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.
For new membership applications or to enquire about our events, please see the Contact page.
Upcoming Events
23 July 2025
Copyright Protection for Designs in the UK After Brexit
Wiggin LLP 22 Percy Street #Met Building London W1T 2BU
6.00 pm
Lionel Bently, Professor of Intellectual Property Law (Herchel Smith), Cambridge
Copyright Protection for Designs in the UK After Brexit - Are the Courts Rowing in Different Directions?
AIPPI UK is delighted to announce the return of Professor Lionel Bently for the latest instalment dealing with the thorny topic of copyright protection for designs in the UK. He has kindly previously discussed the repeal of section 52, and then the implications of Cofemel. This instalment will consider where we are post-Brexit: how did we get here, where are we now, and where might we be going.
In the long awaited WaterRower decision, the court held the elegant design of a rowing machine to be “original” within the applicable EU standard, but not a “work of artistic craftsmanship” (the pleaded category), finding that the concept of ‘artistry’ could not be read out of the statute under the well-known Marleasing doctrine. Meanwhile, in the Aga Rangemaster case, the judgment implied that the section 51 exception under the CDPA might have to be limited in the light of EU law, particularly Cofemel. The Aga case is under appeal but WaterRower is not.
The 2018 EU Withdrawal Act appeared to leave the law pretty much in stasis, though that left much for the UK courts still to settle. Then came REUL 2023 (the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act) which abolished the application of the Marleasing doctrine, while leaving in place the requirement that lower courts follow assimilated EU case-law (though appellate courts may choose to deviate from EU law where it is causing injustice or impeding the proper development of the law). The 2023 Act seems to point towards a level of transitional complexity, with potentially different conclusions for works created prior to the end of 2023 and those created more recently.
Past Events
18 June 2025
Summer Party
Middle Temple
Entertainment
22 May 2025
Soft IP Update
Dehns 10 Old Bailey London EC4M 7NG
Benet Brandreth KC of 11 South Square
Entertainment
13 March 2025
The Power of Mediation – developments at WIPO and in the UK
Bird & Bird LLP 12 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP
Heike Wollgast, Mr Justice Meade and James Porter
Entertainment
10 February 2025
Study Questions Kick-Off Meeting 2025 - Part 2, TMs & Copyright
Bird & Bird LLP, 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP and online
Entertainment
3 February 2025
Study Questions Kick-Off Meeting 2025 - Part 1, Patents & General
Bird & Bird LLP, 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP and online
Entertainment
19 December 2024
Patents Round-Up 2024
Hogan Lovells, Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FG
Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Henry Edwards
Entertainment
4 December 2024
2024 AIPPI Resolutions Report
Online
Pete Sadler, Rob McLoughlin, Richard Vary and Richard Miller KC
Entertainment
1 October 2024
Generative AI Tools for IP Lawyers
Wiggin LLP, 22 Percy Street, Met Building, London W1T 2BU
Iain Russell and Helen Wallis
Entertainment
27 June 2024
The UPC – One Year In
Simmons & Simmons 1 Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9SS
Wim Maas, Tilman Mueller Stoy, Agathe Michel-de Cazotte and Emmanuel Gouge
Entertainment
25 June 2024
AIPPI Summer Party 2024
Osborne Clarke, One London Wall EC2Y 5EB
Entertainment
19 June 2024
COPA v Wright – what was it all about?
Bird & Bird LLP 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP
Tristan Sherliker and Ning-Ning Li
Entertainment
4 June 2024
Soft IP Roundup 2024
A&O Shearman One Bishops Square London E1 6AD
Benet Brandreth KC and Kyra Nezami
Entertainment
18 April 2024
Meet the Deputies: An evening with the IP Deputy Judges
Bird & Bird LLP 12 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP
Daniel Alexander KC, Campbell Forsyth, Ian Karet, Charlotte May KC, Tom Mitcheson KC, David Stone, Michael Tappin KC
Entertainment
10 April 2024
Rapid Reaction: Lifestyle Equities v Amazon
Online event
Tom St Quintin of Hogarth Chambers
Entertainment
27 February 2024
AIPPI UK Confidential Information Case Study
Gowling WLG 4 More London Place London SE1 2AU
Dr Emily O’Neill
Entertainment
20 February 2024
Study Questions Kick-Off Meeting 2024
Bird & Bird LLP 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP
Entertainment
18 January 2024
Thaler in the Supreme Court – the judgment, and how can UK patent law evolve in future to accommodate AI-generated inventions?
