Votez pour vos courts métrages préférés ! 

Le CEIPI est ravi 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 7 July 2025.

Le 4 avril prochain, le CEIPI organise sa traditionnelle Journée d’actualités, dédiée à la jurisprudence européenne en propriété intellectuelle.

• 4 avril 2025
• 9h00 à 18h00
• En présentiel à Strasbourg (Manufacture des tabacs) et en distanciel sur Zoom

The teaching language is in English.

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!

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, aura 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).

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.

The delegation was led by Mr. Koffi Paul ASSANDE, Director General of OIPI, Mr. Kouabran Alexis KOUAME, Director of Geographical Indications, Collective Trademarks and Service Development, Mr. Souleymane SORH, Director of Patents, Innovation and Technology Transfer, Ms. Bes Dominique GBALOA, Head of the Department of Communication and Dissemination of Intellectual Property and Ms. Amenan Angèle YAO, Director of Integrated Agro-Industries, Ministry of State, Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Food Production, Ivory Coast.

During the discussions, Mr. Yann BASIRE, the Director General of CEIPI, presented the center’s training courses and activities, as well as avenues for collaboration to strengthen the intellectual property skills of the office’s agents. For his part, Mr. Philippe BORNE, Regional Delegate of INPI Grand Est, presented the activities and mechanisms that INPI is putting in place to support innovative companies and start-ups.

This meeting took place during a study visit that the delegation is making to France, which aims to strengthen the capacities of the agents of the Ivorian Office of Intellectual Property (OIPI) and the Ministry of Agriculture in the management of Geographical Indication (GI), and in the strategy of consolidation, promotion and defense of GIs.

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

Since its creation, CEIPI has continued to establish itself as a major player in intellectual property training and research, in the service of innovation and progress. This year's jubilee celebrations, marked by the organisation of the Etats généraux de la propriété intellectuelle, provided a prestigious framework for reflection on the future and the challenges ahead in this field.

CEIPI has pursued its development and its objectives by strengthening its teaching programmes, adapted to contemporary and future issues, by carrying out ambitious research activities, by organising seminars and conferences providing food for thought on current and future intellectual property issues, and finally, by developing national and international collaborations, thus consolidating our influence on a global scale.

These achievements would not have been possible without the invaluable commitment of the entire CEIPI community. We would like to salute our students and graduates, who embody the success of our courses and are our best ambassadors, as well as our teachers and lecturers, whose expertise nurtures CEIPI's academic excellence on a daily basis. We would also like to express our gratitude to our partners, whose support is essential to the Centre's development, and to our staff and teams, whose professionalism and commitment contribute every day to the success of our institution.

To conclude this very special year for the Centre, we are delighted to share with you our new institutional video.

To our entire community - students, graduates, teachers, researchers, partners and collaborators - we extend our sincerest thanks for your trust and invaluable contribution over the past 60 years. Together, we will continue to write the future of CEIPI and to promote intellectual property.

CEIPI will be closed from the evening of 20 December to 6 January.

We wish you a very happy festive season. See you in 2025!

Ms LAWRYNOWICZ-DREWEK's doctoral research was conducted under a doctoral contract co-financed by INPI and the Grand-Est region.

Members of the jury:  

Christophe GEIGER, Professor, University of Strasbourg / Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy (thesis supervisor)

Nicolas BINCTIN, Professor, University of Poitiers (rapporteur)

Laurent MANDERIEUX, Professor, L. Bocconi University of Milan, Italy (rapporteur)

Frédérique BERROD, Professor, Sciences Po Strasbourg

Aude BOUVERESSE, Professor, University of Strasbourg

Matthieu DHENNE, Doctor of Law, Member of the Paris Bar

Klaus GRABINSKI, Magistrate, President of the Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Jurisdiction, Luxembourg

Laurent MULATIER, Head of the litigation department, INPI

• Jane Peissel a abordé les violences sexuelles dans les films de James Bond, questionnant leur banalisation à l’écran.
• Alain Clery a démystifié les gadgets de Q en explorant l’éternel dilemme entre brevet et secret industriel.
• Cathie Paumier a éclairé les enjeux de l’indemnisation civile pour les victimes des péripéties explosives de 007.
• Nathalie Mercier a présenté les défis juridiques liés aux deepfakes, un sujet brûlant dans l’ère numérique.
• Jérôme Sujkowski a exploré le cadre légal pour réguler les technologies émergentes.
• Stéphanie Le Cam a jeté un regard critique sur les relations de travail (et de pouvoir) de James Bond avec ses collaborateurs et collaboratrices.
• Gautier Kaufman revisité la vie de Ian Fleming pour illustrer les protections du droit d’auteur sur les œuvres biographiques.
• Clotilde Biron a analysé l'influence culturelle et ses implications éthiques et commerciales en droit français.
• Yvan Diringer a replongé dans le thème musical iconique de 007, avec un focus sur les enjeux du droit d’auteur.
•  Yann Basire a passé en revue les marques déposées autour de l’univers Bond, mettant en lumière leur gestion stratégique.
• Enfin, Alexis Roux a conclu avec une analyse brillante de la franchise, en s’attardant sur les nuances juridiques du mythique Goldfinger

Un immense merci à l’équipe d’ALLY Avocats, avec qui nous avons le plaisir de collaborer depuis maintenant deux ans, ainsi qu’à l’équipe de Le Grand Rex pour leur accueil.

