This program is offered in collaboration with prestigious European universities, including:

• Institute of International Law, Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law (IRGET) at Dresden University of Technology (Germany), coordinator
• Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia
• Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain
• Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
• • University of Exeter, United Kingdom
• • University of Strasbourg, Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), France.

Three tracks are available within the master’s program:

1) Creative Industries

2) Industrial Property Law

3) Information Technology and Data Law

Languages of instruction:

• French (CEIPI)
• Spanish (UC3M)
• English (Dresden, Exeter, Tallinn, and London).

Enrolment fees for the program:

• European students (EU member states, UK, and countries associated with the program): 9 900 €/year
• Non-European students: 11 900 €/year

Additional fees (top-up fees) for students who choose QMUL and Exeter as their universities for the second semester:

• QMUL: 20 050 £ (amount decided annually)
• Exeter: 11 200 £ (amount decided annually).

Scholarships awarded by the European Commission are also available for 12 students per year, amounting to 1 400 € per month. Students receiving an Erasmus Mundus scholarship are exempted from paying the enrollment fees and the top-up fee.

Application deadline:

• For students applying for a scholarship and early birds, the application deadline is 15 January 2026.
• All other applicants may apply until 15 March 2026.
• Late applications will be accepted between 15 April and 15 June 2026.

To apply: https://application.MIPDaL.eu/

For more information about the program: www.MIPDaL.eu

https://formations.unistra.fr/fr/formations/master-MAS/master-droit-de-la-propriete-intellectuelle-ME97/droit-de-la-propriete-intellectuelle-et-valorisation-des-biens-immateriels-m2-erasmus-mundus-mipdal-ouverture-prevue-en-2026-2027-M91EHYEL.html

Ce séminaire, proposé en format hybride, aura lieu sous la forme de trois modules qui se tiendront les 6 et 13 novembre 2025 en présentiel à Paris et en ligne via Zoom).

Téléchargez le programme.

Cliquez ici pour plus d'information et pour vous inscrire.

The ATT, which brings together four technopoles and five competitiveness clusters, is a key player in the development, innovation and promotion of the technopole system, both in Tunisia and internationally. As a central pillar of the Tunisian technopole ecosystem, its mission is to promote innovation and the commercialisation of applied research. The ATT is leading the IPRIAT project (IP management and promotion entity), funded by a local grant supported by the European Union and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and implemented by GIZ (German Agency for International Cooperation) as part of the Qualitative Growth for Employment (CQE) project. Also supported by the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy (MIME), this project aims to create sustainable services for the management and promotion of intellectual property assets in Tunisia.

This meeting, organised under the coordination of the European Institute for Enterprise and Intellectual Property (IEEPI) and Ms Anne Grouselle, Director General of the IEEPI, provided an opportunity to present the center’s training courses and research activities, while promoting an enriching exchange of best practices. This exchange highlighted the expertise of both entities, paving the way for future collaboration. The aim was to strengthen synergies and explore new avenues for supporting innovation and intellectual property management as part of Tunisia’s technopole development.

The delegation was composed of Ms Neila Gongi, former Minister of Industry in Tunisia, Mr Ramzi Zammali, Chief Executive Officer of the Bizerte Competitiveness Cluster, Ms Rim Saied, Chief Executive Officer of the El Ghazela Technopole, Ms Nada Lachaal Taieb, Chief Executive Officer of the Borj Cedria Technopole, Ms Sarra Benbaba, External Expert, Ms Boutheina Ben Hsan, Deputy Director at the Directorate General for Industrial and Technological Infrastructure, Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy, Ms Neila Ben Slima, Deputy Director for the Protection of Research Results, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Ms Manel Mechmech, Project Manager at ATT, Ms Narjes Abdennebi, EU Funds Project Manager at the Borj Cedria Technopole, Ms Leila Douggui, Head of Innovation and Technology Transfer at the Bizerte Competitiveness Cluster, Mr Makram Gharbi, Head of the Legal Department at the Bizerte Competitiveness Cluster, Ms Afef Riahi, Innovation and Transfer Officer at Cyberparks, Ms Anissa Lahdhiri and Ms Yosra Braham, R&I Project Development and Management at the Monastir-El Fejja Competitiveness Cluster, Ms Asma Ben Wannes, Head of the Commercial Department, Novation City, and Mr Tarek Ferjaoui, Managing Director at the Monastir-El Fejja Competitiveness Cluster.

The delegation was welcomed by Mr Yann Basire, Director General of CEIPI.

