1. Report of the Chair of the Communications Committee Matthew Swinn
2018 AIPPI World Congress – Cancun
September , 2018
Report of the Chair of the Communications Committee
Matthew Swinn

2. CC membership Continuing members Retiring members New members
Josh Goldberg (US) *
Matthew Swinn (AU)
Catherine Mateu (FR)
Cristiano Bacchini (IT) *
Erik Ficks (SE)
Jonathan Moss (UK)
Eléonore Gaspar (FR)
Nils Weber (DE)
France Côté (CA)
Richard Vary (UK)
Christine Robben (NL)
Xiaoling Duan (CN)
Peter Widmer (CH)
Kim Finnilä (FI)
Micheline Don (NL)
Keisuke Soeda (JP)
Riza Ferhan Cagirgan (TR)
* Re-electable

3. E-news Reports on NRG activities Reports on NRG membership successes
Colombia: survey of the Madrid Protocol in practice
China: 2018 AIPPI China Youth IP Summer Seminar
Israel: 2018 conference: the economy of innovation
Reports on NRG membership successes
Turkey, Israel, Italy, Brazil, China, UK

4. E-news Reports from SCs
Patents and standards: prior art documentation in standard development organisations and patent office access
PCT: filing third party observations at the international stage
IP and Internet: Jurisdictional comparison of the slide to unlock patent
Copyright: 36th session of WIPO’s standing committee on copyright and related rights

5. E-news Reports from SCs
TRIPS: WTO public forum on IP and e-commerce harmonisation as a means of inclusive trade
IP & Green Technology: AIPPI representation at COP 23 of the Climate Change Convention

6. AIPPI Law Series
Latest edition on Genuine Use of Trademarks, edited by Eléonore Gaspar
Genesis in the AIPPI study and resolution in Hyderabad (2011) on genuine use