CEIPI's Newsletter n° 25 - April 05, 2013
CEIPI NEWS
EIPIN Conference organized by the CEIPI in Strasbourg at the European Court of Human Rights on the topic: "Human Rights and Intellectual Property: From Concepts to Practice"
From April 5 to 7, 2013, the CEIPI will organize and host the Congress of the European Intellectual Property Institutes Network (EIPIN). To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the entry into force of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Congress, entitled "Human Rights and Intellectual Property: From Concepts to Practice", will attempt to take stocks of the emerged, often complex, relationship between the two areas of law, which are now firmly rooted in the European and international legal order. The conference is being organized under the academic direction of Christophe Geiger, Associate Professor, Director General and Director of the Research Department of CEIPI.
The conference will explore practical and doctrinal implications of human rights on intellectual property law and case-law. In particular, the conference will scrutinize issues related to the role of human rights in development of the balanced intellectual property legal framework, practices of European courts and quasi-judicial bodies, and it will attempt to identify legal significance of different human rights for exercise of intellectual property rights. This noteworthy event will feature an array of intellectual property and human rights experts and practitioners of world renown.
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RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Visiting Professors
CEIPI is happy to announce that Séverine Dusollier, Professor at the University of Namur (Belgium), Laurence R. Helfer, Professor at the Duke University School of Law (USA), Jeffrey Samuels, Professor at The University of Akron School of Law (USA) and Toshiko Takenaka, Professor at the Washington School of Law, Seattle (USA), Visiting Professors at the CEIPI, will join the CEIPI team in April and May.
CEIPI series of lectures "Institutional, political and social perspectives on intellectual property"
"The System of Regional Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of the African Organization of Intellectual Property (AOIP), a state of the play" by Paulin Edou Edou
Within the framework of the CEIPI series of lectures "Institutional, political and social perspectives on intellectual property", CEIPI is happy to invite you to the public lecture to be held on Tuesday, April 09, 2013 at 5:30 pm.
Paulin Edou Edou, Director general of the African Organization of Intellectual Property (AOIP), will give a presentation at the CEIPI on the topic:
The System of Regional Protection of Intellectual Property Rights of the African Organization of Intellectual Property (OAPI), a state of the play.
You can download the poster of this event and the presentation of this serie of lectures.
CEIPI series of lectures : (RE)thinking Intellectual Property, Fundamental Questions and New Perspectives
"Intellectual Property Rights and Investment Law: the new frontier" by Bryan Mercurio
Bryan Mercurio, Professor of Law and Associate Dean (Research) at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), will give a presentation on April 22, 2013 at 5:30 pm. within the framework of the series of lectures : "(RE)thinking Intellectual Property, Fundamental Questions and New Perspectives", on the topic:
"Intellectual Property Rights and Investment Law: the new frontier".
The presentation will be followed by a debate with the audience, moderated by Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI.
You can download the program of this public lecture.
Invited Speaker Series in Law and Economics of Intellectual Property
"Patent law and the Theory of the Firm: Economic Analysis Beyond Incentive Theory" par Dan. L. Burk
On May 2nd, 2013 Professor Dan. L. Burk will deliver the Inaugural Lecture within the Invited Speaker Series in Law and Economics of Intellectual Property.
His lecture will focus on new theoretical approaches to the economic analysis of patents from the firm's perspective.
Dan L. Burk is Chancellor’s Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, where he lectures, teaches, and writes in the areas of patent, copyright, electronic commerce, and biotechnology law. He is the internationally prominent authority on issues related to high technology. He has served as a legal advisor to a variety of private, governmental, and intergovernmental organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union Committee on Patent Policy and the OECD Committee on Consumer Protection.
For more details please download the announcement.
Please register for this event by sending an e-mail to kupzok@unistra.fr
EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES
CEIPI Summer School on Intellectual Property in Europe
For the 5th year, the CEIPI is organizing a Summer School on IP in Europe. The courses will be held from July 01 to July 06, 2013.
