Participants

Participants in this Symposium include representatives of 4 inter-governmental organizations, organizations from 39 countries and regions, and various industries as well as numerous professionals in the intellectual property field.

Inter-Governmental Organizations

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
European Commission Internal Market
European Patent Office (EPO)
Office of Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM)

IP Offices and Governmental Organizations

Agency for Cultural Affairs (JP)(ACA)
Bangladesh Patent Office
Danish Patent and Trademark Office (DKPTO)
Department of Intellectual Property (TH) (DIP)
Directorate General of Intellectual Property Rights (ID)(DGIPR)
Department of Business Development (TH)(DBD)
Department of Export Promotion (TH)(DEP)
German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA)
Intellectual Property Office of Mongolia (IPOM)
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS)
IP Australia
Japan Patent Office (JPO)
Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO)
Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)
Ministerio de Educacion, Cultura ‚™ Deporte(ES) (MECD)
Ministry of Commerce (TH)(MOC)
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (JP)(METI)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (JP)(MEXT)
National Board of Patents and Registration of Finland (NBPR)
The National Center for Industrial Property Information (JP)(NCIPI)
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
National Office of Industrial Property of Vietnam (NOIP)
National Science and Technology Development Agency (TH)(NSTDA)
The Patent Office (UKPO)
Patent Office of the State Intellectual Property Office(SIPO)
Sri Lanka Institute of Development Administration (SLIDA)
Supreme Court of Japan
Taiwanese Intellectual Property Office (TIPO)
Tokyo District Court

Non-Governmental Organizations

ASEAN IP Association
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA)
The Center for Promotion of Inventions and Innovations (CEPIN)
China Intellectual Property Society (CIPS)
Chinese Creativity Development Association
Filipino Inventors Society, Inc. (FIS)
The Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office(EPI)
Industrial Property Cooperation Center (IPCC)
Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP)
International Anti Counterfeiting Coalition inc.(IACC)
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)
International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI)
Intellectual Property Alumni Association, Inc. (IPAA)
Japan Design Protection Association (JDPA)
Japan Foods Patent Center (JFPC)
Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (JIII)
Japan Intellectual Property Association (JIPA)
Japan Patent Information Organization (JAPIO)
Japan Patent Attorneys Association (JPAA)
Japan Women Inventors Association (JWIA)
Korea Invention Promotion Association (KIPA)
Korea Women Inventors Association (KWIA)
Licensing Executives Society (LES)
Malaysian Intellectual Property Association (MIPA)
Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS)
Mongolian Innovators Association (MIA)
Patent Application Processing Center (PAPC)
Shanghai Association For Science & Technology (SAST)
Software Information Center (SOFTIC)
Thai Invention Association (T.I.A)