"Foreword" [2012] ELECD 1335; in Rosén, Jan (ed), "Intellectual Property at the Crossroads of Trade" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) xi

Book Title: Intellectual Property at the Crossroads of Trade

Editor(s): Rosén, Jan

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781951682

Section Title: Foreword

Number of pages: 2

Extract:

Foreword

This book is the fruit of the ATRIP congress held in Singapore in 2011 under
the common theme of `IP Law at the Crossroads of Trade'. The 2011 Congress
was organized by ATRIP in cooperation with the IP Academy of Singapore and
the Faculty of Law at Singapore University, and with the support of the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the International Federation of
Patent Agents (FICPI). Organizational support to ATRIP is continuously
offered by the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition
Law.
The International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and
Research in Intellectual Property (ATRIP)(www.atrip.org) is a unique commu-
nity of IP scholars from all parts of the World, who congregate annually to
exchange ideas, receive inspiration and gather information in a truly advanced
academic atmosphere and environment. The editor was involved in the orga-
nization of the congress as President of ATRIP and host of the meeting. It is
my wish to express my sincere gratitude to all those persons and institutions
without whose support the successful arrangement of the meeting would not
have been possible.
The Singapore programme, working under the chapeau of `IP Law at the
Crossroads of Trade', allowed the congress to embrace many fundamental and
intrinsic elements of contemporary IP law, with also a certain reference to the
region in which the congress was held. Emphasis was placed on goods in tran-
sit, exhaustion of rights, bilateral and international agreements, cross-border
licensing and trade in ...