Pan-European Seal Professional Traineeship Programme

CEIPI offers its congratulations to Mr. Laurent Léopold Metzger for obtaining the Merit diploma, following his traineeship at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM).

Concerned by improving the integration of its graduates into the labor market, the CEIPI signed in 2014 a Memorandum of Understanding with the OHIM and the European Patent Office (EPO) for the set-up of the traineeship program “Pan-European Seal Professional Traineeship Programme”. The program's goal is to bring closer the universities and the labor market highly specialized of the intellectual property.

Mr. Léopold Metzger will receive his diploma from Mr. António Campinos, President of the OHIM, during a ceremony held on October 13, 2015.

In 2015, a second generation of CEIPI’s graduate was selected to participate in the traineeship program “Pan-European Seal”. 6 graduates were selected for internships at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and 6 others to integrate the European Patent Office (EPO). Internships are remunerated and last for one year starting from October 13, 2015.