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Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Industrielle (AIPPI)

AIPPI se définit comme une "association de juristes pro-brevets, de détenteurs de brevets et de tous les utilisateurs des institutions de propriété industrielle". En fait la plupart des acteurs du monde des brevets sont membres de l'AIPPI. En 1997 à Vienne, l'AIPPI a adopté une résolution demandant la légalisation des brevets logiciels en Europe. En 2001, à Melbourne, un projet de résolution demandant la légalisation des brevets décrivant l'exercice d'activités commerciales (incertitude sur l'approbation ou pas de cette proposition). En 2002 l'AIPPI a demandé à l'OMPI que les brevets sur les logiciels et l'exercice d'activités commerciales soient reconnus au niveau mondial.

AIPPI-Resolutionsantrag für uneingeschränkte Patentierbarkeit von Geschäftsverfahren

German delegates 2001: time is not yet ripe for officially advocating patentability of all business methods

German delegates 2001: Computing not yet digested in Europe, talk about business methods should wait

AIPPI report on the Diplomatic Conference of 2000/11

Removal of the computer program exclusion from Art 52 EPC "postoponed due to massive protests of some software developpers". AIPPI protested against the postponement. The report gives some interesting details about the [non-]discussion of this issue at the Conference.

AIPPI Resolutions

includes such goodies as

AIPPI Melbourne 2001-03: Brevetabilité des méthodes commerciales: exige que n'importe quelle idée soit brevetable et que des brevets sur l'exercice d'activités commerciales devraient être examinés et imposés comme n'importe quel autre genre de brevets.
AIPPI Melbourne 2001-03: Relationship between Patents and Standards: says there is a conflict between standardisation and patenting and gives standardisation organisation advice on how to deal with this conflict, implying that patent law should be left untouched. If only the price tag on "RAND" (reasonable and non-discriminatory) standard use fees are high enough, it will usually be possible to bring together a consortium of patentees. Creating proprietary de facto standards by means of patents is a common way of doing business and in the rare event that it becomes too abusive, competition law can be used. The patent system for sure is not to blame for any problems.

AIPPI position concerning WIPO patent agenda 2002

12 pages of usual patent propaganda, demands unlimited patentability for software and business methods worldwide. Claims, without trying to offer any evidence, that patents are good for innovation and growth in "all fields of technology". We asked at the AIPPI office about evidence for claims as to the beneficiality of software patents and received only the the usual dogmas, as they are found in some below-average patent lawschool textbooks, as a response.

Patent Lobbyism and Scripture Erudition in the name of Max Planck

Prof Straus and his subordinates / colleagues seem to be particularly active and influential in AIPPI

AIPPI-Tagung Melbourne 1974/02/24-03/02: Bericht der Deutschen Landesgruppe: Schutz der Computerprogramme (57B): Bericht erstattet von Gert Kolle

Back then, AIPPI conferences were more colorful. There was serious thinking about sui generis law for software, based on copyright. An AIPPI proposal to this effect was made in the late 70s.