Announcement and Solicitation of Papers for the first AIPPI Academic Award

November, 2007

AIPPI (the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle, the international association for the protection of intellectual property) will be holding its 41st World Intellectual Property Congress will be in Boston in September 2008. As the premier global intellectual property association, AIPPI has the respect and ear of all major governments and global organization, such as the World Trade Organization and the World Intellectual Property Organization. Since it was founded in 1897, AIPPI has been consulted by decision makers worldwide on current intellectual property issues. The Boston Congress will be the largest meeting of general intellectual property attorneys in the world.We expect over 2000 participants, including highly experienced and respected outside intellectual property counsel and corporate intellectual property counsel from around the world.

At the Boston Congress, which will take place September 6 - 11, 2008, the AIPPI will make its first ever AIPPI Academic Award, a $10,000 prize for a paper on international harmonization of intellectual property rights, international conventions on intellectual property rights, or comparative studies between at least two legal systems in the field of intellectual property rights. This first competition will be limited to United States residents who have a scholarly interest in intellectual property law, including professors, faculty members, and students.

The papers are due June 2, 2008. Submissions should be made to Jack C. Goldstein, Chair or the AIPPI Academic Award Committee (jcgoldst@aol.com), and to Philip Swain, chair of the AIPPI Boston Congress (pswain@foleyhoag.com). A copy of the regulations for the award are attached.

The AIPPI looks forward to receiving papers for this award and working with the authors on this issue.

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AIPPI Academic Award Regulations