The AIPPI members are advised that the membership will be from 1st January to 31st December every year. The Membership is conferred on individual basis and should be renewed every year. Please further note that in case the member does not renew the membership, the membership would be deactivated. However, if the member wishes to re-join on a later date, the member will have to pay the arrears before activation of his/her AIPPI Membership Account.
Membership Fee for Junior Member / Young Member / Corporate Member (In-House Counsel, etc.) (member who is 36 years of age or below): Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees Fiften Thousand only)
Membership Fee for Regular Member: Rs. 30,000/- (Rupees Thirty Thousand only)
Members to pay membership fee latest by March 30 of each year, failing which the member’s name would be removed from the rolls of the AIPPI membership and additional 100% of the amount of the membership fee would be applicable for reinstatement of the same.
Any Member who wishes to reinstate the membership for attending the Annual AIPPI Congress should make the application along with complete fee payment latest by July 31. If this deadline is not met, consideration of reinstatement would be made only after conclusion of the Congress for that particular year.
Any New Member should make an application for membership at least 1 month in advance of the AIPPI Congress scheduled for that particular year, if the person wants to attend the Congress for that year. Else, the membership application will be processed only after conclusion of the Congress.
If there is any change in the contact/communication details of a member, the member is requested to inform such change to the President and the Treasurer at the earliest.
Vidisha Garg is a Partner at Anand and Anand and currently serves as Treasurer of the AIPPI India Group. With over two decades of experience in intellectual property law, she has an extensive patent practice spanning prosecution, oppositions, revocation proceedings, litigation strategy, portfolio management and cross-border advisory.
Her practice is particularly focused on the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, chemical and life-sciences sectors, while also extending to emerging technologies, computer-related inventions, green technologies, traditional knowledge and biodiversity-related issues. She regularly advises Indian and international clients on complex questions of patentability, inventive step, enablement, sufficiency, Section 3 exclusions and international filing strategy.
Vidisha is actively involved in AIPPI’s international work and contributes to discussions concerning patents, TRIPS, genetic resources and traditional knowledge, pharmaceuticals, and emerging technologies. She has represented AIPPI at the WIPO Standing Committee on the Law of Patents and is also associated with the Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office (SACEPO), Working Party on Quality.
She is a regular speaker and contributor at international IP forums, including AIPPI, AIPLA and IPO, and writes frequently on developments in Indian and comparative patent law. She is also actively engaged in professional education, mentoring and policy discussions aimed at
strengthening the IP ecosystem in India and internationally.