Le premier module se tiendra le 13 janvier 2026.

Les inscriptions sont possibles tout au long de l’année et au moins deux semaines avant la date du premier module choisi via ce lien : https://sondages.unistra.fr/index.php/742278?lang=fr

Les intervenants mobiliseront des points théoriques aux fins d’analyser des cas concrets et des situations pratiques relevant des thématiques spécifiques. L’ensemble du séminaire est assuré en français.

La durée de ce séminaire est de 7h répartis sur une journée de formation selon les horaires suivants : 9h-12h30 et 14h-17h30. Il se déroulera le Mardi 9 décembre 2025 en présentiel uniquement dans les locaux de la Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (CNCPI), 13, rue du Quatre Septembre, 750002 Paris.

Frais de participation : 700€ TTC pour l’ensemble du séminaire.

Les inscriptions sont ouvertes jusqu'au 26 novembre.

Cliquez ici pour plus d'information.

Launched by the European Patent Office (EPO) in 2006, the Award celebrates individuals and teams who turn breakthrough ideas into real-world solutions, tackling some of today’s biggest challenges. It recognises not only the inventive spirit but also the role of the European patent system in supporting innovation, creativity, and progress.

Inventors must have a granted European patent and show commercialisation in Europe.

Categories include:

• Industry – For inventors at large European companies.
• Research – For innovators at universities or research institutions. Non-EPO Countries – For inventors outside EPO member states with inventions available in Europe.
• SMEs – For inventors at small and medium-sized enterprises.
• Lifetime Achievement – Honouring a career of landmark patented inventions.
• Popular Prize – Voted by the public once finalists are announced.

Do you know an who deserves international recognition?

Nominate them today via this link: European Inventor Award – Call for nominations

Deadline for nominations: 30 September 2025.

The agreement was signed on 11 September 2025, during an official ceremony in Guangzhou, in the presence of Mr. Yann BASIRE, Director General of CEIPI, Prof. Guo Zongjie, Dean of the Faculty of Law/Faculty of Intellectual Property at Jinan University, Prof. WU Xinwang, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Law/Faculty of Intellectual Property, Mr. DAI Zhe, Director of the Intellectual Property Department, Ms. HAN Siyan, Secretary for International Affairs of the Faculty of Law at Jinan University, and Ms. WEN Yingyi, Administrative Secretary for Intellectual Property.

Founded in 1906, Jinan University is one of the oldest universities in China and is part of the 211 Program, as one of the key universities in China. It welcomes ~48,000 students per year and was the first university in China to recruit foreign students.

This agreement marks the beginning of a series of collaborative initiatives, including student mobility, faculty exchanges, the development of joint training programs, and the organization of international seminars and conferences.

The aim is to promote a better understanding of international intellectual property issues, facilitate the exchange of expertise, and stimulate the training of future experts, lawyers, and researchers in this strategic field.

Established in 2018, this award aims to reward the exceptional and ongoing commitment of University staff to teaching, based on concrete actions carried out over the last four years.

This recognition highlights Ms. Piedoie's constant dedication to the quality of teaching, the success, and the professional integration of CEIPI students.

CEIPI extends its warmest congratulations to her on this distinction.

Focus PI - Propriété littéraire et artistique est un cycle annuel de formation continue en droit d’auteur et droits voisins. Cette formation s’adresse aux avocats, aux juristes d’entreprise, aux personnels des organismes de gestion collective, aux magistrats et, plus largement, à toute personne amenée à pratiquer le droit de la propriété littéraire et artistique dans son exercice professionnel.

Dispensée sous forme de webinaires mensuels d’une durée de 2 heures tous les premiers jeudis de chaque mois, cette formation a vocation à permettre aux professionnels du droit de la propriété intellectuelle, et spécialement en droit d’auteur, de monter en compétence sur des thématiques adaptées à leur pratique professionnelle. Son suivi permet de satisfaire les obligations en matière de formation continue. Animé par des spécialistes reconnus, chaque webinaire sera l’occasion d’aborder une thématique spécifique. En outre, un webinaire sera dédié à l’actualité en droit d’auteur et droits voisins, permettant ainsi aux participants de rester informés des dernières évolutions juridiques et pratiques.

Les inscriptions sont ouivertes et possibles tout au long de l’année et au moins deux semaines avant la date du premier module choisi.

Téléchargez la brochure de présentation ou cliquez ici pour plus d'information.

