The daily newspaper Le Monde, in its Higher Education supplement, published an article entitled "The CEIPI: International Center of Excellence in Intellectual Property" on October 19, 2011. This article outlines the importance of intellectual property, the role of the CEIPI, its academic and…
Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI, gave an interview to the online journal of the University of Strasbourg, "L'Actu" in which he describes the CEIPI, its missions and future projects. Click here to read this interview online (only in french).
By letter of 18 July 2011, the European Parliament (the "EP") informed CEIPI that the latter had been selected for the award of a framework contract relating to external expertise in the field of intellectual property rights. CEIPI won both of the lots into which the call for tender…
On January 2011, the European Commission launched a public consultation following the publication of the evaluation report of the Commission of December 22, 2010 concerning the application of the directive 2004/48/CE on the enforcement of intellectual property rights The CEIPI has submitted…
We are very pleased to inform you that on June 20, 2011, Mr. Daoud Salmouni, who is a PhD student at CEIPI under the supervision of Professor Yves Reboul and holder of the CEIPI diploma Master 2 in "Intellectual Property, Contracts, Competition Law" obtained in 2005-2006, was elected 4th secretary…
On 24 May 2011, European Commission published a press release revealing its new strategy in the field of intellectual property to boost creativity and innovation. Click here to read this press release.
The CEIPI has submitted observations on the evaluation report of the European Commission of December 22, 2010 concerning the application of the directive of April 29, 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in member states. The report was written by Christophe Geiger, Associate…
We are pleased to inform you of a new publication in the CEIPI collection (Lexis-Nexis-Litec Edition): "Computer creation : disruption of the intellectual property rights ? Essay on the coherence of rights" by Franck Macrez, Associate Professor at the CEIPI (with a foreword by Michel Vivant, Profe…
As part of the Single Market Act, the European Commission has tabled on 13 April 2011 a package of two legislative proposals, under enhanced cooperation, that will radically reduce the cost of patents in Europe by up to 80%. The draft regulations will pass to the Council and the European Parliament…
Nous sommes heureux de vous communiquer avec l'aimable autorisation d'AEF (www.aef.inf), l'interview de Christophe Geiger, Directeur Général du CEIPI en date du 16 mars 2011. Propriété intellectuelle : « La création d'une juridiction européenne des brevets est inévitable » (Christophe Geiger,…
We are pleased to inform you of the publication in the CEIPI Collection of the proceedings of the conference held in honour of Professor Yves Reboul "Challenges of trademark law in the 21st century." Trademark law, like the rest of intellectual property law, is experiencing an unprecedented…
On 10 March, 2011, the Council authorised the launch of an enhanced cooperation among EU member states for the creation of a unitary patent. For further information, see the press release of the Council.
On March 8, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its opinion on the draft agreement on the creation of a European and Community Patent Court. The Court concludes that the envisaged agreement is not compatible with the provisions of European Union law You can read the press release.
We are very pleased to announce that two CEIPI students, Mr. Pierre Moignet who obtained the CEIPI diploma in Trademarks and industrial designs for the year 2009-2010 and Miss Camille Auvret who is registered in the Master 2 in Intellectual Property Law and Valuation of Intangible Assets for the…
On January 7, 2011 was held at the "Maison du Barreau" in Paris the second annual contest of Masters Thesis organized by the ADCI (Association pour le Droit de la Création Intellectuelle). We are pleased to announce that Miss Camille Rideau, who obtained in 2010 the CEIPI diploma "Master 2 in…
CEIPI is proud to announce that Emmanuel Py, Associate Professor at the IUT Mulhouse and former research assistant at the CEIPI has been awarded the prize of the best thesis in private law for the year 2008/2009 by the University of Strasbourg. Emmanuel Py defended his thesis on December 8, 2008.…
The administrative council of the European Patent Office appointed Joseph RIOLO and Pascal GRYCZKA, two former students at the CEIPI, as chairman of the technical boards of appeal 3.3.07 and 3.3.11, respectively. The appointments were made during the 125th session held from the 26th to the 28th of…
On August, 25, 2010, Yves Lapierre has been apppointed General Director of the INPI (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle) by the Council of Ministers. A former Chairman and CEO of STMI and then AREVA TA, Yves Lapierre also held a number of positions at the French Atomic Energy Commission…
You may download below a report on the CEIPI conference "Towards a European Patent Court", held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, 16-17 April 2010. This report was written by Terry Johnson and published in the magazine epi Information n° 2, from June 2010, edited by the the EPI (Institute…
On March, 19, 2009 the Federal Assembly of the Swiss Confederation voted the creation of a Federal Patent Court. This court is composed of judges with a technical background and a legal background. The judges of this new court have been choosen on June,16, 2010 and six of them take part to the…