Keio University IP Forum 2025

Haug Partners is proud to announce it will co-host the upcoming Keio University IP Forum 2025, scheduled to be held in Tokyo, Japan on September 18, 2025. The forum, titled “IP Strategies in a Changing World,” will cover a wide range of legal topics, focusing primarily on IP developments and strategies in Japan, Germany and the United States.

Chairman Ed Haug and Partner Kaitlin Farrell will be leading two morning lectures on Recent Developments at the PTAB and Considerations for IPR Strategy and Current Trends and Challenges in U.S. Patent Law and Practice.

Keynote Speakers:
• Hiroki Kitamura (Director-General, Patent and Design Examination Department, Japan Patent Office)
• Dr. Klaus Bacher (Presiding Judge, 10th Civil Senate of the German Federal Court of Justice)
• Hon. Makiko Takabe (Former Chief Judge, IP High Court of Japan, Of Counsel Nishimura & Asahi)

Speakers:
• Ed Haug (Chairman, Haug Partners)
• Kaitlin Farrell (Partner, Haug Partners)
• Christian Appelt (Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert)

Panelists:
• Kyoko Mizuguchi (Corporate Executive Officer, EVP, General Counsel, Fujitsu Ltd)
• Tomonori Okuwaki (Associate VP, Head of Intellectual Property Dept., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.)
• Masafumi Yamamoto (Senior Associated Officer in charge of Global Intellectual Property Strategy, Daikin Industries, Ltd.)
• Osamu Iketa (Deputy Head of Corporate Intellectual Property and Legal Headquarters, Canon Inc.)

Moderators:
• Taro Isshiki (Managing Partner, Isshiki & Partners; Lecturer, Keio University)
• Prof. Dr. Heinz Goddar (Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert)
• Prof. Dr. Yuko Kimijima (Faculty/Graduate School of Law; Chair, Keio IP Forum Project & Cyber-Physical Sustainability Center, Keio University)

For the full agenda, please visit the event page at https://www.kgri.keio.ac.jp/en/news-event/168766.html.