"Foreword" [2011] ELECD 441; in Kur, Annette; Mizaras, Vytautas (eds), "The Structure of Intellectual Property Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011)

Book Title: The Structure of Intellectual Property Law

Editor(s): Kur, Annette; Mizaras, Vytautas

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848448766

Section Title: Foreword

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Foreword
This book is the fruit of two congresses held in Munich (2008) and Vilnius
(2009) under the common theme `Can One Size Fit All?'. Whereas the first
year focused on the commonalities in the structure of intellectual property
(IP) throughout the various disciplines, the second year addressed specific
topics which were analysed in the same horizontal manner. Selected con-
tributions from both years are joined together in this volume, in a deep-
ened and expanded form.
The congresses were arranged by the International Association for the
Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP,
www.atrip.org), which is a unique community of IP scholars from all parts
of the world, congregating annually so as to exchange ideas, receive inspira-
tion, and gather information in a truly academic atmosphere and envi-
ronment. The editors were involved in the organisation of the congresses
as president of ATRIP and as local host. It is their wish to express their
sincere gratitude to those persons and institutions without whose support a
successful arrangement of the meetings would not have been possible,
among them the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), the
International Association for the Protection of International Property
(AIPPI), and the International Federation of Patent Agents (FICPI).
Generous support was further provided by the Academy of the European
Patent Office (EPO) and by a number of sponsors from private practice.
Special thanks also go to the academic institutions acting as co-organisers
of the meetings, namely the Max Planck Institute for ...