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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…

7 December 2018

Signature of an agreement for a joint doctorate between CEIPI and INPI

CEIPI and INPI signed in 2014 an agreement to strengthen their cooperation in the legal training of intellectual property and to develop common areas of research. As part of this collaboration, CEIPI and INPI have decided to implement several activities, including a PhD project in partnership with…

27 November 2018

Renewal of the Cooperation agreement between CEIPI and Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO)

The CEIPI and the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) have been collaborating for several years. To provide a legal framework for this collaboration, the two institutions have expressed their willingness to strengthen their relationships and conclude, to this end, a cooperation agreement, which…

6 November 2018

Publication of the book Intellectual Property and the Judiciary, Edited by Christophe Geiger, Craig Nard and Xavier Seuba

CEIPI is very pleased to announce the publication of Intellectual Property and the Judiciary, a book edited by Christophe Geiger, Professor of Law, Director General and Director of the Research Department, Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), University of Strasbourg, Crai…

12 October 2018

Publication of the volume 3 of the CEIPI Working Paper Series on SSRN

Thanks to its archive in Open Access available under this link, the CEIPI is now quite clearly recognized in its action towards the green Open-Access distribution. Edited by Christophe Geiger, Professor of Law, Director General and Director of the Research Department of the CEIPI, the volume 3 of…

11 October 2018

Book Launch and Presentation “Reconciling Copyright with Cumulative Creativity: the Third Paradigm”, by Giancarlo Frosio

The CEIPI launched in May 2018 of a new series of publications entitled “CEIPI Studies in Intellectual Property” published by the leading international academic and professional publisher, Edward Elgar. Under the scientific direction of Prof. Christophe Geiger, Director General and Director of…

9 October 2018

Thesis prize 2018 of the Research Federation “L’Europe en mutation” awarded to Ms. Franciska Schönherr for her thesis defended within CEIPI’s Research Department

Ms. Franciska Schönherr, PhD of CEIPI, received on 9 October 2018 the prize of the Research federation “Europe in transition” for her thesis defended on 2nd October 2017 within CEIPI’s Research Department “The construction of an EU Copyright Law: Towards a Balanced Institutional and Legal Framework”…

1 September 2018

Yann Basire, recruted as Associate Professor at CEIPI

CEIPI is pleased to announce the recruitment of Mr. Yann Basire as Associate Professor at CEIPI, from 1st September 2018. Mr. Yann Basire will also head the French section of CEIPI, which is in charge of the organization of CEIPI’s French speaking courses, leading to diplomas. Mr. Yann Basire is a…

25 July 2018

Very high pass rate on the EQE pre-examination 2018 for CEIPI candidates

CEIPI is pleased to announce a very high success rate on the EQE pre-examination 2018 of candidates having attended the CEIPI courses preparing for this examination. Recent statistics show that the pass rate on the EQE pre-examination 2018 of candidates having attended the CEIPI preparation courses…

22 June 2018

Signature of the Annual Convention 2018 implementing the agreement between the CEIPI and INPI

CEIPI and INPI signed in 2014 an agreement to strengthen their cooperation in the legal training of intellectual property and to develop common areas of research. As part of this collaboration, CEIPI and INPI have decided to implement several activities, by means of annual conventions. The annual…

1 June 2018

“Intellectual Property and Digital Trade in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Big Data”, CEIPI/ICTSD Publications Series, Issue 5

The Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is pleased to announce the publication of the fifth issue in the CEIPI/ICTSD series on Global Perspectives and Challenges for the Intellectual Property System, produced jointly with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable…

29 May 2018

Launch of the CEIPI Studies in Intellectual Property, in association with EE Publishing

The CEIPI is pleased to announce the launch of a new series of publications entitled “CEIPI Studies in Intellectual Property” published by the leading international academic and professional publisher, Edward Elgar. Under the scientific direction of Prof. Christophe Geiger, Director General and…