Publication of the In-depth analysis drafted by Christophe Geiger, Giancarlo Frosio and Oleksandr Bulayenko for the European Parliament on legal aspects of Text and Data mining in the Proposed Copyright Reform in the EU

CEIPI is pleased to announce the publication of the In-depth analysis prepared by the CEIPI for the Committee for Legal Affairs of the European Parliament on the topic “The Exception for Text and Data Mining (TDM) in the Proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market – Legal Aspects”. …

Launch of the Volume 2 of the CEIPI Working Paper Series on SSRN

The CEIPI is now member of the "Social Science Research Network" (SSRN) and holds an archive in Open Access dedicated to its research within the "Legal Schorlarship Network" (LSN ), available under: https://www.ssrn.com/link/CEIPI-RES.html This archive, which is edited by Christophe Geiger,…

Tribute to Erich Wäckerlin

The CEIPI pays tribute to Mr. Erich Wäckerlin, who succumbed to a severe illness, on January 8th 2018. Erich Wäckerlin, former patent examiner, director and later member of a Technical Board of Appeal  of the European Patent Office in Munich, and moreover technically qualified non-permanent judge…

Benoît Battistelli elected President of the CEIPI's Administrative Board

CEIPI is pleased to announce that Mr. Benoît Battistelli, President of the European Patent Office, has been elected, on 28 November 2017, Chairman of the CEIPI Administrative Board for a 3-year term. Mr. Benoît Battistelli was elected President of the CEIPI Administrative Board at the Assembly on 2…

A new 66th volume released in the CEIPI’s Collection : “The protection of Trade Secrets, National and European Perspectives”, co-directed by Professors Jean Lapousterle and Bertrand Warusfel

The CEIPI is happy to announce the publication of the 66th volume “The protection of Trade Secrets: National and European Perspectives ” with LexisNexis, in December 2017. Co-directed by Jean Lapousterle, Professor and former member of the Research Department of CEIPI and Bertrand Warusfel,…

António Campinos elected President of the European Patent Office

On 11 October 2017, the Administrative Council of the European Patent Organization has elected António Campinos as President of the European Patent Office (EPO). Mr. Campinos, who is currently Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and also President of the…

The fourth issue of the CEIPI/ICTSD series was just released: “Current Alliances in International Intellectual Property Lawmaking: The emergence and Impact of the Mega-Regionals”

The Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is pleased to announce the publication of the fourth 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…

A new volume published in CEIPI’s collection “Trade-related international intellectual property law: the TRIPs Agreement, assessment and perspectives”, edited by Prof. Christophe Geiger

The CEIPI is happy to announce the publication in August 2017 of the volume “Trade-related international intellectual property law: the TRIPs Agreement, assessment and perspectives”, edited by Professor Christophe Geiger, Director General and Director of the Research Department of CEIPI, LexisNexis,…

Launch of a CEIPI Working Paper Series on SSRN

We are pleased to announce that the CEIPI is now member of the "Social Science Research Network" (SSRN) and holds an archive in Open Access dedicated to its research within the "Legal Schorlarship Network" (LSN ), available under : https://www.ssrn.com/link/CEIPI-RES.html This archive, which is…

The CEIPI in the GRUR newsletter

A portrait of the CEIPI was published in the newsletter of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), May 2017. Click here for more information on GRUR. Click here to download the article.

First price of the 2017 APRAM competition won by a CEIPI IP Master student

We have the pleasure to inform you that Anna Lawrynowicz-Drewek, student of the Master in European and International Intellectual Property directed by Professor Christophe Geiger, just won the first price of the 2017 APRAM (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles) competition.…