Two options:

• Option 1 : Full Diploma Course – Diploma issued by University of Strasbourg - Application deadline: 30 november 2025. Click here for further information.
• Option 2 : Non-degree training program - Certificate of Achievement - Click here for further information.

The French legislator was one of the first EU countries to introduce specific protection for industrial or artisanal products (Hamon law of 18 March 2014).

Almost ten years on, Regulation (EU) No 2023/2411 on the registration, protection and control of geographical indications (GIs) for industrial and artisanal products promises standardisation by introducing a European Union title that will be protected on the territory of EU Member States.

Directed by Romain Bouniol and Sylvain Chatry, with a preface by João Negrão, Executive Director of the EUIPO, the book measures the standardisation promised by the EU in the light of existing national provisions.

To obtain a copy, please contact our Publishing Manager: caroline.ertz[at]ceipi.edu

Since it was founded in 1898 as Germany’s first business school, the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) has provided top-level management training. HHL was the first private business school in the German-speaking region to be accredited by AACSB International.

HHL offers a part-time MBA program tailored to highly motivated professionals and executives with initial professional experience. The program has a strong international focus and uses an innovative and integrated approach to develop leadership and management skills.

Under the leadership of Prof. Alexander WURZER, Head of studies of the MIPLM program, the CEIPI and the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management have established a collaboration to expand the educational activities of both partners in the field of intellectual property management, by combining the existing MIPLM program with HHL’s part-time MBA program, allowing students to obtain an MBA degree with a specialization in intellectual property management.

The signing of the agreement took place on 19 June 2025 in Strasbourg, in the presence of Prof. Kelvin W. WILLOUGHBY, Professor & Chairholder Stiftungsfonds Deutsche Bank Chair of Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship, the scientific coordinator of the MBA, Ms Omolade ADEYEMI, Research Assistant for the MBA program at HHL, Mr. Yann BASIRE, Director General of CEIPI and members of the CEIPI management team, in particular Mr. Thibaud LELONG, Head of teaching of MIPLM courses and Ms Julie DAGHER, Research Assistant at CEIPI.

For more information on the program: https://www.hhl.de/programs/part-time-mba-ip-management/

Click here to download the brochure.

Complete information about the courses, registration details and enrolment forms are available on the  dedicated pages.

Through the production of short films, students were encouraged to use the knowledge they acquired during the year and to conduct research that developed their expertise in intellectual property. The educational and entertaining nature of these short films raises public awareness of intellectual property issues.

The final of this competition, now in its 4^th edition, took place on 28 May 2025 at UGC Strasbourg. The partnership agreement with Meyer & Partners was also signed on this occasion, in the presence of Mr. Yann BASIRE, Director General of CEIPI, and Mr. Pierre LORENTZ, President of Meyer & Partners.

CEIPI congratulates the winners of the video competition and thanks Meyer & Partners for its continued support!

Through contributions from a variety of disciplines, Biens contrefaits et responsabilités offers an in-depth academic reflection on the complex issues raised by counterfeiting and analyses the underlying dynamics of this phenomenon and its implications, in particular the responsibilities of the various players involved (consumers, economic operators or regulators).

The book also examines the legal and technological measures designed to limit access to counterfeit products, while highlighting the challenges associated with cross-border transactions and the specific features of sensitive sectors such as digital goods and pharmaceuticals.

To obtain a copy, please contact our Publishing Manager: caroline.ertz[at]ceipi.edu

The Graduate School of Intellectual Property (IP Professional Master Course) is a professional school that was established in 2005 at OIT to train professionals needed by industry with knowledge and skills in the field of intellectual property. Currently, the school is the only professional graduate school in Japan to offer training in intellectual property.

CEIPI has been working closely with the OIT for many years, with several joint activities already organized, such as joint conferences and a Spring school of Intellectual Property on “The latest trends in intellectual property law”, which took place on 11 and 12 April 2025, in Osaka.

The signature of the agreement took place on 12 April 2025, in Osaka, in the presence of Prof. GOCHO Tatsushi, Dean of the Graduate School of Intellectual Property, of Mr. Yann BASIRE, Director General of CEIPI, Prof. SUGIURA Jun; Prof. IMURA Makoto; Prof. KITAGAWA Hajime, Associate Prof. MATSUI Akihiro; Associate Prof. YOSHIDA Etsuko and Mr. Jean-Marc DELTORN, Professor at CEIPI.

Le CEIPI organise chaque année un séminaire de préparation aux épreuves écrites de l’examen français de qualification, spécialisation « brevets d’invention ».

