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…
We are pleased to inform you of a new publication in the CEIPI collection (Lexis-Nexis-Litec Edition) : "Copyright and property law" by Christel Simler. This thesis was defended in 2008 under the supervision of Yves Reboul, Professor at the University of Strasbourg and Honorary General Director of…
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…