2025 AM IP Practice in Japan Pre-Meeting

October 28 to 29, 2025

Location

The Westin Downtown DC
999 9th Street, NW

Washington, DC

Registration

Fee: Registration Opens Soon!

The Pre-Meeting is open to all and is a great event for networking with colleagues from Japan and other countries. Presentations will be provided by the speakers from AIPLA, the Japan Patent Attorney Association (JPAA), the International Association for the Protection of the Intellectual Property in Japan (AIPPI-J), and possible from the Japan Trademark Association (JTA) and Japan Patent Office (JPO) on a range of topics such as:

1. US: Subject Matter Eligibility - Recent Updates from both Bio and Software
2. US: PTAB - Developments and Strategies
3. US: SCOTUS Review - Recent Cases and What is Coming Up
4. US: Recent Developments on Trademark Law and Practice
5. Japan: Recent IP High Court Decisions
6. Japan: Post-Grant Opposition Updates
7. Japan: Update on Examination Standards
8. Japan: Recent Developments on Trademark Law and Practice

Please only use the Registration to the left if you are NOT also able to attend the AIPLA Annual Meeting.

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