Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property / TOKYO 2025
The Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property / TOKYO 2025 (JSIP2025) was held from October 23 to 24, 2025.
This year, JSIP2025 was entitled “Evolving Approaches to IP Dispute Resolution: Marking the 20th Anniversary of the IPHC” and held at the Bar Associations Building in Tokyo. The event brought together judges, administrative judges, attorneys-at-law, and other legal professionals from Japan, Republic of Korea, Europe, the United States, China, and ASEAN member states, and the entire symposium program was conducted before a large audience and live-streamed online. Many speakers at each session of the program offered their congratulations to the IP High Court as it celebrated its 20th anniversary this year.
On the first day of the symposium, the event opened with a welcome address delivered by WATANABE Eriko, Justice of the Supreme Court of Japan, on behalf of the hosts. It was followed by a plenary session, where a keynote address was jointly presented by the Chief Judge of the IP High Court and the Director-General of the Trial and Appeal Department (TAD) at the Japan Patent Office. A panel discussion on the topic “International Trends in IP Fields and the Role of Specialized IP Courts” was also held. In it, presentations on international trends in IP fields were given by the Chief Judge of the Intellectual Property High Court of Korea, the President of the UPC Court of Appeal, and the Circuit Judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Following the presentations, judges, the Director-General of the TAD at the Japan Patent Office, an attorney-at-law, and a patent attorney exchanged views on the role of specialized IP courts.
On the second day of the symposium, a panel discussion on the topic “IP Justice in a Rapidly Changing Society” was held in the Court Part hosted by the IP High Court, where judges from Korea, Europe, and the United States as well as judges of the IP High Court and attorneys-at-law had a meaningful exchange of opinions on the introduction of expertise, the social impact of judicial decisions, and the future prospects of IP justice, among other subjects.
Photos of the Symposiuim are are available here
Videos of the Symposium are available here (YouTube Channel “最高裁行政局”)(external link)
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○Materials
(1) Plenary Session – Presentations
“Twenty Years of the IP High Court and IP Administration”
1. JSIP2025 Presentation [IP High Court] [PDF:1.4MB]
2. Recent progress on Intellectual Property Administration [PDF:2.3MB]
(2) Plenary Session – Panel Discussions
“International Trends in IP Fields and the Role of Specialized IP Courts”
3. JSIP2025 Slides for PD [Korea] [PDF:1.1MB]
4. JSIP2025 Slides for PD [UPC] [PDF:941KB]
5. JSIP2025 Slides for PD [US] [PDF:314KB]
(3) Court Part - Panel Discussion
“IP Justice in a Rapidly Changing Society”