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9 January 2012 (6pm)
Preparation of UK Group Working Question Responses for AIPPI Seoul 2012

One of the most important aspects of the work of AIPPI is its analysis, in Working Committees, of various intellectual property issues from a comparative law perspective, and the resolutions that result from such work that are negotiated and voted on at its international meetings and which recommend to legislators the approach to adopt to such issues. The fruits of previous such labours, which constitute an invaluable resource as to comparative law, can be found in the responses to and resolutions as to various Working Questions that can be accessed at:

https://www.aippi.org/?sel=questions&sub=workingcommittees and
https://www.aippi.org/?sel=questions&sub=dissolvedcommittees

As in previous years the UK Group will be making its own contribution to this work by preparing its responses to the new Working Questions in the first quarter of 2012. A set of “kick-off” meetings will take place in January 2012 on a date to be arranged, but in the meantime those who want to be involved in the drafting of the UK response to such questions can contact either me or the relevant question leaders, set out below under each Working Question, for further details.

Those of you who are members of AIPPI UK and are aged 35 years or less on 1st January 2012 will be eligible for the AIPPI UK Prize, given annually to the person who in the opinion of the Council of AIPPI UK makes the most significant contribution to the UK response to a Working Question.

Q229 - Use of Patent Prosecution History in Post Grant Proceedings
Ian Karet (ian.karet@linklaters.com)

Q230 – Infringement of Trade Marks by Goods in Transit
Paul Harris (paul.harris@gowlings.com)

Q231 - Interplay between Design and Copyright Protection for Industrial Products
Sara Ashby (sara@redd.eu) and Ari Laakkonen (ari.laakkonen@powellgilbert.com)

Q232 – Relevance of Traditional Knowledge to Intellectual Property Law
Ashley Roughton (ashleyroughton@hogarthchambers.com)

Venue: Bird & Bird, 15 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JP
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