Activities for 2003: Scientific Work
As part of the ongoing scientific work of AIPPI, a further 3 Questions on topical issues of IP law have been released and national group reports are in the process of being prepared:
Question Q173
Issues of co-existence of trademarks and domain names: public versus private international registration systems
(Presented by Stanley Lai, Max Ng, Hilda Lim and Regina Quek)
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Question Q174
Jurisdiction and applicable law in the case of cross-border infringement (infringing acts) of intellectual property rights
(Presented by Sheena Jacob, Morris John with contributions from Jan de Visser)
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Question Q175
The role of equivalents and prosecution history in defining the scope of patent protection: Introduction
(Presented by Jason Chan, Winnie Tham and contributions from Jan de Visser)
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A series of Roundtables will be scheduled for 2003 on each of these topics. The first of the series commences on 11 Mar 2003 at the American Club and notices have been sent to all the members.
The topic will be Q175.
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Symposium
We will also be organizing our symposium later this year, so look out for the notices. We look forward to maximum participation from all our members.
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Membership
At the moment, membership stands at 13 corporate members and 39 individual members, totaling 52 members.
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Optimal 2003
AIPPI International is supporting organization for Optimal 2003, which is organized by IPOS and JPO.
AIPPI International has therefore been allocated half a booth space as well as 2 seats at this Conference, which has been assigned to us by AIPPI International.
I shall come back on this once we have more details. I shall also be speaking at this event.
Regina Quek
President
AIPPI Singapore
