AIPPI Survey: Roundtable topics of interest

AIPPI is looking into repeating the Virtual Roundtable sessions after the Congress, such is the demand for these events.

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* 1. Please read the roundtable topics below and click on as many as you want that interest you.

Regional Development and IP in Asia

Should a letter of consent be accepted to overcome a conflicting TM refusal?

New challenges (and opportunities) for IP practitioners

Learning and Development during the pandemic

Patent drawings – challenges of differing requirements and systems

Response of patent offices to COVID-19

Pro-bono work and Community Service during the pandemic

If damages compensate fully for R&D investments in pharmaceuticals, why should injunctions give an innovator more than those damages?

The "divisional game" strategy with pharmaceutical patents before the EPO Engagement in AIPPI – the young member perspective

Remote working - is it the new normal?

IP Blogs: the most efficient tool for sharing IP knowledge worldwide

Should patent examination be tougher, so that the granted patent resists post-granted invalidation more reliably?

Inhouse Counsel Perspective: Collaborating and maintaining productivity during a Global Pandemic

Should the term of protection for unexamined design registrations be shorter?

Practical challenges in patenting AI-related inventions

Trade Secrets: Hot Topics

Jury trials in patent cases: good or bad?

Post-grant patent procedures: advantages and challenges

Technology transactions, business agreements and best practices in helping in-house counsel

Right to freely access commercial databases for research: justified?

The politics of IP legislation

The Madrid system: problems and challenges for the applicant

Are national utility models useful, or do they unnecessarily hinder freedom to operate searches?

Which is, or should be, more commercially useful for enforcement: trade marks or design rights?

Should there be an option to have applications for European design registrations to be substantively examined?

Managing an IP portfolio in Latin America

Designs – Hague Agreement & the requirement for a local agent by some offices

Patent drawings – challenges of differing requirements and systems

Post-grant patent procedures: advantages and challenges

Action Learning for managing IP teams in a VUCA world

Inhouse Counsel Perspective: Collaborating and maintaining productivity during a Global Pandemic

How should IP protection for investment in artisanal food manufacturing techniques, research and development in the food sector be best provided?

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