Meet KIPB Japan at APAA's 2023 Annual Meeting in Singapore

Steve Denney • 10 October 2023

From Nov 3-7, 2023, the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA) will hold their 20th General Assembly and 74th & 75th Council Meetings in Singapore. Members of the KIPB team will be in attendance on-site, in addition to representatives from many other IP law firms from around the globe.


We will be represented in Singapore by our Senior Partner Goichi Takahashi; the Head of our Patent Department, Yoshiaki Kishizawa; and our lead on international client accounts and business development, Steve Denney from the UK. 


We would love to arrange a time to meet with anyone interested in intellectual property in Japan. Please contact us at the conference (our details are on the registered list of attendees) or contact us at +81-3-6433-7507 (Tokyo office),  +81-(0)80-3514-2686 (Steve's mobile/WhatsApp) or mail@kipb.net.


Further information about the event can be found at the official conference site here.

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