CEIPI's Newsletter n° 26 - July 18, 2013

At the CEIPI’s last board meeting held in Strasbourg on July, 7, 2013 Antonio CAMPINOS, President of the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) and ex officio member of the Board officially took office as the new President of the CEIPI’s Administrative Board. He succeeds Francis GURRY, Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). The members of the Board unanimously offered their warm congratulations to Mr. CAMPINOS and wished him every success.

Of Portuguese nationality, Mr. CAMPINOS studied at the universities of Montpellier and Nancy and held positions in the public administration sector in Portugal.

Due to his vast international experience in the intellectual property field, Mr. CAMPINOS became Head of the Portuguese National Institute of Industrial Property in 2005. He was Chairman of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Legal Development of the Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) between 2005 and 2008. Mr. CAMPINOS was member of the Administrative Council of the EPO from 2005 to 2010, and Chairman of the Administrative Board of the OHIM in 2007 before being appointed as its President on October 1, 2010.

Following the board meeting of the CEIPI on July 7, 2013, a transfer of power ceremony was organized to sincerely thank Francis GURRY for his considerable achievements as head of the Administrative Board since 2009.

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A cooperation agreement between the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the CEIPI was signed at the latest board meeting of the CEIPI that took place on 7 June 2013 in Strasbourg.

This agreement reinforces an enduring cooperation between CEIPI and WIPO, established in 1978, which has enabled (in cooperation with the French INPI) the training of senior civil servants of industrial property offices of developing countries, of least developed countries and of countries in transition. The reinforcement of human resources specialized in intellectual property in these countries will be improved by the joint organization of an annual advanced course designed for government officials.

For the 5^th year, the CEIPI organized a Summer School on IP in Europe. The courses were held from July 01 to July 06, 2013.

This Summer School 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.

Download the program of the Summer school 2013

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The participants in the Summer School with on the front and from left to right, Daniel Thomas, former director of DG 1 of the European Patent Office (EPO) and CEIPI Tutor, Didier Intes, Patent and Trademarks Attorney and Adjunct Professor at the CEIPI, Kaisa Suominen, Patent Attorney and CEIPI Tutor and Claire Mouget-Goniot, Patent Attorney and CEIPI Tutor.

From June 10 to 21, 2013, took place the annual WIPO/CEIPI/INPI Advanced Training Course on the Legal, Economic and Management Aspects of Intellectual Property.

Jointly organised by the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO), the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) and the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) since 1978, this training is addressed to officials of national and regional intellectual property offices of developing countries, least developed countries (LDCs) and countries with economies in transition, and it is aimed at building their human capacity as well as enhancing the awareness of the intellectual property rights’ implications for development.

This year, 13 participants from four continents (Europe, Africa, Central America and Asia) were present. During the course of these two weeks, they could share their experience and knowledge in the field of intellectual property.

On the picture above, Caroline Rolshausen, Regional Delegate of INPI Alsace and Professor Yves Reboul, Director of the French Section at CEIPI with one of the participant during the closing ceremony (click on the picture to enlarge).

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Enrolment to the accelerated tuition in "Patents" and "Trademarks and designs" is open. Deadline for enrolment is 31 August 2013.

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Written tests for candidates to the "Accelerated Tuition" in Patents will take place in Paris:

Dr Rebecca Giblin, a Senior Lecturer at Monash University in Australia, has been visiting CEIPI in July. During her time at the centre, Rebecca finalised several projects relating to the global "graduated response" to copyright infringement, particularly the French HADOPI law. She also spent time drafting submissions regarding the future of copyright limitations in Australia, and planning an international workshop to be held in Strasbourg at the CEIPI next year.

The CEIPI and its Research department are pleased to inform you about the publication of a new volume in the CEIPI collection (Lexis-Nexis-Litec Edition) edited by Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, entitled:

"The contribution of case-law to the construction of the intellectual property in Europe".

The elaboration of European Intellectual Property Law is a work in progress. The Courts of the European Union, as well as the Boards of Appeal of the various European and Community Offices, are increasingly being asked to interpret different concepts of European law. Thereby, they contribute substantially to defining the contours of this emerging legal framework and are thus an important channel for harmonization. However, the guidelines provided by judges are not always clear, making it sometimes difficult to understand the exact scope of European Intellectual Property Legislation.

The aim of this collective work is to attempt an analysis of such case-law and to highlight its contribution to the European construction of copyright law, design law, trademark law (especially with regard to keywords advertising), patent law (in particular concerning the notion of patentable invention), plant varieties protection, geographical indications, and enforcement of intellectual property rights. The increased use of competition law and of fundamental rights in EU case-law in the field of intellectual property will also be addressed.

Click here to download the purchase form or you can go directly to the online sales website http://boutique.lexisnexis.fr/jcshop3/

To mark the World Book and Copyright Day (23 April) and the World Intellectual Property Day (26 April), Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, gave an interview to the online journal of the University of Strasbourg, "L'Actu" on the research issues on intellectual property.

Click here to read this interview online (available only in french).

Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, will participate in the 4^th Global Forum on Intellectual Property (GFIP) to take place in Singapore from August 27 to 28, 2013.

On August 27, Christophe Geiger, will take part in the panel "Copyright in the 21st Century: The End of Copyright as We Know It?"

This trip will be an opportunity for the Director General to sign an important cooperation agreement with the IP Academy of Singapore on the training and research in the field of intellectual property.

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Laure Marino, Professor in the Law Faculty of the University of Strasbourg and member of the CEIPI's Research Department, participated in the workshop on patent laws: "Les nouveaux usages du brevet d'invention : entre innovation et abus" organized by the Law Faculty of Aix-en-Provence, on May 31, 2013 from 09.00 am till 05.00 pm, under the supervision of Jean-Pierre Gasnier and Nicolas Bronzo.

She delivered a presentation on the patent thickets.

Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, gave a public lecture at the University of Belgrade (Serbia) on May 9, 2013 on the topic:

"Adapting Copyright to the Information Society: What challenges? What flexibilities? What options?"

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On the 4^thof July 2013, the Management Board of the AACEIPI (Association des Amis du Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle) appointed Evelyne Roux, Patent and Trademarks Attorney and Lecturer at the CEIPI, as President of the Association, along with Nathalie Varin, Vice-President, Jean-Nicolas Heraud, Secretary and Céline Silva, Treasurer.

"With the help of everyone who would like to join us, we will work towards reinforcing the presence of the Association among students, develop an active social network and re-establish contact with former students of the CEIPI who now live abroad."

"We hope to continue the work of Philippe Chêne and of those who worked with him and to contribute to the standing and the importance of the CEIPI by assisting all those who are crucial to its success." (Evelyne Roux).

You may download the list of the Members of the new Management Board (General Assembly, 15 May, 2013).