AIPPI General Assembly

Thursday, 30 March 2023

12.15    General Assembly

Hotel Schweizerhof, Berne

Swiss Day

Equivalence and Use:

two evolving challenges in the context of IP

Conference chair: Thomas Widmer, Attorney at Law, Lalive, Geneve

Part I                 Doctrine of equivalents

13.30 –14.00      The doctrine of equivalents in Switzerland

Mark Schweizer, President of the Federal Patent Court, St. Gallen

14.00 –14.45      The doctrine of equivalents from a global perspective

Peter Damerell, Attorney at Law, vice chair of AIPPI’s Enforcement Committee

14.45 –15.00      Q & R session

Moderation by Andri Hess, Attorney at Law, Homburger, Zurich

15.00 –15.30     Break

Part II                Proving trade mark use

15.30 –16.15      The practice of the IPI

Olivier Veluz, Head of Opposition & Cancellation Proceedings of IPI, Berne

16.15 –17.00      The experience of a global player – Best practice in the Industry

Myrtha Hurtado Rivas, General Counsel Brands and Marketing Properties, Nestlé

17.00 –17.15      Q & R session

Moderation by Louisa Galbraith, Attorney at Law, MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd, Zurich

Registration and Information

Registration till Monday, 20 March 2023 to postmaster@aippi.ch

or by fax to

Gilles Pfend, AIPPI Secretariat, +41 22 342 66 15

Registration fee       

CHF 250.– (Working Group members of 2023 AIPPI Study Questions)

CHF 320.– (AIPPI members)

CHF 420.– (AIPPI non-members)

free for students

Payable to the postal account 80-11897-2
IBAN CH34 0900 0000 8001 1897 2 (AIPPI Switzerland – Basel)