Five top IP offices meet in Suzhou
May 26, 2015 Category IPR protection, Weekly
The heads of the world’s five largest intellectual property offices had a meeting in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, to explore further increasing the efficiency of their work. The State Intellectual Property Office of China, European Patent Office, Japan Patent Office, Korean Intellectual Property Office and United States Patent and Trademark Office between them handle about 80% of the world’s patent applications. This year, the five offices are expected to sign an agreement on providing better services to the public, especially to small businesses and individual users, in a bid to reinforce IP’s role in innovation-driven development, according to the meeting organizers. The delegates discussed a wide range of issues, including quality control in processing patent fillings, statistics, automation and patent documentation. Joerg Wuttke, President of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, suggested that the IP “Big Five” harmonize international patent law between them, adding that “the EU business community in China expects a robust implementation of the country’s IP laws.”
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