December 28, 2023 New Business Strategy Seminar for the Beyond 5G Era (18th)

As part of the activities of the Beyond 5G New Management Strategy Center, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) will hold a seminar entitled “Issues and Trends in Standard Essential Patents and Patent Pools” in the field of information and communication standardization and intellectual property strategy on Monday, January 29, 2024.
In this seminar, Professor SUZUKI Masabumi of Waseda University, YAMAMOTO Kazushige, Representative of Avanci Tokyo Office, and KOIKE Shinichi, Attorney at Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center, will speak.

1. Purpose

As part of the activities of the Beyond 5G New Management Strategy Center (co-headed by MORIKAWA Hiroyuki, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo, and YANAGAWA Noriyuki, Professor, Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo), MIC continuously holds seminars for various companies and organizations (management and business divisions, in particular) aimed at raising awareness and disseminating information for Beyond 5G new business seminars.

MIC will hold a seminar on the theme of “Issues and Trends in Standard Essential Patents and Patent Pools,” which is related to standardization and intellectual property strategy in the field of information and communication, as specified below.

2. Overview

Time and date: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm on Monday, January 29, 2024 Location: Online (please see “3. How to apply”) Participation fee: Free Organizer: Beyond 5G New Management Strategy Center Co-organizer: Planning and Strategy Committee, Beyond 5G Promotion Consortium

Seminar overview

In this seminar, keynote speeches and panel discussions will be held on standard essential patents and patent pools that are indispensable for the manufacture of products compliant with standard specifications.

Keynote speeches will include:

• From SUZUKI Masabumi, Professor, Faculty of Law, School of Law, at Waseda University, on the challenges of standard essential patents and responses of standardization organizations to date
• From YAMAMOTO Kazushige, Representative of Avanci Tokyo Office, on the overview of the patent pool operated by Avanci and the operational status of patent pools related to wireless communications
• From KOIKE Shinichi, Attorney and Specialist Commissioner at Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center, on trends in the essentiality judgment of standard essential patents

The panel discussion will involve a broad discussion on standard essential patents and patent pools based on the content of each keynote speech. Questions from participants will also be accepted.

○ Keynote speeches *For details on the speakers, please see Attachment 1, “Speaker Introduction.”
Lecture (1)	SUZUKI Masabumi, Professor, Faculty of Law, School of Law, at Waseda University About Standard Essential Patents and Patent Pools (tentative)
Lecture (2)	YAMAMOTO Kazushige, Representative, Avanci Tokyo Office Features and Operational Status of the Avanci Patent Pool (tentative)
Lecture (3)	KOIKE Shinichi, Attorney, Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center Specialist Commissioner Essential Judgement of Standard Essential Patents and Future Directions (tentative)
○ Keynote speeches *For details on the speakers, please see Attachment 1, “Speaker Introduction.”
○ Panel discussion
○ Keynote speeches *For details on the speakers, please see Attachment 1, “Speaker Introduction.”
Moderator
SUZUKI Masabumi	Professor, Faculty of Law, School of Law, at Waseda University
Panelists
YAMAMOTO Kazushige	Representative, Avanci Tokyo Office
SHINICHI Koike	Attorney, Japan Intellectual Property Arbitration Center Specialist Commissioner

3. How to apply

Those who wish to participate in this seminar, please see Attachment 2, “How to Apply,” and apply by the deadline at the application URL (https://pco-prime.com/B5G_seminar2023_form2/).
*Application deadline: No later than 5:00 pm on Friday, January 26, 2024

*The published material is in Japanese only.