On June 29, 2012, the Member States of the European Union reached an agreement on the seat of the Unified Patent Court. The compromise agreement places the seat of the UPC's Central Division in Paris. Specialised clusters of the UPC’s central division will also be set up - one in London, the other…
The Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances which took place in Beijing (China) between June 20 and 26, 2012, concluded with the adoption of an international treaty to protect the intellectual property rights of audiovisual performers, such as film and TV actors. The…
An exchange and co-operation agreement between the CEIPI and the CEIDIE, one of the main centres for intellectual property studies in South America and currently under the direction of Professor Carlos Correa, was signed on June 6, 2012 in Buenos Aires by Christophe Geiger, Director General of the…
A memorandum of understanding between the EPO and the CEIPI was signed on Friday, June 1, 2012 in Paris at the Administrative board meeting of the CEIPI hosted by the INPI by the President of the University of Strasbourg, Alain Beretz and the President of the European Patent Office, Benoît…
This book, being the first in the European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN) series, offers a comprehensive assessment of the current state of intellectual property legislation in Europe and gives direction on how an improved system might be achieved. The EIPIN series is edited by…
We are pleased to announce that Chloé Prault student of CEIPI Master 2 in Intellectual Property Law and Valuation of Intangible Assets for the year 2011-2012, has been awarded the 1st prize of the APRAM (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles) annual contest for her work on…
We are pleased to announce that at the second edition of the Thesis Award Patent Litigation from Véron & Associés, the jury awarded the first prize ex aequo to Emmanuel Py and Caroline Rodà who both defended their thesis at the CEIPI. Emmanuel Py has been rewarded for his thesis "The Revocation of…
On December 20, 2011, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published an information notice on the amendments to the Common Regulations and to the Administrative Instructions of the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration of Industrial Design.
The French Law n° 2011-1898 of December 20, 2011 concerning private copying remuneration and modifying the French intellectual property code, has been published in the Official Journal.
We are pleased to inform you of a new publication in the CEIPI collection (Lexis-Nexis-Litec Edition) : "Civil Consequences of Infringement of Industrial Property Rights (French, Belgian, Luxembourg, German, English Law)" by Caroline Rodà, Post-doctoral legal scholar at the CEIPI (with a foreword…
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,…