Washington, D.C. The International Intellectual Property Institute’s Chairman, Bruce A. Lehman, was recently invited to Lima by the American Chamber of Commerce in Lima, the U.S Commercial Service in Peru and by INDECOPI (National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Production of Intellectual Property) to speak at six... Read More »

Washington, D.C. The International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI) is pleased to welcome international scholar Vyacheslav Gavrilov to the office. Dr. Gavrilov, along with IIPI Program Attorney Kevin M. Reichelt, is taking part in the U.S.-Russia Experts Forum. Over the next ten weeks, Dr. Gavrilov will collaborate with Mr.... Read More »

Washington, D.C. Milan Kapadia, a Legal Intern at IIPI, has won a Fulbright Scholarship to study in India for a full year. He is one of thirteen students selected from an applicant pool of almost two hundred to travel to India in September. Milan’s research will focus on the effects of the change in India’s patent law, now enabling... Read More »

Washington DC IIPI’s Executive Director Eric Garduno has announced today that he will be leaving IIPI to join the staff of the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary. Beginning March 12, 2007 Eric will serve as Counsel to the Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property. Eric... Read More »

Gaborone, Botswana IIPI has concluded a three day conference, Establishing a National Collecting Society and Strengthening the Culture Industries, in Gaborone, Botswana. The conference was organized in partnership with the Botswana Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Botswana Musicians Union, and the United States Patent and Trademark... Read More »

Gaborone, Botswana The International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI), in collaboration with the Botswana Ministry of Communication, Science & Technology and the Southern African Research & Innovation Management Association, is pleased to announce the success of the conference IP and Innovation Policy: Toward Effective... Read More »

Windhoek, Namibia The International Intellectual Property Institute (IIPI) held a conference at the Windhoek Country Club and Resort from November 15 to 17; invitees included Namibian Government officials, Police and Customs officers, Namibian museum and theater managers and small business owners from the area working in the cultural... Read More »