China, Japan, ROK hold policy dialog on intellectual property

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China, Japan, ROK hold policy dialog on intellectual property

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Top intellectual property watchdogs from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) held the third trilateral policy dialog meeting in Beijing Friday, discussing new cooperation and the possibility of arranging talks with Southeast Asian countries.

    Wang Jingchuan, commissioner of China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), said that the trilateral cooperation in trade, economic and other fields was greatly promoted in recent years.

    During the "10+3" meeting October in Indonesia, which was attended by 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China, Japan and the ROK, leaders from the three sides agreed to strengthen intellectual property protection and coordination, Wang said.

    Yasuo Imai, commissioner of the Japan Patent Office (JPO), said that the three countries are playing key roles in many fields in Asia, including intellectual property. The three sides have conducted many concerted projects and cooperated widely, he said.

    In the 21st century, said Dong-Man Ha, commissioner of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), high-profile dialogs among the three countries on intellectual property are particularly important. He hoped the three sides would discuss more substantial issues.

    The three commissioners agreed to set up an information-exchange platform, to experiment on electronic document exchange in 2004, to explore the possibilities of sharing a patent search and examination database among the three sides, and to compile a technical dictionary.

    The trilateral policy dialog was initiated in 2001. JPO hosted the first meeting in Tokyo, where the three sides agreed to host the meeting in turn since then.

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