CEIPI launches a new research project in the area of patent law, which will address patentability standards and how they relate with the broader issue of patent quality. This project is convened in the context of the 2012 cooperation agreement between the Centre d’Études Internationales sur la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI) and Centro de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de Derecho Industrial y Económico (CEIDIE), of the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina. In this context, CEIPI professors and researchers will work in collaboration with representatives of the Patent Offices at European and national levels, while CEIDIE members will work with the Argentinean National Institute of Industrial Property and other offices in Latin American countries. The overall goal is to detect and compare trends not only on both sides of the Atlantic but also globally regarding the shared goal of promoting patent quality. Together with Europe and Argentina, countries such as India, Colombia and other emerging countries will also be the focus of a research that will pay particular attention to the area of pharmaceutical products.
The first planning meeting will take place in Strasbourg next April 2013.
At CEIPI, the project will be conducted under the academic direction of Christophe Geiger, Director General and Director of the Research Department of CEIPI, and Xavier Seuba, Senior Associate Researcher at CEIPI.
