Activities
ADALPI’s activities are manifold and include, apart from informal exchange of know-how and expertise, practical support which is provided upon request from national or regional governments, public institutions, IGOs, NGOs and other professional organisations representing the private sector in the areas of arts and culture, science and research.
The practical support on offer has many facets and includes amongst others the following:
- Creation of awareness of the value of creation and innovation to society
- Planning and organisation of specific intellectual property teaching programmes, including IP Clinics, for a variety of educational establishments such as universities, arts and music colleges, business schools and other professional academies, the legal profession (judges, prosecutors, attorneys) and for non-lawyers, including SMEs, who create or use intellectual property
- Supporting the establishment of research institutions and libraries specialised in intellectual property
- Advice regarding the management of intellectual property
- Legislative support
Specific projects include the following:
IP for All
IP for All is ADALPI’s interactive participatory IP awareness programme.
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ADALPI recognizes the need for individuals, groups, and enterprises to understand how their creations may be identified as a valuable asset (patent, copyright, trademark, design, trade secret, etc.). We strive to address the creative activity in a real world context before delving into a discussion about the legal framework. We understand that whether an individual, group or enterprise, the desire is to create. Our desire is to help creators, regardless of the type of creation, understand that once they approach the end of creating a work or product or are ready to provide a service, they have something of value and that value can be safeguarded by a form of legal protection.
Thus, IP for All “walks” participants through the entire business process, starting with the idea and the identification of the needs of a business through to revenue generation resulting from the protection of intangible business assets by intellectual property rights. ADALPI is eager to share this approach with other IP professionals around the world so that they too can adopt a similar approach and “run with it”. For further information, please contact us at: info@adalpi.org.
IP Lawyers 4 All
IP Lawyers 4 All matches IPR-holders with suitably skilled participating IP lawyers who are prepared to act “pro bono” in cross-border cases where a clear need for access to justice exists.
Cooperation with INDECOPI
ADALPI signed a Framework Agreement with the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI) of Peru with a view to cooperating in the promotion and strengthening of the protection of intellectual property in Peru and other countries in the region.
The Malawi Project
In November 2016 upon the invitation of the Copyright Society of Malawi (COSOMA), ADALPI carried out a project in Malawi in cooperation with STOP PIRACY, a Swiss non-profit association which fights actively and sustainably against counterfeiting and piracy. The project concerned the creation of awareness for the value of intellectual property and was based on the Swiss initiative “Stop Piracy”.
Human Rights
In 2014, ADALPI participated in a public consultation held by the United Nations Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights concerning the impact of intellectual property regimes on the right to science and culture as enshrined in Article 15 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.