IP offices and businesses renew commitment to work together for global IP system

Businesses and intellectual property offices took stock of ongoing cooperation projects at their annual meeting in Yokohama, where BusinessEurope with its U.S. and Japanese IP counterparts met the Presidents of the European, U.S. and Japanese IP offices. Cooperation means less red tape and costs for users of the global patent system. In addition, they discussed progress of multilateral discussions on substantive harmonisation of patent laws.