Ce séminaire, proposé en format hybride, a lieu sous la forme de deux modules du 28 au 29 avril (Module I) et du 19 au 21 mai 2025 (Module II) en présentiel à Paris et en ligne via Zoom).

Votez pour vos courts métrages préférés ! 

Le CEIPI et le Cabinet Meyer & Partenaires sont ravis de vous présenter la 4^e édition du concours de courts métrages « Show me your IP ».

L’idée ? Parler de propriété intellectuelle de manière décalée, originale… et surtout divertissante !

Pour cette édition, les étudiants des Masters 2 du CEIPI ont relevé le défi de créer un court-métrage sur le thème :

"Propriété intellectuelle & géopolitique".

Nos étudiants ont travaillé dur en parallèle de leur année d'étude pour vous proposer leurs créations !

Pour voter : https://pollunit.com/polls/showmeyourip2025

Votes ouverts jusqu’au 22 mai 2025.

5 courts métrages seront présélectionnés pour la finale !

Enrolment is open to the next edition of the CEIPI Summer School to be held in Strasbourg from 24 June to 4 July 2025.

After two days of intense pleading, the team representing CEIPI won the 10^th edition of the Robert Tinlot Moot Court, an international competition dedicated to wine law. Congratulations to Augustine Werck (M2 Intellectual Property Law and International Business, alternating diploma), Matéo Costechareyre (M2 Intellectual Property Law and Valuation of Intangible Assets) and Leopold Buscemi (M2 European and International IP Law) for this victory, which testifies to their expertise and legal eloquence.

The event, held on March 24 and 25 2025 in Reims, brought together students from leading European universities specializing in wine law. After being named best defense team during the eliminatory phases at the University of Reims (Croix-Rouge Campus), the CEIPI team brilliantly pleaded the case in the final, held in the prestigious Council Chamber of the Reims City Hall. Competing against the Bordeaux team, the Strasbourg-based team won over a jury of eminent law and wine professionals, earning the title of competition winner.

This success once again illustrates the excellence of CEIPI students and their mastery of the legal challenges facing the wine industry. Congratulations on this remarkable achievement!

The project “AI-Driven Training System on Product Safety for Professionals - AI4ProSa” aims to contribute to the improvement and updating of the skills of SME professionals, future professionals and teachers in vocational training centers with regard to the requirements and obligations established by the European Union in the field of product safety. This project will help them acquire new skills and enable them to integrate the advantages of generative artificial intelligence (AI) into their training and work.

During the implementation of the project, an AI-based generative assistant will be developed to establish and execute a personalized training plan on product safety for the EU market. This AI-based generative assistant will be disseminated through training activities in Spain, the Czech Republic and Germany. The project is aimed at professionals in companies, mainly SMEs, that market consumer goods in the EU, but also at students of educational science and vocational training.

CEIPI’s contribution to the project is to ensure that the AI tutor respects the ethical principles of artificial intelligence by raising awareness of these issues and ensuring the application of the EU regulatory framework to the tutor developed as part of the product safety regulation project.

The project is being carried out under the scientific coordination of Prof. Jean-Marc Deltorn, Professor at CEIPI, and Ms Elodie Migliore, PhD student at CEIPI, who is focusing her research on the intersection of AI and intellectual property law.

Funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme, the project began in December 2024 and will run until May 2027.

Project partners:

• Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), University of Strasbourg, France
• Technological Institute for Children’s Products & Leisure (AIJU), Spain, project coordinator
• University of Alicante, Spain
• Association for Toy and Play, Czech Republic
• Staatliche Berufsschule II Bayreuth vocational school, Germany.

The purpose of this prize is to distinguish a doctoral thesis that makes an important doctrinal contribution to a better understanding of the theoretical aspects and practical issues of the subject in question.

Organized every two years, the prize consists of the publication of the winning thesis in the collection of thesis of the CEIPI, sub-collection “CEIPI / FIDAL Thesis Prize” dedicated to industrial property.

The CEIPI / FIDAL Thesis Prize is awarded as follows:

• Postgraduate thesis of the 3^rd cycle, defended between 1^st January 2021 and 31^st December 2024, and presenting an innovative character and interest for the practice
• Subject: “industrial property law”
• The prize will be awarded every two years.
• The thesis will be selected by a jury made up of members of the Fidal law firm and CEIPI.
• The application file will include:
  • a personal letter of application from the candidate;
  • the candidate’s CV;
  • the official summary of the thesis;
  • the report of the thesis panel;
  • the full version of the thesis.

