During the last Administrative Board of the CEIPI that was held on 04 June 2010, it was decided to launch a mission leading to the development of international relations. Walter Holzer, former President of the Institute of Representatives before the European Patent Office (epi), co-founder and…
We are very proud to annouce that Professor Yves Reboul is awarded "Commandeur dans l'ordre des Palmes académiques". The ceremony took place at the CEIPI on June, 18. Yves Reboul has served 10 years as General Director of CEIPI untill 2008. He is now Director of the French Section.
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Two members of the intellectual property community have passed on. First, Bernard de Pasma who was Head of Industrial Property with Péchiney and subsequently with Vallourec, President of the French groupe "AAPPI", Professor at the CEIPI and for many years responsible for courses organized in…
The April 26, 2010, the Wittem Group published The European Copyright Code. This Project was established in 2002 as a collaboration between copyright scholars across the European Union concerned with the future development of European copyright law. The Wittem Group believes that a European…
The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation has elected Benoît Battistelli, Director General of the French National Institute of Industrial Property and member of the CEIPI Administrative Board, to succeed Alison Brimelow as President of the European Patent Office (EPO).
Through its research team, the CEIPI reacted to the survey of the World Intellectual Property Organization on the Lisbon Agreement for the Protection of Appellations of Origin and their International Registration. This text has been transmitted to the WIPO on February, 08, 2010. It contains a list…
European Union industry ministers at the 2982nd meeting of the Competitiveness Council on 4 December unanimously adopted new conclusions on an enhanced patent system in Europe. The full text is available below.
At the request of the Council of Europe, M. Christophe Geiger, General Director of CEIPI has written a study concerning the Future of Copyright in Europe. A revised and updated version of this document (from October, 2009) in french and english is available in full text below.
We are very pleased to inform you that Stéphanie Carre, Associate Professor at CEIPI and the University of Strasbourg is now authorized to steer researches (“Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches”). She defended her project the 19 June on the topic “The Balance of Interests in Author’s Rights”. The…
CEIPI is very proud and honoured to announce that on 05 June, Mr Francis Gurry, General Director of WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) was unanimously elected as the new President of the CEIPI Administrative Board, taking over from Dr h.c.Ingo Kober, former President of the European…
Some important decisions were made during the last Administrative Board of the CEIPI that was held in Strasbourg on 05 June 2009. At first, Mr Manuel Desantes, Law Professor at the University Of Alicante (Spain) and former Vice President of the European Patent Office was invited to join the…
At the request of the European Parliament, CEIPI has done a synthetic study recalling the role of the Parliament in developing intellectual property community legislation. This note, written by Christophe Geiger, Associate Professor and General Director of CEIPI and Emmanuel Py, Phd in Law and…
Please find below the Joint Press Release published by 8 important European Academics (including the CEIPI) concerning the Proposed Directive for a Copyright Term Extension.
Nous sommes fiers de vous annoncer que Mlle Cécile BOIVIN qui a obtenu en 2007-2008 le Master 2 Droit de la Propriété Intellectuelle, contrats, transferts de techniques, concurrence du CEIPI s'est vu décerner le 1er prix de l'Association APRAM (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des…
We are delighted to announce that on January 1, 2009, Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski, Professor at CEIPI and the University of Strasbourg, and Head of the CEIPI Research department, was made a knight in the Order of the Legion of Honor.
Nous sommes heureux de porter à votre connaissance le texte d'une position commune sur la proposition de directive sur la durée de protection du droit d'auteur et de certains droits voisins, initiée par Monsieur Christophe Geiger, Directeur général du CEIPI, signée par plus de vingt universitaires…
CEIPI changes its name from "industrial" to "intellectual". At the last CEIPI Board meeting, held in Strasbourg on 5.12.2008, the Board unanimously decided to replace the last word in the Centre's name. Thus, CEIPI, being the "Centre d'études internationales de la propriété industrielle", became…
Le CEIPI a réagit par le biais de son équipe de recherche au "Livre vert sur le droit d'auteur dans l'économie de la connaissance". Nous sommes heureux de porter à votre connaissance le texte qui a été transmis à la Commission européenne le 30.11.2008, lequel comprend une série de recommandations à…
A new Director General of CEIPI was elected during the 6 June 2008 Board of Directors meeting held at the INPI (Institut national de la Propriété Industrielle) in Paris . Professor Yves Reboul, the current General Director, will be leaving office on 31 August 2008 after serving two consecutive five…