For general information on AIPPI UK events, please email events@aippi.org.uk.

Forthcoming Events in 2010

29 March 2010 (5.30pm for 6pm)
The cost of justice: IP litigation following the Jackson Report: views from the judiciary, industry and the professions
Speakers: Mr Justice Arnold, Richard Vary (Nokia), Trevor Cook (Bird & Bird)
This event should inform IP practitioners of the impact the Jackson Report anticipated by the judiciary, industry and the profession. We anticipate that there will be an opportunity to ask questions after the talk. Losing one's family to influenza has thankfully become rarer than it was in 1892, but in other respects many still think Lord Esher's views in Ungar v Sugg (1892) 9 RPC 113 broadly reflect the reality. The reforms suggested in the Jackson Report, at least for larger cases, are incremental rather than revolutionary: notably, a call for even more robust case management. Smaller cases, through changes in the Patents County Court, face deeper procedural change. Our speakers will provide insight for IP litigators into the impact of the Jackson Report from three distinct perspectives, and whether the changes will rescue patentees from the mischief lamented by Lord Esher.
Venue: Baker & McKenzie LLP, 100 New Bridge Street, London EC4V 6JA
Cost: £20 (non-members), free (members)
Drinks will take place afterwards.
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Past Events in 2010

8 February 2010 (5.30pm for 6pm)
IP in the WTO: Enforcement, Goods in Transit and Cross-Retaliation - Current TRIPS issues and cases at the World Trade Organization
Speaker: Wolf Meier-Ewert (Legal Officer, IP Division, WTO)
This event provided IP practitioners with insight into the current IP issues under examination in the policy and dispute resolution functions of the WTO. Prior to joining the WTO Secretariat, our speaker Mr. Meier-Ewert was an attorney at an international law firm in London and Munich, a consultant to the German Federal Ministry of Justice on the implementation of European copyright legislation, and a researcher at the Max-Planck-Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich.
Venue: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HT
(Use entrance at corner of Bouverie St with Tudor St)
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19 January 2010 (6pm)
Workshops on Questions for AIPPI Congress, Paris 2010
AIPPI published the Resolutions passed at its 2009 meeting in Buenos Aires, and announced the questions that will be put to the Congress in Paris, 3 - 6 October 2010. AIPPI United Kingdom invited all members to participate in the preparation of the UK responses to these Questions.

Past Events in 2009

4 November 2009 (5.30pm for 6pm)
Employee compensation for inventions in Germany and the UK
Speakers: Klaus Haft (Reimann Osterrieth Köhler Haft, Düsseldorf) and
Michael Edenborough (Serle Court, Lincoln's Inn, London)
Venue: Linklaters, One Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8HQ
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14 September 2009 (5.30 for 6pm)
President of the European Patent Office, Alison Brimelow
Strengthening the Patent System in Europe for the Future
Venue: Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London, E1 6AD
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25 June 2009 (6pm)
Annual Garden Party
Venue: Middle Temple Gardens, London

13 May 2009 (5.30 for 6pm)
Lord Hoffmann
The past, the present and the future
Once described by Legal Business magazine as "the most dominant personality in the Lords by a mile" and credited by the BBC as "the cleverest law lord of his generation", Lord Hoffmann has been at the helm of the development of UK IP law since his elevation to the Lords in 1995. His landmark judgments include United Wire, Sabaf, Kirin Amgen, Synthon, Yeda, Lundbeck (CA), Angiotech, Hello!, NLA v M&S, Designers Guild and Parma Ham. This event provided an opportunity to hear Lord Hoffmann talk on the development of IP to its current position, and his perspective on what is to come.
Venue: Lovells, Atlantic House, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG

8 April 2009
Copyright: Extension of Sound Recordings and Performer’s Rights
Speakers: Professor Bernt Hugenholtz & Richard Mollet
Professor Bernt Hugenholtz of the Institute for Information Law at the University of Amsterdam, and Richard Mollett, Director of Public Affairs at the BPI, spoke on the Extension of Sound Recordings and Performer’s Rights. How far should they go? The event was particularly timely given the recent announcement of UK government backing for an extended term of protection for sound recordings.

14 January 2009
Workshops on Questions for
AIPPI Congress, Buenos Aires 2009

AIPPI published the Resolutions passed at its 2008 Congress meeting and announced the questions that will be put to the next meeting in Buenos Aires in 2009. AIPPI will hold its Buenos Aires Forum and Executive Committee meeting between 10-15 October 2009. The Questions for this year are as follows:

Q194 Co-ownership (led by Michael Edenborough & Lucy Harrold)
Q208 Border detention (led by Ari Laakkonen)
Q209 Selection patents (led by David Knight)
Q210 Sporting events (led by Jane Mutimear)

AIPPI United Kingdom invited all members to participate in the preparation of the UK responses to these Questions.

Past Events in 2008

4 December 2008
Symbian: Where do we stand now?
Speaker: Colin Birss QC
Following the Court of Appeal's recent judgment, Colin Birss will led a discussion on Symbian Limited v Comptroller General of Patents and consider current and possible future developments in the UK and Europe regarding the patentability of computer programs.

21 May 2008
Patents and Economics: Strategies to Improve Patenting and Enforcement
The impact of patent thickets, renewal fees and litigation insurance
Speaker: Professor Schankerman, London School of Economics
Venue: Bristows, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DH
A paper prepared by Professor Schankerman for this talk can be viewed here.
A report of this event can be viewed here.

7 May 2008
Community Designs – a Silver Bullet or a Rubber Dagger? What is happening in the Community courts?
Speakers: Henry Carr QC and Dr Henning Hartwig of Bardehle Pagenburg (Germany)
Venue: Linklaters LLP, One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ
A report of this event can be viewed here.

17 January 2008
1st UK Workshop on Questions 202 to 205 for discussion at the AIPPI Congress in Boston in September 2008
All members were invited to attend, to help formulate the UK position on the questions.
The UK responses to the questions can be viewed here.
Venue: Bird & Bird, 15 Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1JP

Past Events in 2007

5 December 2007 (5.30pm)
Patent Litigation in Europe: the Commission Communication - is this the last chance? (click for report)
Speakers: Tim Frain (Nokia), Kevin Mooney (Simmons & Simmons), David Rosenberg (GSK), Margot Froehlinger (European Commission)
Venue: Freshfields, 65 Fleet Street, London EC4Y 1HS

17 October 2007 (5pm)
Annual General Meeting
Professor Lionel Bently on Copyright (click for presentation)

13 June 2007 (6pm)
Annual Garden Party
Venue: Middle Temple Gardens
(Entertainment: Guildhall School of Music)

11 April 2007 (6pm)
Managing an international patent portfolio
Speakers: Tony Tangena (Philips) and John Nevard (Inverness Medical)
Venue: Allen & Overy, One Bishop's Square

Contact

Charters Macdonald-Brown
AIPPI UK Events
Redd Solicitors LLP, 29 Cloth Fair, London EC1A 7JQ, United Kingdom
Email: events@aippi.org.uk