The application file must be sent by 30 September 2025, in digital and paper format, in 2 copies, to the following addresses:

• For the digital format:

laurence.dreyfuss-bechmann[at]fidal.com and ceipi-directionlabo[at]ceipi.edu

• For the paper format:

For the attention of Ms. Laurence Dreyfuss-Bechmann
FIDAL
Tour Prisma
4-6 avenue d'Alsace
92982 Paris La Défense cedex

The ceremony of the 1^st CEIPI / FIDAL Thesis Prize, awarded to Mr. Julien Douillard for his thesis “La privation de la propriété comme sanction de la contrefaçon” (Deprivation of property as a sanction for counterfeiting) took place on 1^st March 2024.

The CEIPI training is offered in English and French language and can also be organised in German language on demand. It will take place online from mid May to late September 2025. The CEIPI course calendar is compatible with the dates of the EPO Academy Learning path for this examination.

Complete information, the training schedule and registration details are available on the dedicated page of our website.

Download the 2025 programme.

For more information (prices, registration etc...) visit the dedicated page.

Vous trouverez ci-dessous le procès verbal de proclamation des résultats.

Who doesn't know the series Friends?

American sitcom from the 1990s, Friends tells the humorous story of the daily lives of a group of friends - some of them next-door neighbors - and their emotional and professional lives in New York. The series was an instant hit, as were its theme songs, which became a recognizable hit from the very first notes!

What young man hasn't identified with Joey (played by Matt LeBlanc), a failed comedian and philanderer, but eternal jokester and loyal friend, with Ross (played by David Schwimmer), the clumsy but endearing paleontologist recognized by his peers - or with the mysterious Chandler (played by the late Matthew Perry), whose sarcastic humor is matched only by his deep sensitivity?

What young woman hasn't recognized herself in the role of Monica (played by Courtney Cox), Ross's clean-cut chef and little sister, or Phoebe (played by Lisa Kudrow), an extravagant masseuse and musician, or Rachel (played by Jennifer Aniston), a naive daddy's girl who eventually builds a career in fashion ... and with whom Ross is secretly in love?

But this sitcom, which aired in France between 1996 and 2005, also found another audience : lawyers! Leading the “Intellectual Property and Pop-Culture” movement since 2020, Yann Basire, Clotilde Biron and Jérôme Sujkowski, both founders of ALLY Avocats, chose to examine the legal dimension of the Friends series as part of a symposium organized on December 14, 2023 at the Grand Rex (Paris), with the support of Novagraaf and Gilliot Avocat.

This book is a follow-up to that event.

To obtain a copy, please contact our Publishing Manager: caroline.ertz[at]ceipi.edu

Ces séminaires, entièrement en français, intéressent le monde des économies créatives et les professionnels et entrepreneurs des hautes technologies, les juristes, les professionnels du chiffre, les décideurs, les juges et les étudiants.

La propriété intellectuelle au service de la créativité, de l’innovation et du développement durablede l’espace OAPI. La contribution de l’accord de Bangui de 2015

The Bangui Agreement and its ten Annexes were revised in Bamako on December 14, 2015. To contribute to the effective application of the normative corpus shared by its seventeen member states, OAPI and its partners have encouraged the publication of an Annotated Code of OAPI Law.

As an extension of this awareness-raising initiative, a symposium entitled “Intellectual property at the service of creation, innovation and development: the contribution of the Bangui Agreement”, jointly organized by the African Intellectual Property Organization (OAPI), the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), France's Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle, the Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) and the University of Yaoundé II.

In view of the large number of participants, the diversity of the speakers and the wide range of issues addressed, this major scientific event provided an opportunity to discuss, from both a theoretical and practical point of view, the challenges and prospects of OAPI legislation in the current international legal and technological context.

This book brings together the essential contributions of the specialists who took part in this event. It explores the contribution of the Bangui Act of 2015 to the establishment of a common market through intellectual property, looking in particular at the powers of the OAPI, the delimitation of the common market and the free movement of goods, while at the same time comparing it with current issues such as public health, with the problem of access to medicines, sustainable development, with green innovation and respect for biodiversity; digital challenges, with, in particular, artificial intelligence, platforms and NFTs; and, of course, the issue of dispute resolution, with, in particular, the unavoidable subjects of jurisdictional competence, the value of a supranational jurisdiction and the usefulness of a mediation center.

To obtain a copy, please contact our Publishing Manager: caroline.ertz[at]ceipi.edu