Merci également à nos sponsors, sans qui cette soirée mémorable n’aurait pas pu avoir lieu : LexisNexis France, Questel, EBRAND, Fovea IP, PAPERZ IP, YM AVOCATS, HLSK Avocats, Paumier Avocat et Novagraaf.

Et évidemment merci à tous nos participants qui ont répondu l’appel de M !"

FOCUS PI, c’est un cycle annuel de formation continue en droit des marqueset dessins et modèles. Cette formation s’adresse aux Conseils en Propriété Industrielle, aux Avocats, aux juristes d’entreprise, aux personnels des offices et, plus largement, à toute personne amenée à pratiquer le droit des marques dans son exercice professionnel.

Dispensée sous forme de webinaires mensuels d’une durée de 2 heures tous les premiers mardis de chaque mois, cette formation a vocation à permettre aux professionnels du droit des marques de monter en compétence sur des thématiques adaptées à leur pratique professionnelle et à satisfaire les obligations en matière de formation continue. Animé par des spécialistes reconnus, chaque webinaire sera l’occasion d’aborder une thématique spécifique.

En complément, trois webinaires seront dédiés à l’actualité en droit des marques, dessins et modèles, permettant ainsi aux participants de rester informés des dernières évolutions juridiques et pratiques.

Téléchargez le programme complet

Pour plus d'information : https://www.ceipi.edu/formations/formations-non-diplomantes/advanced-trainings/focus-pi-marques-dessins-modeles

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

• Institute of International Law, Intellectual Property Law and Technology Law (IRGET), Technical University of Dresden (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.

The programme is supported by a number of associated partners involved in MIPDaL in various ways, e. g. by participating in teaching as guest lecturers in the academic programme, or by offering internships to the students.

Associated partners include European and national intellectual property offices such as the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) or the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) as well as national IP associations such as the French group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR). Other local law firms, business associations like UNIFAB and counsels are also involved in MIPDaL.

Three tracks are available as part of this programme:

• Creative Industries: to explore the intersection of law and creativity, focusing on copyright, trademarks and the protection of creative works.
• Industrial Property Law: to study the legal frameworks surrounding patents, designs and industrial innovations - essential knowledge for businesses and inventors.
• Information and Data Technology Law: this track provides knowledge of data protection, privacy laws and the legal implications of technology in the digital age.

For more information on the new MIPDaL programme, please visit: www.MIPDaL.eu.

Applications for the MIPDaL programme are now open and scholarships are also available!

Application deadline

• For all scholarship holders and early birds, the application deadline is 15 January 2025.
• All other applicants will be able to apply until 15 March 2025.
• Late applications will be accepted between 15 April and 15 June 2025.

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

On Wednesday 27 November at the Institut de France, INPI is organising the INPI 2024 Trophies award ceremony.

INPI will be rewarding six companies for their exemplary industrial property strategy: five INPI Trophies and one France 2030 Trophy in partnership with the General Secretariat for Investment.

Click here for more information.

Lien d'inscription à la conférence : https://lnkd.in/e-Mc8kqW
Cliquez ici pour télécharger le programme.

En marge de la conférence, un hackathon se tiendra le 13 novembre 2024 pour réfléchir à des solutions innovantes autour des défis de la rémunération et des droits des auteurices. Cet événement réservé mettra à l'honneur la créativité et la collaboration pour imaginer l'avenir du secteur.

The modules will take place as monthly two-hour webinars, usually every first Friday of the month. They give the opportunity to patent practitioners to keep up to date on topics related to their professional experience. The webinars are presented by recognized international experts. Each webinar deals with a specific topic of patent law.

Download the complete training programme.

Further information can be found on the dedicated page: https://www.ceipi.edu/en/training/non-degree-courses/advanced-trainings/translate-to-english-focus-ip-patents-nouveau-a-partir-de-fevrier-2025

The  second day of our conference, to be held at Strasbourg's Palais Universitaire, has the invaluable support of our partners: Ebrand, Questel, LexisNexis, Fovea IP, Paperz IP, INPI and the professional associations: AACEIPI, ACPI, AIPPI, APRAM, ASPI, CNCPI, Les France.

We would like to thank them for their contribution, essential to the success of this second day.

Reserve and join us in celebrating 60 years of thinking and intellectual property innovation!

• Registration link: https://sondagesv3.unistra.fr/index.php/645262?lang=fr

You can download the programme below, along with payment details and practical information.

The event will feature distinguished speakers and offer a comprehensive program designed to provide in-depth perspectives from various stakeholders in the patent law community.

Registration is free but mandatory : 

https://sondagesv3.unistra.fr/index.php/687761?lang=en

Join us for an enlightening experience as we review the inaugural year of the UPC !

This event is organized with the kind support of EBRAND, Fovea IP, Questel, LexisNexis France, PAPERZ IP and DHS Patent.

Download below the programme of the conference.

The next edition will take place on September 19, 20 and 21, 2024.

Download the seminar program. Registration is now open.

Click here for further information.