On 24 December 2014, the report on “Copyright policy and the right to science and culture” of the UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed, was submitted to the Human Rights Council. In the report the Special Rapporteur examines copyright law and policy from the…
The CEIPI signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the OHIM and the EPO for the establishment of the Pan-European Seal Professional Traineeship Programme. The signing ceremony took place during the last Administrative Board of CEIPI, on 19th December 2014, in Strasbourg, in the presence of Mr.…
On October 8 2014, the CEIPI (University of Strasbourg) and the Chinese-German Institute for Intellectual Property (HUST) have signed a Cooperation Agreement, with the aim to create common programs for training and research in tellectual propery, exchange of students and staff and the organization…
On October 1st, 2014, The CEIPI and the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) signed a framework agreement in order to raise public awareness and knowledge about community plant variety rights, area of intellectual property sometimes neglected in the academic classical programs. On this occasion,…
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…
ECTA, the European Communities Trade Mark Association, was formed in 1980. ECTA numbers approximately 1.500 members, coming from all the Member States of the European Union with associate members from all over the world. In order to strengthen the cooperation and exchange with academics, ECTA has…
CEIPI and the French Industrial Property Office (INPI) have a long record of cooperation. Keen on strengthening their common work in education and training in intellectual property law, as well as developing common areas of research, the two partners have signed a framework agreement at the last…
In the context of the European election, the Director General of the CEIPI has published an Opinion in the daily newspaper "Le Monde", with the objective to emphasize the great importance of intellectual property in the context of this election. You can download the electronic version of this…
No. 21 of May 2014 of the magazine “Savoir(s)”, of the University of Strasbourg devotes a report to “Intellectual Property: to whom does knowledge belong?”. It contains among other, interviews with Mr. Christophe Geiger, the Director General of CEIPI and Mr. Xavier Seuba, Senior Research Associate…
A cooperation agreement was signed between CEIPI and the Oxford Intellectual Property Research Centre (OIPRC) of the University of Oxford, directed by Professor Graeme Dinwoodie, visiting Professor at CEIPI. The signing ceremony was held at CEIPI on May 20 in the presence of members of the Research…
CEIPI and the Center for Advanced Study & Research on Intellectual Property (CASRIP) wanted to formalise their long-standing collaboration through the signature of a cooperation agreement enabling the future exchange of researchers, students, and the creation of combined programmes, the development…
The CEIPI prepared a response to this important public consultation launched by the European Commission. The public consultation is taking place within the context of the review process of the 2001 Directive and addresses different copyright issues in the information society, in particular the…
We would like to inform you of the publication of a new book in the CEIPI collection. "The right to one’s image, between a personality right and intellectual property", by Théo Hassler , edited by LexisNexis.
The international section is pleased to announce the publication of the D-book by Andrew Rudge in December 2013. Andrew Rudge has been tutoring for more than 10 years on the CEIPI courses preparing for paper D of the European Qualifying Examination (EQE). The D book, published by the editor Wolters…
We are pleased to announce the imminent publication in the CEIPI collection of a volume in honor of Professor Schmidt-Szalewski entitled “Le droit de la propriété intellectuelle dans un monde globalisé” (Intellectual Property Law in a Globalized World), edited by Christophe Geiger, Director General…
A cooperation agreement between the CEIPI and the IPA of Singapore was signed on August 27, 2013 at the 4th Global Forum on Intellectual Property which took place in Singapore on August 27 and 28, 2013. This partnership enhances training and research capacities in the field of intellectual property…
At the CEIPI’s last board meeting held in Strasbourg on July, 7, 2013 Antonio CAMPINOS, President of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and ex officio member of the Board officially took office as the new President of the CEIPI’s Administrative Board. He succeeds Francis…
The CEIPI and its Research department are pleased to inform you about the publication of a new volume in the CEIPI collection (Lexis-Nexis-Litec Edition) edited by Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI entitled: "The contribution of case-law to the construction of the intellectual…
Between 17 and 28 June 2013, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) organized in Marrakesh (Morocco) a diplomatic conference which concluded with the adoption of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or otherwise Print…
You can download below the reply of the CEIPI to the European Commission's public consultation for the purpose of gathering specific information on the efficiency of proceedings and accessibility of measures in the context of civil enforcement of intellectual property rights. The CEIPI puts the…