The courses aims to provide an academic and practical overview of the IP-related aspects of the legal system in the European Union, as well as giving concrete ideas about IP litigation in Europe. The courses are directed mainly at students and practitioners who want to acquire the basics of the European
IP system.
Click on the picture to download the brochure in pdf version.
Click here for further information and enrolment, or contact the registrar, Isabelle Christ at: isabelle.christ@ceipi.edu
Preparatory Seminars to the European qualifying examination (EQE) 2014 and Training in European patent law
For the European Qualifying Examination 2014, CEIPI offers a programme of exam preparation courses consisting of "Introductory Courses" in the early autumn of 2013, in a number of different cities in Europe, followed by the "Preparatory Seminars" in November 2013 and January 2014, in Strasbourg, France as well as a "Cramming Course C" in Strasbourg.
Click here for futher information concerning these seminars.
We are also pleased to present our new brochure which contains all the information concerning the training in European patent law and the preparation for the European qualifying examination offered by the CEIPI for the academic year 2013-2014
Click on the picture to download this document in pdf version.
Enrolment to the "Patents" and "Trademarks and designs" modules for the 2013/2014 academic year.
Enrolment to the "Patents" and "Trademarks and designs" modules for the 2013/2014 academic year, is open.
Click here to submit your application to the long tuition
Click here to submit your application to the accelerated tuition (for candidates who have acquired a year's experience in the field of industrial property by the closing date for reception of the application forms).
In order to allow future students of the accelerated tuition in Patents to concentrate on general law subjects, classes concerning introduction to law, business law and the law of obligations will be taught in advance. This adjustment consists in organising a two-day seminar for each of the three subjects during the prerequisite internship year.
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Enrolment to the CEIPI's Masters of Laws 2 (LLM) for the 2013/2014 academic year
Enrolment to the CEIPI's Masters of Laws 2 (LLM) for the 2013/2014 academic year is open (except for the The Master of Intellectual Property Law and Management).
Prospective students may register online on the University of Strasbourg website via ARIA.
Deadline for enrolment online: June 15, 2013.
Deadline for receipt of the application form: June 24, 2013.
Prospective students must submit a complete dossier including all university transcripts so that the CEIPI may ascertain the coherence of their academic program of studies and whether they fulfil the prerequisites.
Click here for further information concerning the Masters of Laws 2 (LLM) in the field of intellectual property offered by the CEIPI.
PARTICIPATION OF THE CEIPI TEAM TO SYMPOSIUMS, CONFERENCES AND OTHER EVENTS
Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, at the conference organized by the HADOPI on the topic: "The effectivity of exceptions to copyright and neighboring rights"
Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, will participate in the conference organized by the HADOPI (Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Oeuvres et la Protection des droits sur Internet) on April 19, 2013 at the "Maison de la chimie” in Paris, on the topic: "The effectivity of exceptions to copyright and neighboring rights".
Christophe Geiger will speak on the topic: "Adapting the "Right to the Exception".
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Stéphanie Carre and Franck Macrez at the International Symposium“Cross Border Cooperative Innovation and Intellectual Property” at the Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China
Stéphanie Carre and Franck Macrez, Associate Professors at the CEIPI, will participate in the International Symposium jointly Organized by The Chinese-Germany Institute of IP, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST) and The Chair for Corporate & IP Law, Technische Universität München (TUM), to be held at the Huazhong University of Science & Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China, from April 19 to 20, 2013, on the topic "Cross Border Cooperative Innovation and Intellectual Property".
Within the framework of Session 1: "Intellectual Property Issues in International Trade", Stéphanie Carre will speak on April 19 on the topic: "The question of IPRs justification and its implications".
Within the framework of Session 2: "Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property", Franck Macrez will speak on April 19 on the topic: "Legal risk management and technology transfer: know-how and patent issues".
Click here to download the Draft Program of this conference.
Public lecture by Laure Marino on the topic: "Music changes in the digital era"
On March 20, 2013, From 6 pm till 8 pm, Laure Marino, Professor in the Law Faculty of the University of Strasbourg and member of the CEIPI's Research Department, spoke about "Music changes in the digital era" (exchanges of views in the fields of economics and law) with Laurent Bach, within the framework of the cycle "Entre deux verres", meetings/debates on the music, organized by the "fédération Hiéro Strasbourg", to take place at the "Artichaut", artistic and cultural café.
