The 7th Meeting of Japan-EU Dialogue on Intellectual Property Rights

March 17, 2010
Japanese

The 7th meeting of Japan-EU Dialogue on Intellectual Property Rights will be held on 18 March 2010 in Tokyo (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
The meeting will be co-chaired by Mr. Yasuo Tanabe, Deputy Director-General, Economic Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) who leads the Japanese delegation consisted of officials from ministries/agencies concerned, and by Dr. Ewa Synowiec, Director, Directorate General Trade of the European Commission (EC) who leads the EU delegation consisted of officials of the related departments of the Commission.
The meeting will discuss broad areas of topics related to intellectual property rights (IPR), including counterfeiting and piracy, patent and copyrights, with a view to seeking the future co-operation between Japan and the EU in the fields of IPR.
Japan-EU Dialogue on Intellectual Property Rights has been annually held since its first meeting in FY 2003. This will mark the 7th dialogue since then. The previous meeting was held at the Headquarters of the European Commission in Brussels (Belgium) in April 2009.

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