AIPPI
UNITED KINGDOM
Events
The UK group of AIPPI organises talks and research events concerning intellectual property throughout the year. Our events count for CPD under the Solicitors Regulation Authority, the Bar Standards Board and IPReg requirements.
Most events provide drinks afterwards and the opportunity to meet the speakers and other attendees.
Attendance at our events is free for members and new applicants for membership. Junior membership costs £35 for people under 30 on 1 January in the year of membership, £70 for people over 29 and under 36, and £150 otherwise.
For new membership applications, please contact .
Upcoming Events
31 May 2021
Ongoing work on the Study Questions for the 2021 World Congress
The topics (and AIPPI UK Council Members responsible for leading the questions) are:
· PATENTS: Q276 - Inventiveness and sufficiency of disclosure in AI inventions (led by Peter Finnie);
· TRADE MARKS: Q277 - Registrability of trade marks against public order or morality (led by Ashley Roughton);
· DESIGNS: Q278 - Industrial Designs and the Role of Prior Art (led by Arthur Artinian); and
· REMEDIES: Q279- Reasonable awareness in compensation for infringement of IP rights (led by Richard Vary).
Copies of the study questions are here.
Past Events
19 April 2021
Are you sitting comfortably? A soft IP story book 2021
Webinar
Benet Brandreth and Kyra Nezami
Entertainment
31 March 2021
Patents for computer-implemented simulations - Rapid Response to G1/19
Webinar
Pawel Piotrowicz and Sam Jones
Entertainment
23 February 2021
Mr Justice Meade - a view from the patent bench - nearly 6 months in
Webinar
Mr Justice Meade
Entertainment
8 February 2021
Kick-Off Meetings for the Study Questions at the 2021 Congress
Webinars
Entertainment
2 December 2020
Artificial Intelligence: AI-assisted / generated innovation
Panel online
Calum Smyth, Dr. Ulrike Till, Prof. Ryan Abbott, Rich Christiansen, Toby Bond
Entertainment
19 October 2020
The AIPPI Remedies Trilogy Part 3 - Interim remedies
Webinar
Speaker: Nicholas Caddick QC
Entertainment
14 November 2019
Rapid Response: Shanks v Unilever
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 65 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HS
Speakers: Dr Bobby Mukherjee and Alan Johnson
9 July 2019
AIPPI UK Summer Party 2019
Taylor Wessing, 5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TQ
2nd April 2019
SPC Event
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP, 1 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA
Speakers: Hugh Goodfellow, Charlotte May QC, Tomos Shillingford and David Rosenberg
21 June 2018
ARM's Reach: An evening with Phil David, former General Counsel of ARM Holdings, chaired by Sean Dennehey
Bird & Bird, 12 New Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JP
12 July 2018
Technical Talk: "Cancer, we’re watching you. How immunosurveillance is shifting the balance in the war against cancer."
The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Rd, Kings Cross, London, NW1 1AT
Speaker: Professor Adrian Hayday
3 July 2018 (Cancelled)
RAPID RESPONSE - Cartier v BT
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP, One Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA
Speakers: Charlotte May QC, Rachel Alexander, Prof Frederick Mostert
25 June 2018
AIPPI UK Summer Party 2018
Norton Rose Fulbright, 3 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AQ
14 June 2018
Hatch-Waxman - US pharmaceutical patent litigation
Kilburn & Strode, Lacon London, 84 Theobalds Road, London, WC1X 8NL
Speakers: AIPLA delegates
16 January 2018
Kick-off meeting for Cancun Questions
Bird & Bird LLP 12 New Fetter Lane EC4A 1JP London
28 June 2017
Annual Summer Party 2017
Allen & Overy, Bishops Square, London E1 6AD
11 April 2017
Rapid Response: Unwired Planet v Huawei
Bird & Bird
Professor Sir Robin Jacob, Richard Vary
29 March 2017
Are you sitting comfortably? A soft IP storybook
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
Roger Wyand QC
26 January 2017
Launch workshop on study questions for AIPPI Sydney Congress 2017
Bird & Bird
15 December 2016
On the edge of your seat: Recent UK patent cases
Hogan Lovells
Speaker: Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC
29 November 2016
Rapid Response: Court of Appeal decision in the Lyrica case
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Speakers: Claire Baldock (Boult Wade Tennant), Stuart Baran (Three New Square) and Brian Cordery (Bristows)
22 November 2016
Pharma IP – the in-house perspective
Bird & Bird
Speakers: Nick Finnie (Novartis), Ravinder Chahil (Polpharma Group)
13 July 2016
Annual Garden Party
Middle Temple
5 July 2016
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Freshfields
Speaker: Simon Thorley QC
2 June 2016
Copycat Packaging
Linklaters LLP
Speakers: Michael Edenborough QC, John Noble
2 February 2016
AIPPI Milan Study Questions Workshop 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
18 November 2015
IP and Ethics: The impact of ethical considerations on the existence or enforcement of IP Rights
UCL Institute of Brand and Innovation Law (IBIL)
Mr Justice Carr, Professor Aurora Plomer (University of Sheffield), Professor Peter Coffey (UCL), Professor Lionel Bentley (University of Cambridge)
12 November 2015
Second medical use patents after Lyrica: views from across the profession
Baker & McKenzie
Speakers: Stuart Baran, Brian Cordery & Claire Baldock
7 October 2015
IPEC - Further Reflections from the Coalface
Linklaters LLP
HHJ Richard Hacon
8 July 2015
Annual Garden Party
Middle Temple
8 June 2015
Joint Meeting of AIPLA (US) and AIPPI (UK)
Tom Mitcheson QC (Chair), Peter Schechter (Osha Liang LLP), Enrica Bruno (Steinfl & Bruno), Patrick Lloyd (Reddie & Grose), Chris Tunstall (Carpmaels & Ransford LLP)
26 May 2015
Patents & Standards - FRAND: the story so far
Lord Justice Floyd and Richard Vary (Nokia)
29 April 2015
Legal Privilege: the UK and US regimes and their applicability to IP practitioners
Michael Edenborough QC and Anthony Tridico
30 March 2015
What’s the CJEU said this time? A review of the latest SPC musings from Luxembourg
Speakers: Daniel Wise (Carpmaels), Michael Lubienski (UCB) and Edward Oates (Carpmaels)
19 February 2015
Geographical Indications: FAGE, Feta, Fontina, and the battle for world markets
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Wolf Meier-Ewert and Dev Gangjee, with Sir Richard Arnold (chair)
27 January 2015
AIPPI Rio de Janeiro Questions Workshop 2015
Bird & Bird