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Thank you to all 2,300 attendees for joining us at the 2024 AIPPI World Congress. As the energy of this year's Congress still lingers, we want to invite you to the next AIPPI event taking place from 20-21 February 2025!

Let's unite in Zagreb, Croatia, for the 2025 AIPPI MidTerm Meeting! Register now with the Super Early Bird Fee and get ready to connect with IP experts from around the globe discussing UPC, SEP, EU Design Reform, Brand Restrictions, AI and much more!

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Wolters Kluwer is offering all AIPPI members an exclusive discount on ALL Kluwer Law International book publications. 

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Belgium

CJEU clarifies “first” marketing authorization in SPC applications

Fernand de Visscher and Marie-Ysaline Lannoye, Simont Braun, Belgium

A Supplementary Protection Certificate (SPC) is an intellectual property right that serves as an extension to a patent right. It extends patent protection for medicinal products which must undergo testing and clinical trials before being authorised to be placed on the EU market.

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Brazil

Updates in Geographical Indications’ Protection and Anti-Counterfeiting Measures in Brazil

Marcos Chucralla Moherdaui Blasi, Danilo Martins Braga and Eduardo Medeiros Sampaio, Lobo De Rizzo Advogados, Brazil

On 28 August 2024, the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (“BPTO”) hosted the pre-launch of the country’s first National Directory for Suppressing the Counterfeiting of Geographical Indications (“GIs”). This initiative, a part of the BPTO’s Anti-Counterfeiting Program and integrated into Brazil’s National Plan to Combat Piracy (2022-2025), marks a significant advance in the repression of counterfeiting, bolstering the protection of high-quality products and services in the Brazilian market.

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France

Battle to protect Iconic French Laguiole knife takes a new twist, on the ground of Non-Agricultural Geographical Indications protection

Tougane Loumeau (with the assistance of Daphné Schoch), Taliens, France

CA Aix-en-Provence, ch. 3 1, 11 juill. 2024, No. 22/06591 and No. 22/13284

As France marks the 10^th anniversary of its legislation on Geographical Indications for Industrial and Artisanal Products (IGPIA), the iconic Laguiole knife from the eponymous village in Aveyron —the very product that inspired this legislation—remains at the center of a complex legal battle.   

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Italy

Italy: Cultural Heritage Protection as a right to the image

Simona Lavagnini, LGV Avvocati, Italy

Italy protects its cultural heritage granting perpetual exclusive reproduction rights to the public entities owning the goods via the Cultural Heritage Code (CHC). A recent decision issued by the Bologna Court of Appeals on 24 September 2024 (case A.B. DEL D. OF A.G. S.R.L. v. the Ministry of Cultural Heritage) held that the CHC’s exclusive rights are based on the right to the image pertaining to the public entities that own the cultural assets.

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Japan

Compulsory License System in Japan and recent case relating to Compulsory License for Public Interest

Naohisa Akashi, Seiwa Patent & Law, Japan

A compulsory license is, in general, a license granted by a government allowing a third party to work a patented invention even without the patent holder’s consent. It serves as a legal mechanism to balance the market exclusivity of patent rights with the public interest, ensuring access to essential goods or technologies, such as medicines, in cases, for example, where preventing access may harm unfairly the public interest.

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AIPPI Committee

Inside the COVID-19 TRIPS Waiver: ongoing discussions on possible extension to Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Victor Garrido, TRIPS AIPPI Committee

The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated unprecedented actions across various sectors, including international trade and intellectual property rights.

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Japan

The Japanese Group's E-Journal "A.I.P.P.I." latest Issue (Vol 49, No.5) is now available to all AIPPI Members

Masatoshi Abe, AIPPI Japan

The AIPPI Japanese Group is pleased to inform you that the latest issue (Vol 49, No.5) of the Japanese Group's e-journal "A.I.P.P.I." is now available to all AIPPI members. You can view the contents page for this issue below.

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Republic of Korea

AIPPI and KINPA Presidents meet at AIPPI World Congress to review 2023 achievements and discuss expanded collaboration for 2024

YoungJoo Song, KAI IP Law LLC, Republic of Korea

On 21 October in Hangzhou, China, leaders from the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI, Former President Shoichi Okuyama), AIPPI Korea (President Seongtak Ahn), and the Korea Intellectual Property Association (KINPA, President Beomsu Ye) gathered at the AIPPI World Congress.

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UAE

IP FORUM was held in Dubai in October 2024

Munir Suboh, Taylor Wessing LLP (Dubai Branch), United Arab Emirates

AIPPI UAE Group in cooperation with strategic partners, including but not limited to: Brand Protection Group (Gulf BPG), Emirates Intellectual Property Association (EIPA), the UAE Ministry of Economy, Dubai Customs and Dahi Khalfan IP Academy, supported a regional IP forum called Glimpse on the Future of IP.

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AIPPI Switzerland

Join the Swiss Webinar on 28 November and learn all about AIPPI’s Study Questions

The Webinar on 28 November (17:00-18:30 CET) will provide a thorough analysis of the Swiss Reports and the corresponding Resolutions that were adopted at the 2024 AIPPI World Congress in Hangzhou, China.

Want to know more about the AIPPI Resolutions process? Check out our video here.

Don’t miss out on this informative session! The webinar will be held in English 

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AIPPI Germany

AIPPI Germany is organising a Young Members Webinar on 9 December

Don't miss out on our upcoming event! Join the "AI in IP – from Patenting to Infringement" webinar on 9 December from 9:00-14:30 CET.

Hosted by AIPPI Germany's Young Members, this event will cover key topics such as Artificial Intelligence under IP Law, AI Patenting, IP-Specific risks and Patent Infringement in the context of AI.

Don't miss out on this informative event! Register now and secure your spot, this event is open to all.

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