Committees
AIPPI has 25 Standing Committees, six Statutory Committees, two Bureau Advisory Committees, and each year four Study Committees. Details can be found below and in the Terms of Reference of each Committee.
Standing Committees
- ADR – Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Amicus
- Biotechnology
- Client Attorney Privilege
- Commercialisation of IP
- Copyright
- Designs
- Development and IP
- Digital Economy
- Enforcement
- Free Trade Agreements
- Geographical Indications
- Information Technology and Internet
- IP and Green Technology
- IP and GRTK
- IP Office Practice and Procedures
- Patent Cooperation Treaty – PCT
- Patents
- Pharma
- Piracy and Counterfeiting
- Standards and Patents
- Trade Secrets
- Trademarks
- TRIPS
- Unitary Patent / Unified Patent Court
Statutory Committees
- Communications Committee
- Finance Committee
- Membership Committee
- Nominating Committee
- Programme Committee
- Venue Selection Committee
Study Committees (2022-2023)
- Patents: Doctrine of equivalents
- Trade Marks: Proving trade mark use
- Copyright: Collecting societies
- General: Responsibility of online marketplaces for online infringement