Online event
Stuart Baran, Professor Ryan Abbott
Entertainment
19 December 2023
UK Patent Roundup 2023
Hogan Lovells Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FG
Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Henry Edwards
Entertainment
15 November 2023
2023 AIPPI Resolutions Report
Online event
Colin Paterson, Georgie Hart, Mark Nichols, Trevor Cook and Mari Sierra
Entertainment
8 November 2023
RAPID REACTION: Priority: the changing roles of the EPO and national courts
Allen & Overy, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD
James Warner and Trevor Cook
Entertainment
13 September 2023
Copyright roundup 2023
Mishcon de Reya, Africa House 70 Kingsway London WC2B 6AH and online
Nicholas Caddick, Uma Suthersanen
Entertainment
6 September 2023
AIPPI Summer Party 2023
Fieldfisher LLP, Riverbank House, 2 Swan Lane, London EC4R 3TT
Entertainment
28 June 2023
FRAND - what is happening?
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP, 1 Southampton Row, London WC1B 5HA
Sophie Lawrance, Tess Waldron
Entertainment
9 May 2023
Webinar: Preparing for the UPC – An open discussion with UPC judges
Online event
UPC Judges
Entertainment
26 April 2023
UK Trade Marks Roundup 2023
Allen & Overy
Benet Brandreth KC and Kyra Nezami
Entertainment
13 March 2023
The future of UPC decisions in UK patent litigation
Bird & Bird LLP 12 New Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP
Mr Justice Meade
Entertainment
9 February 2023
Study Questions Kick-Off Meeting 2023
Bird & Bird LLP 15 Fetter Lane London EC4A 1JP
Entertainment
31 January 2023
UK Patent Roundup 2022
Hogan Lovells LLP Atlantic House Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2FG
Andrew Lykiardopoulos KC and Henry Edwards
Entertainment
10 January 2023
The UPC and unitary patent are finally coming
Carpmaels & Ransford
1 Southampton Row London WC1B 5HA
Kevin Mooney and David Holland
Entertainment
7 November 2022
2022 AIPPI Resolutions Report
Online
UK delegates
Entertainment
11 October 2022
Investor IP Due Diligence Panel Talk
Herbert Smith Freehills
Exchange House Primrose Street London EC2A 2EG
Peter Finnie, Dr. Robert Tansley, Fiona Law, Dr. Simon Kerry, Patrick Farrant
Entertainment
7 June 2022
Summer Party 2022
Allen & Overy
Entertainment
26 April 2022
Soft IP roundup 2022
Bird & Bird and online
Benet Brandreth QC and Kyra Nezami, 11 South Square
Entertainment
3 March 2022
NFTs
Webinar
Anthony Macey, Gabriella Bornstein and Jeff Ostrow; Calum Smyth
Entertainment
23 February 2022
Civil Procedure and Patents Court update
Webinar
Mr Justice Meade and Alice Hart
Entertainment
31 January 2022
31 Jan - 9 Feb Kick-off Meetings
Online meeting
Entertainment
26 January 2022
Cometh the UPC and Unitary Patent?
Webinar
Kevin Mooney and David Holland
Entertainment
9 December 2021
2021 Patent Round-up
Webinar
Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC, Henry Edwards
Entertainment
2 November 2021
Anti-Suit Injunctions
Webinar
Ted Stevenson, Cordula Schumacher, Alex Brodie, Richard Vary
Entertainment
20 October 2021
The latest on Supplementary Protection Certificates
Webinar
James Horgan
Entertainment
4 October 2021
Can AI be an inventor and who can apply for a patent?
Webinar
Katharine Stephens
Entertainment
8 September 2021
The Future of Civil Justice
Webinar
Lord Justice Birss
Entertainment
31 July 2021
Ongoing work on the Study Questions for the 2021 World Congress
Entertainment
28 July 2021
Briefing on the CPTPP
Webinar
Professor Kim Weatherall, Dr John Liddicoat, Dr Emily Hudson, Professor William Van Caenegem, Professor Robert Burrell
Entertainment
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