- Recent updates from CNIPA (presented by CNIPA)
- USPTO update (presented by the USPTO)
- Latest updates of WIPO (presented by WIPO)
Follow up from the Global Dossier Task Force (GDTF) and Industry Consultation Group (ICG) meeting
- 2019 Global Dossier Task Force and Industry Consultation Group meeting - main outcomes (presented by the EPO)
- IP5 Industry reply on EPO report of 2019 Global Dossier Task Force and Industry Consultation Group meeting (presented by the PDG on behalf of BE)
Report to Industry: follow up on 2018 strategic topics
- Follow up: 2018 strategic topics (presented by the USPTO)
- Report on 2018 strategic topic (presented by IPO)
Work of the Patent Harmonization Expert Panel (PHEP)
- Conclusion of the current PHEP projects (presented by KIPO)
- PHEP – Future topics (presented by the USPTO)
- PHEP new topic: Global patent assignment (presented by IPO)
- Future PHEP topic - Global assignment (presented by KINPA)
- PHEP new topic: First filing requirements in multinational inventorship situations (presented by BE)
- PHEP new topics: Industry IP5 update (presented by AIPLA)
- PHEP new topic: Harmonization of claim format & drawings (presented by JIPA)
2019 strategic topics
- Impacts of and preparation for new and emerging technologies (NET) / Artificial Intelligence (AI) (presented by AIPLA)
- Future of IP5 Co-operation (presented by BE)
- Future of IP5 (presented by AIPLA)