International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property or AIPPI, an acronym for Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle in French (formerly International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property [2]), is a non-profit international organisation (NGO). Its members are intellectual property (IP) professionals, academics, owners of intellectual property and others interested in the subject. AIPPI was established in 1897.[3]
Formation | 1897 |
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Type | Intellectual Property Association |
Headquarters | Zurich, Switzerland |
President | Renata Righetti Pelosi[1] |
Website | http://aippi.org/ |
Description
The objective of AIPPI is to improve and promote intellectual property protection. It pursues this objective by working to improve relevant agreements and laws. For example in 2019 Sirakova signed a memorandum of understanding with Francis Gurry of the World Intellectual Property Organization.[4]
It studies national laws and proposes measures to achieve international harmonization of these laws on an international basis. Where appropriate, AIPPI intervenes with submissions before major courts and legislative bodies to advocate for strengthened intellectual property protection.[5] AIPPI currently consists of 23 active Standing Committees which advise AIPPI on policy, regulatory and legal frameworks relating,[6] to trademarks and other IP protection.
Leadership
Renata Righetti Pelosi was elected President.[1] The Secretary General of the organisation in 2018 was Olga Sirakova. In September 2018, 1400 delegates met in Mexico for a four day annual conference representing the organisation's 9,000 members.[7]
See also
References
- "Renata Righetti, has been elected president of AIPPI INTERNATIONAL!". Bugnion. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- AIPPI Homepage as archived by the Internet Archive in December 1996.
- Zwanzger, Sibylle (2010). Das Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster zwischen Gemeinschaftsrecht und nationalem Recht: zugleich ein Beitrag zur europäischen Zivilrechtsdogmatik. Band 34 von Geistiges Eigentum und Wettbewerbsrecht (in German). Mohr Siebeck. p. 205 (footnote 164). ISBN 9783161503146.
- Organization, World Intellectual Property (2019-05-01), WIPO and AIPPI Sign Memorandum of Understanding, retrieved 2020-02-19
- "About AIPPI | AIPPI". aippi.org. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- "Committee Terms Of Reference | AIPPI". aippi.org. Retrieved 2019-01-31.
- "Leaders League at AIPPI Cancún 2018 - Leaders League". www.leadersleague.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
Further reading
- Gaultier, Geoffrey (1997). 'The History of AIPPI' in General Secretariat of AIPPI, 1897–1997 Centennial Edition: AIPPI and the Development of Industrial Property Protection 1897–1997. AIPPI Foundation.