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 secretary@aippi.org.uk.
To enquire about our events, please contact: events@aippi.org.uk.
Upcoming Events
Thursday, 23 Jan 2020
The Cofemel decision – what have the CJEU done now?
Bristows LLP, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DH
5.30pm for 6pm
Speaker: Lionel Bently
AIPPI UK is delighted to announce that the Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Law at the University of Cambridge, Professor Lionel Bently, will be speaking on the Cofemel decision at Bristows LLP on 23 January 2020.
This event will please aficionados of design and copyright law. The Cofemel case concerns the design of t-shirts and jeans sold by G-Star Raw. The CJEU recognises in its judgment (C-683/17) the dangers of a very long copyright term on the functioning of the registered design regime but that is not to say that this judgment leaves the inter-relationship between registered designs and copyright as crystal clear! AIPPI UK is delighted to welcome Professor Bently to speak about the implications of this important case.
Past Events
Thursday 14 November 2019
Rapid Response: Shanks v Unilever
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 65 Fleet Street London EC4Y 1HS
Speakers: Dr Bobby Mukherjee and Alan Johnson
Wednesday 6 November 2019
Disclosure Pilot Scheme: navigating the impossible
Linklaters, One Silk Street EC2Y 8HQ London
Speakers: Charlotte Blythe, Nick Zweck
Tuesday 9 July 2019
AIPPI UK Summer Party 2019
Taylor Wessing, 5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TQ
Wednesday 8th May 2019
A Soft IP Storybook 2019
Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD
Speaker: Benet Brandreth
Thursday, 4th April 2019
Rapid Response: Actavis v ICOS (tadalafil) UKSC Judgment
Hogan Lovells, 50 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2FG
Speakers: Tom Mitcheson QC (3 New Square) and Mark Chacksfield QC (8 New Square)
Tuesday, 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
Thursday, 14 March 2019
AI Generated Innovation
Bristows, 100 Victoria Embankment, London EC4Y 0DH
12 February 2019
UK kick-off Session for Study Questions for AIPPI World Congress in London, 2019
Thursday, 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
Wednesday, 5 December 2018
RAPID RESPONSE: Lyrica in the Supreme Court – a practitioner’s perspective
Freshfields, 65 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1HS
Speakers: Claire Baldock (Boult Wade Tennant), Stuart Baran (Three New Square), Brian Cordery (Bristows)
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
Tuesday 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
Monday 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
Wednesday 28 March 2018
A soft IP storybook 2018
Hogan Lovells, 50 Holborn Viaduct, London, EC1A 2FG
Speaker: Roger Wyand QC
Tuesday 27 February 2018
Registration, Notice and Property Definition in IP Law
Bristows LLP 100 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DH
Professor Lionel Bently, University of Cambridge
16 January 2018
Kick-off meeting for Cancun Questions
Bird & Bird LLP 12 New Fetter Lane EC4A 1JP London
Tuesday, 12 December 2017
Is that a threat? - The Intellectual Property (Unjustified Threats) Act
Bird & Bird LLP 12 New Fetter Lane EC4A 1JP London
Speaker: Michael Hicks (Hogarth Chambers)
Thursday, 7 December 2017
Patent Roundup 2017
Hogan Lovells International LLP 50 Holborn Viaduct EC1A 2FG London
Speaker: Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC
28 June 2017
Annual Summer Party 2017
Allen & Overy, Bishops Square, London E1 6AD
15 June 2017
Copyright in the digital age: US and UK perspectives
Bird & Bird, 12 New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1JP
Eleonora Rosati and Maria Scungio
31 May 2017
The UP and UPC – institutions and industry panel debate
Bird & Bird, 12 New Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1JP
Michael Froehlich, Tim Frain, Alan Johnson
11 April 2017
Rapid Response: Unwired Planet v Huawei
Bird & Bird
Professor Sir Robin Jacob, Richard Vary
6 April 2017
Rapid Response: Fujifilm v AbbVie
Allen & Overy
Michael Silverleaf QC, Mike Brealey QC, Ravi Srinivasan
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
26 May 2016
Copyright exceptions: Small Islands in the (c) of Rights
Gowlings WLG
Speaker: Professor Lionel Bently
11 May 2016
A Brave New World – an in depth look at the EU Trade Mark reforms
Simmons & Simmons
Speakers: Graham Dinwoodie, Simon Malynicz QC, David Stone (moderator)
21 March 2016
Rapid Response: PMS Rides On at the Supreme Court ("The Trunki Case")
Allen & Overy
Speakers: Mark Vanhegan QC, Michael Hicks, Jonny Moss
24 February 2016
The use of the Shorter and Flexible Trial Pilots in IP cases
Hogan Lovells
Speakers: Mr Justice Birss
2 February 2016
AIPPI Milan Study Questions Workshop 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
18 January 2016
Patent Eligibility - Alice is Lost in Wonderland
Carpmaels & Ransford LLP
Darin Gibby (Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP), Jonathan Moss (Hogarth Chambers) and Peter Finnie (Gill Jennings & Every LLP)
18.11.2015
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)
12.11.2015
Second medical use patents after Lyrica: views from across the profession
Baker & McKenzie
Speakers: Stuart Baran, Brian Cordery & Claire Baldock
07.10.2015
IPEC - Further Reflections from the Coalface
Linklaters LLP
HHJ Richard Hacon
17.09.2015
Everything Else in IP Round-Up 2015 - James Mellor QC on Trade Marks, Designs & Copyright
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
James Mellor QC
29.07.2015
Rapid Response: CJEU in Huawei v. ZTE
Bird & Bird LLP
Christian Harmsen (Bird & Bird, Germany) and Jemima Stratford QC (Brick Court Chambers)
8.7.2015
Annual Garden Party
Middle Temple
8.6.2015
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)
26.5.2015
Patents & Standards - FRAND: the story so far
Lord Justice Floyd and Richard Vary (Nokia)
29.4.2015
Legal Privilege: the UK and US regimes and their applicability to IP practitioners
Michael Edenborough QC and Anthony Tridico