Agnieszka Kupzok at the XI AAAML Congress in Parma on Geographical Indications and Trademarks
Agnieszka Kupzok, project leader in the CEIPI-BETA collaboration in law and economics of IP participated in the XI AAAML Congress in Parma, Italy on March 15th, 2013. Mrs. Kupzok delivered a presentation on the "Law and Economics of Geographical Indications of Origin".
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MISCELLANEOUS
CEIPI organized the National Moot Court Competition in Intellectual Property
From March 20 to 22, 2013, CEIPI organized the 5th edition of the National Moot Court Competition in Intellectual Property.
This competition is open to students in Masters of Laws 2 (LLM) at national level preparing for career in intellectual property.he CEIPI congratulates all the participants from 12 Universities who came to Strasbourg, and specially the following students:
- Winning team studying in M2 Innovation, Communication and Culture Law at Paris XI-Sud University: Anna Miquel, Etienne Mangeot et Abed Zerrouki
- Finalist team studying in M2 Business Law / Intellectual Property Law at Lille 2 University: Camille de Lambilly, Clara Maidi et Pauline Galan
- Semi-Finalists, third ex-aequo teams studying in M2 Intellectual and Industrial Property Law at Paris II University: Chloé Laboudie, Clémence Personne et Laetitia Nicolazzi; and M2 Intellectual Property law and Valuation of Intangible Assets at CEIPI: Marion Perruche, Thimothée Widiez et Laura Montariol
- Kévin Marcachi studying in M2 Intangible Creations and Law at Montpellier University, elected best individual litigant
- the team studying in M2 Intellectual Property and New Technologies at Aix-Marseille University (Céline Vaiarello, Aude Maurin et Maud Habert) receiving a special fair-play award.
We are also happy about the performance of the second CEIPI team (Marie Douzal, Hamza Morsad) because they made it to the Quarter-Final.
On the last day of the moot a conference on the ECJ case-law related to Intellectual Property was held. The panel included members of the Research department of the CEIPI (Stéphanie Carre, Franck Macrez and Adrien Bouvel, Associate Professors and Professor Jean Lapousterle) and some distinguished external speakers: Gilles Vercken, barrister and Associate Professor at Sciences-Po, and Emmanuel Py, Associate Professor at the Haute-Alsace university, Lecturer at the CEIPI in patent law. This conference covered a diversity of IP subjects: copyright, software law, trademarks, patents, design law. The proceedings were moderated by Professor Valérie-Laure Benabou, Professor André Lucas and Christophe Geiger, Associate Professor, Director General and Director of the Research Department at the CEIPI.
The CEIPI is grateful to sponsors for making the Moot Court possible: legal firms Gilles Verken, Gide Loyrette Nouel, Cornet Vincent Ségurel and Zorn-Macrez. The CEIPI also would like to thank all the partners of the Moot Court 2013: INPI, IRPI, law firms Pascal Créhange, Nuss, Fidal Strasbourg, Cyberlex Association, and Publishers Lamy, Lexis Nexis, Dalloz et Francis Lefebvre.
For further information, see the website www.cn2pi.fr. Click on the picture to enlarge.
- Prize winners, jurys and organization team in the historical room of the Court, Strasbourg.
Two CEIPI students awarded the APRAM prize 2013
We are pleased to announce that two CEIPI students, Miss Marion Briatta (Master 2 in Intellectual Property Law and Business) and Miss Aimée Perney (Master 2 in Intellectual Property Law and Valuation of Intangible Assets) have been awarded respectively the 1st and 3rd prize of the APRAM (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles) annual contest for their work on the topic:
"Les incidences du droit moral dans l’exploitation des droits de propriété intellectuelle" ("Les étudiants sont invités à dresser un état des lieux de la situation et à envisager des solutions en s’inspirant éventuellement du droit étranger.")
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