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American Intellectual Property Law Association

AIPPI 2014 Toronto Congress

David W. Hill

Partner, Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLPAIPLA IP Practice in Japan Pre-Meeting

Washington, DC

October 22, 2014

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Highlights of Meeting

• Approved Five Resolutions (available at www.aippi.org)– Basic Mark Requirement Under the Madrid System– Exhaustion Issues in Copyright Law– Insolvency in IP Licensing– Second Medical Use Claims– Prior User Rights

• Elected New AIPPI Bureau and Statutory Committee Members

• Approved changes to AIPPI Statutes and Regulations• Conducted 13 Workshops and 4 Pharma Sessions

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Executive Committee Sessions

• Task Force report on the Role and Structure of the Bureau, Council of Presidents, and Executive Committee

• Reports by the Reporter General, Programme Committee, and several Special Committees.

• Report of Treasurer (2015 draft budget -120,000 SF approved)

• Report on 2013 AIPPI meeting in Helsinki• Elections of the new officers and statutory

committees 

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Executive Committee Sessions

• Reports of the membership and communications committees

• Proposal introduced by the AIPPI Bureau to reduce or eliminate simultaneous translation, which costs large amount and apparently is not used very much or not at all.

• Met with heated debate - final vote to be taken by email before the end of the year

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Executive Committee Sessions

• New slate of officers elected:– Felipe Claro of Chile (President)– Hao Ma of China (Vice President)– Laurent Thibon of France (Secretary General)– Sarah Matheson of Australia (Reporter General)– Gerard Myron of France (Treasurer General– John Osha of US will continue to serve as Deputy Reporter General– Larry Welch remains as Chair of the Programme Committee, and

Eiichiro Kubota elected a member of that committee– John Carson and Shoichi Okuyama elected to Venue Selection

Committee

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Workshops

• Mock Trial - International Arbitration Panel • Special Workshop - US Supreme Court “Aero” • Luncheon Panel on the Hague Design System • Requirements for Disclosure of Utility or Industrial

Applicability & Ramifications for Patent Validity• Copyright Aspects of Embedding, Framing and

Hyperlinking• Biosimilar Pharmaceutical Products• Client-Attorney Privilege – Issues for Harmonization• Luncheon Panel on Patent Law Harmonization • Patent Term Extensions & SPCs 

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Workshops

• Use of Survey Evidence in Trademark Cases• Early Resolution Mechanisms for Patent Disputes

Regarding Approved Drug Products• Patenting Computer Related Inventions.• Free Riding/Parasitism

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Other Events

• Women in AIPPI event - informal networking event for women IP professionals to get to know each other

• Corporate Industry meeting for in-house counsel only

• Most AIPPI Standing Committees also held committee meetings during Congress.

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Social and Cultural Activities

• Opening Ceremony and Welcoming Reception - Home of Toronto Symphony Orchestra was beautiful, and Canadian Song Book was very unique and entertaining.

• Cultural Evening - Liberty Grand was decorated with Canadian regional themes and regional food was great!

• Numerous Receptions sponsored by local firms - Many wonderful venues throughout city of Toronto.

• Closing Dinner - Spectacular performance by Cirque de Soleil.

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General Assembly

• Approved amendments to AIPPI statutes to bring into effect newly constituted Venue Selection Committee

• Approved other changes related to switch to having Annual Congress

• Voted to call the annual meetings “AIPPI World Congress” • Special Committees renamed as “Standing Committees.” • Presentations made by the Brazilian Group and Italian

Group on next two AIPPI Congress venues, Rio de Janeiro (2015), and Milan (2016).

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Future AIPPI Annual Congress Location

• 2015 - Rio De Janiero, Brazil (October 8-13)• 2016 - Milan, Italy (Sept. 16-22)• 2017 - Sydney, Australia• 2018 - Cancun, Mexico• 2019 - Istanbul, Turkey• 2020 - Hangzhou, China

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Thank you for your attention!

David W. HillPast-President, AIPLA

Chair, AIPPI-US DivisionFinnegan, Henderson, Farabow,

Garrett & Dunner, LLP901 New York Ave., NWWashington, DC, 20001

+1-202-408-4000+1-202-230-4129(mobile)

david.hill@finnegan.comDavid W. Hill