International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
{{Infobox organization
|name=International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
|formation=1897
|type=Intellectual Property Association
|headquarters=Zurich, Switzerland
|leader_title=President
|website=http://aippi.org/}}
The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property or AIPPI, an acronym for Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle in French (formerly International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property[https://web.archive.org/web/19961222201506/http://www.aippi.org/ AIPPI Homepage as archived by the Internet Archive in December 1996].), is a non-profit international organisation (NGO). Its members are intellectual property (IP) professionals, academics, owners of intellectual property and others interested in the subject. AIPPI was established in 1897.{{cite book|last=Zwanzger|first=Sibylle |title=Das Gemeinschaftsgeschmacksmuster zwischen Gemeinschaftsrecht und nationalem Recht: zugleich ein Beitrag zur europäischen Zivilrechtsdogmatik|series=Band 34 von Geistiges Eigentum und Wettbewerbsrecht|year=2010|publisher=Mohr Siebeck|language=German|isbn=9783161503146|page=205 (footnote 164)}}
Objective and composition
The objective of AIPPI is to improve and promote intellectual property protection. It pursues this objective by working to improve relevant agreements and laws. For example in 2019 AIPPI Secretary General Sirakova signed a memorandum of understanding with Francis Gurry of the World Intellectual Property Organization.{{Citation|last=Organization|first=World Intellectual Property|title=WIPO and AIPPI Sign Memorandum of Understanding|date=2019-05-01|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/wipo/33871737788/|access-date=2020-02-19}} AIPPI currently{{when|date=February 2023}} consists of 23 active Standing Committees which advise AIPPI on policy, regulatory and legal frameworks relating,{{Cite web|url=https://aippi.org/committee-terms-of-reference/?committee-id=7651|title=Committee Terms Of Reference {{!}} AIPPI|website=aippi.org|access-date=2019-01-31}} to trademarks and other IP protection.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}
See also
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last=Gaultier|first=Geoffrey|title='The History of AIPPI' in General Secretariat of AIPPI, 1897–1997 Centennial Edition: AIPPI and the Development of Industrial Property Protection 1897–1997|year=1997|publisher=AIPPI Foundation}}
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