With the aim of creating a copyright guide for consumers, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (the EUIPO), acting through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, commissioned a study in order to provide ‘answers to the most frequently asked questions…
We are pleased to announce the publication of the book “L’essentiel du droit de la propriété industrielle”, by Mr. Yann Basire, Associate professor at the University of Haute Alsace (UHA) and at CEIPI and associate member of CEIPI Research department, editor Gualino, January. This first edition,…
Mrs Asako Wechs Hatanaka, Associate Professor at Ritsumeikan University (Kyoto, Japan), received on 8th December 2016, the thesis prize (ex aequo) of the Research federation “L’Europe en mutation” for her thesis defended on 26th September 2016 within CEIPI’s Research Department “Mediation and…
Experts discuss “Copyright Enforcement in the Online World” at a high level event at the Council of Europe, with the participation of Andrus Ansip, Vice President of the European Commission & EU Commissioner for the Digital Single Market On Tuesday, 22nd November 2016, the Centre for International…
In order to contribute to the debate on the ongoing EU copyright reform, CEIPI drafted an Opinion on the proposed introduction of neighbouring rights for press publishers in EU law. The proposal is included in the European Commission’s Draft Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market of 14…
The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is very pleased to announce the publication of the third 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…
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, adopted in Marrakesh, on 27 June 2013, entered into force on 30 September 2016, three months after it gained the necessary 20 ratifications or accessions by WIPO member…
The Intellectual Property Rights University Center brings together six of Finland’s most prestigious universities, namely: University of Helsinki, Aalto University, University of Turku, Hanken School of Economics, University of Eastern Finland et University of Lapland. CEIPI signed this cooperation…
With effect from 2017, there will be one single Paper A and one single Paper B for all candidates. The former distinction between the technical fields of Chemistry and Electricity/Mechanics will no longer apply. Mock papers for Papers A and Paper B in the new format have recently been published by…
On 22 September 2016 will take place the opening of the second edition of the training program for technically qualified judges of the Unified Patent Court. This second edition, held in partnership with the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), will take place at CEIPI, in Strasbourg, fr…
The EU Commission has released a major legal review prepared in the framework of its evaluation of the Union-wide design protection system. Prof. Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, and Natalia Kapyrina, Phd candidate and researcher at the CEIPI, have contributed to this study with…
The CEIPI is happy to announce the publication of the volume “The Intellectual property system in a time of change: European and International perspectives, 50 years of CEIPI anniversary volume”, edited by Professor Christophe Geiger, Director general and director of the Research Department of…
To ensure continuous improvement, the presentation of the CEIPI website has been completely redesigned: more intuitive navigation system, clearer visual identity based on the new graphic charter of the institution… Moreover, the website is now featuring a responsive display system (which means that…
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CEIPI was honored to host from 6 to 9 July 2016 a delegation of the International Intellectual Property Training Institute of the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) for a working visit and signing of a cooperation agreement. The Korean delegation was composed of Mr. Soon-Kee Park, Dean of…
Benoît Battistelli, President of the European Patent Office (E.P.O.) issued a statement, following the Refenrendum in the UK leading to the "Brexit". Click here to read the statement.
CEIPI is pleased to announce that Mr. António CAMPINOS, current Executive Director of the European Union Intellectual Property Office, was elected on 16th June 2016, President of the Administrative Board of CEIPI for a second 3-year term. Mr. Antonio CAMPINOS was reelected President of the…
The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is pleased to announce the publication of the second volume of the CEIPI/ICTSD publication series Global Perspectives and Challenges for the Intellectual Property System, produced jointly with the International Centre for Trade and…
You may download below CEIPI response to the European Commission consultation on the evaluation and modernisation of the legal framework for the enforcement of intellectual property rights, with a focus on specialization of intellectual property courts.
From 7th to 11th December 2015 took place in Geneva the 31st session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). At this meeting, CEIPI made a statement, particularly on the “Limitations and exceptions for libraries and archives…
CEIPI has submitted to the European Commission a number of comments on the proposal for a directive on the protection of undisclosed know-how and business information (trade secrets) against their unlawful acquisition, use and disclosure, in November 2013, amended text by the Council in 2014 and now…