The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) at the University of Strasbourg and the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD) based in Geneva concluded a cooperation agreement with the aim to deepen their collaboration in the field of intellectual property at the international level.
As part of this collaboration, the partner organizations will implement a number of joint activities such as seminars, training courses, conferences and workshops; research activities and joint publications; exchange of views and information between the two institutions and the hosting of researchers and interns from CEIPI at ICTSD.
The collaboration will focus on a number of topics of common interest such as global issues and challenges facing intellectual property and intellectual property regimes in developing countries, in the context of seeking to achieve a balanced intellectual property system which takes into account the diversity of existing interests.
The first joint activity under this cooperation agreement consisted of a joint training seminar on “Collective Management of Rights and Related Rights: European, International and Comparative Aspects”, which was held in collaboration with WIPO from 16 to 20 June 2014 at CEIPI premises in Strasbourg.
A joint publication series CEIPI/ ICTSD on global IP issues is planned for fall 2014.
