AIPPI
UNITED KINGDOM
Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
Internationale Vereinigung für den Schutz des Geistigen Eigentums
7 April 2025
Summer Party
Our special centenary party will be held on 18 June 2025. Save the Date and see the Events page for more information as it becomes available.
5 February 2025
2025 Congress Questions
The topics (and AIPPI UK Council Members leading the response of the UK Group) are:
PATENTS: Q293 Compulsory licensing led by John Brunner (Carpmaels) and Peter Finnie (Potter Clarkson) Study Guidelines
TRADE MARKS: Q294 Exhaustion of Trade Mark rights led by Sara Ashby (Wiggin) and Paul Harris (Dehns) Study Guidelines
COPYRIGHT: Q295 Copyright and Artificial Intelligence led by Calum Smyth (Wiggin) and Toby Bond (Bird & Bird) Study Guidelines
GENERAL: Q296 Preliminary Injunctions: Requirements for compensating damage suffered by Defendant led by Jonny Moss (Hogarth Chambers) and Annsley Ward (Wilmer Hale) Study Guidelines
4 February 2025
2025 Congress
The 2025 AIPPI World Congress will take place on 13–16 September 2025 in Yokohama, Japan. More information will appear here when it is available.
8 December 2023
2023 AIPPI Resolutions
Here are links to the Resolutions passed at the Istanbul Congress. There are also links to the summaries of the reports of the National and Regional Groups answering the Questions for their jurisdictions.
PATENTS: Q284 Doctrine of equivalents
TRADE MARKS: Q285 Proving trade mark use
COPYRIGHT: Q286 Collecting societies
GENERAL: Q287 Responsibility of online marketplaces for online infringement
19 November 2023
AIPPI Congress 2024
The 2024 AIPPI World Congress will be held in Hangzhou 19-22 October 2024. More information will be available through this link.
18 November 2023
Questions for Congress 2023
The Questions this year were
PATENTS: Q284 Doctrine of equivalents
Leaders: Mark Ridgway and Calum Smyth
TRADE MARKS: Q285 Proving trade mark use
Leader: Jan Vleck
COPYRIGHT: Q286 Collecting societies
Leaders: Richard Vary and Emily O’Neill
GENERAL: Q283 Responsibility of online marketplaces for online infringement
Leaders:Ashley Roughton and Trevor Cook
A link to the study guidelines is here.
30 September 2022
2022 AIPPI Resolutions
The Resolutions passed at the San Francisco Congress can be read here, and each contains a link to a summary of the Reports of the National and Regional Groups.
Patentability of Diagnostic Methods
Trade Marks and the Internet and Social Media
23 July 2025
Copyright Protection for Designs in the UK After Brexit
Lionel Bently, Professor of Intellectual Property Law (Herchel Smith), Cambridge
6.00 pm