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2 June 2020

Xavier Seuba appointed Director of the European Patent Academy and EQE at the European Patent Office

The Center for International Intellectual Property Studies is pleased to announce that Mr. Xavier Seuba, former Academic Coordinator and Scientific Responsible at CEIPI, has been appointed Director of the European Patent Academy and EQE at the European Patent Office (EPO). Mr. Seuba took up his…

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30 April 2020

Definite cancellation of the European Qualifying Examination 2020

The Supervisory Board of the European Qualifying Examination has published its decision of April 20, 2020 to definitely cancel the EQE 2020 (pre-examination and main examination for papers A, B, C and D). The next EQE will be held in 2021. Candidates who had enrolled for 2020 main examination…

23 April 2020

Publication of the third edition of the book "Overview of the Appeal Proceedings according to the EPC" edited by Hugo Meinders, Philipp Lanz and Gérard Weiss

We are happy to communicate the third edition of the book "Overview of the Appeal Proceedings according to the EPC" edited by Hugo Meinders, Philipp Lanz and Gérard Weiss.  About one in a hundred European patent cases ends up before a Board of Appeal. The appeal reviews a decision of a first…

16 March 2020

Announce from CEIPI concerning COVID-19

Due to the public health situation in France and following the instructions given by the University of Strasbourg, the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies is closed to the public, as from Monday March 16, until further notice. In order to ensure the pedagogical continuity for all…

2 March 2020

The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies is moving into the new building "Le CARDO" located on the historic site of the Civil Hospital in the heart of the city of Strasbourg

The Center for International Intellectual Property Studies, a key player in intellectual property training and research at the national, European and international levels, is moving to a new building in the area of the Civil Hospital in Strasbourg as of March 2, 2020. March 2 will mark the…

20 December 2019

CEIPI appointed for the third time external expert of the JURI Committee of the European Parliament

CEIPI is proud to announce that the center has been selected for the third time as external expert for the JURI Committee (Legal Affairs) of the European Parliament, following the call for tenders to which CEIPI responded in February 2019, Framework contract on Expertise on Regulatory and Policy…

2 September 2019

Yann Basire, new Director General of CEIPI

CEIPI is pleased to announce that Mr. Yann Basire, Associate Professor at CEIPI, has just taken up office as Director General of CEIPI, since 1st September 2019, for a period of 5 years, following his election by the Council of Administration of CEIPI of 7 December 2018. Mr. Basire, who is also…

28 August 2019

Christophe Geiger elected President of ATRIP

Professor Christophe Geiger, Director of the CEIPI Research Department, has been elected by the General Assembly of the ATRIP Association on 28 August 2019 in Nashville (USA), as the next President of the association for a term of two years, starting from 2021. He will succeed Professor Jens…

19 June 2019

Strasbourg, Signature of a cooperation agreement with the Faculty of Law of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia

A cooperation agreement was signed between CEIPI and the Faculty of Law of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, on 19 June 2019, in Strasbourg, in the presence of Professor Christophe Geiger, Director General and Director of the Research Department of CEIPI and Professor Natalie…

12 June 2019

Signature in Strasbourg of the renewal of the cooperation agreement between CEIPI and the Sino-European Institute for Intellectual Property

The CEIPI was pleased to welcome on 12 June 2019, Prof. Xiang Yu, Director of the Sino-European Institute for Intellectual Property of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, for several lectures at CEIPI and for signing the renewal of their cooperation agreement. Th…

1 June 2019

A new 67th volume released in the CEIPI Collection: “Computer-Implemented Inventions: Challenges, Current Practices and Perspectives”, edited by Professor Christophe Geiger and Matthieu Dhenne

The CEIPI is happy to announce the publication of the 67th volume “Computer Implemented Inventions: Challenges, Current Practices and Perspectives” with LexisNexis, in June 2019, edited by Professor Christophe Geiger, Director General and Director of the Research Department of CEIPI, University of…

9 May 2019

Signature of the renewal of the cooperation agreement between CEIPI and INPI

The CEIPI was pleased to welcome, on 9 May 2019, Mr. Pascal Faure, Director General of INPI, for a conference and for the renewal of their cooperation agreement. The CEIPI and the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) show a long cooperation. Eager to develop both their…

29 March 2019

CEIPI Students reach semi-finals of the moot competition focusing on Intellectual Property (CN2PI)

At the 11th edition of the national moot competition focusing on Intellectual Property (CN2PI) organised in Lyon on 28/03/2019, two teams representing the CEIPI have reached the semi-finals. Our congratulations go to the students of Professional Master 2 (LLM). The teams were supervised by Yann…

27 March 2019

Tribute to Mr. Philippe Chêne, Former President of AACEIPI

It is with great sadness that CEIPI and AACEIPI have just learned about the death of Mr. Philippe Chêne. Philippe Chêne, graduate of CEIPI, headed for many years the industrial property service at the General Delegation for Armaments of the Ministry of National Defense; as such, he was in charge of…

26 March 2019

Third price of the 2019 APRAM competition won by a graduate student of the CEIPI IP Master

We have the pleasure to inform you that Mélanie Chassaing, graduate student of the CEIPI Master in Intellectual Property and Cultural Heritage for the academic year 2017/2018, just won the third price of the 2019 APRAM (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles) competition. Th…

1 March 2019

Publication of Intellectual Property and Development, Understanding the Interfaces. Liber amicorum Pedro Roffe

Xavier Seuba, Associate Professor, Academic Coordinator and Scientific Responsible at CEIPI, and Professor Carlos Correa from the University of Buenos Aires, have coedited and just released Intellectual Property and Development, Understanding the Interfaces. Liber amicorum Pedro Roffe, a book that…

30 January 2019

Copyright reform in the EU: Opinion of the CEIPI on the European Commission’s Proposal to Facilitate the Access and Use of Out-of-Commerce Works

In order to contribute to the debate on the ongoing copyright reform at the EU level, CEIPI drafted an Opinion on the proposal to facilitate use of out-of-commerce works, as presented in the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market of 14 September…

12 January 2019

“Intellectual Property and the Judiciary”, edited by Christophe Geiger, Craig Nard & Xavier Seuba winner of the “best IP book of the year”- award by the IP Kat blog

CEIPI is very pleased to announce the that the book Intellectual Property and the Judiciary has been granted on the 12th January 2019 by the famous blog IP Kat the “best IP book of the year”-award. This book, published in November 2018, was edited by Christophe Geiger, Professor of Law, Director…

12 December 2018

Tragic events in Strasbourg on 11.12.2018, message from the Director General of CEIPI, Christophe Geiger

We are profoundly shaken and shocked by the tragic events that occurred yesterday within the European capital of Strasbourg. We would like to express our entire support to all of the persons and families concerned by this shooting at the Christmas market. Since yesterday evening, we have received…

7 December 2018

CEIPI’S governance and management team – the Administrative Board of CEIPI adopts a reform of its statutes for the 1st September 2019

Press release by the President of the Administrative Board of CEIPI, Benoît Battistelli In a context of major development of CEIPI’s activities and its European and international influence, the CEIPI Administrative Board amended, at the meeting held on 7 December 2018, the statutes of the center in…

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