CEIPI's Newsletter n° 27 - November 07, 2013

Within the framework of a partnership between the CEIPI and the Association des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle (ACPI), we are looking for a legal scholar with a master’s degree or an LLM in intellectual property who wishes to pursue doctoral studies in intellectual property and write a thesis (in french) on the European patent with unitary effect and on the European Patent Court. The CEIPI will take on academic supervision of the thesis.

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The opening ceremony for the academic year 2013-2014 of the Programme in Intellectual Property Law offered by the The Ss. Cyril et Methodius University in Skopje (Macedonia), and the CEIPI, in partnership with the members of the EIPIN network, will take place on November 11, 2013 at the premises of the "Iustinianus Primus" Faculty of Law, SS.Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje (Macedonia).

Guido Westkamp, Professor at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London, will give an inaugural lecture on the topic "Intellectual Property Rigidity and the Evolution of Law".

This innovative initiative includes a program in Skopje that concentrates mainly on the international and European aspects of intellectual property (industrial property, copyright, related rights and other affiliated disciplines), and is taught by academic staff from the CEIPI, from its partners of the EIPIN network and from the faculty in Skopje and from neighbouring countries (Greece, Bulgaria and Serbia).

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We have the pleasure to announce that Dr. Nathan Wajsman, Chief Economist at OHIM will speak on November 25^th within the Invited Speaker Series of the CEIPI-BETA Project in Law and Economics of IP.

Dr. Wajsman will give a lecture entitled “Intellectual Property Rights intensive industries: contribution to economic performance and employment in Europe” in which he will present the results of a very recent study carried out jointly by the OHIM and the EPO on this topic.  You are warmly invited to join on November 25^th at 18:00 in Amphitheatre 29 at CEIPI.

Address: 11, rue du Maréchal Juin, Strasbourg (Escarpe building).

Download a short biography of Dr. Nathan Wajsman.

For inquiries please contact Agnieszka Kupzok: kupzok@unistra.fr.

Within the Framework of CEIPI Series of Lectures “Institutional, Political and Social Perspectives on Intellectual Property”, the CEIPI is pleased to invite you to the public Lecture that will be given by Mr. Hannu Wager, Counsellor in the Intellectual Property Division of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and secretary to the Council for TRIPS on the following topic:

"Term of Copyright Protection: a Historical Overview of Multilateral Law and Argumentation Used".

The event will take place at the CEIPI, on December 3, 2013 at 5.30pm.

You can download the poster of this event and the presentation of this serie of lectures.

We are pleased to announce the imminent publication in the CEIPI collection of a volume in honor of Professor Schmidt-Szalewski entitled “Le droit de la propriété intellectuelle dans un monde globalisé” (Intellectual Property Law in a Globalized World), edited by Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, and Caroline Rodà, Lawyer.

Professor Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski dedicated her brilliant academic career to contract law, intellectual property law and to competition law. In 2009 after having been director of the Research Section of the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), she was awarded the honorary title of Emeritus Professor of the University of Strasbourg. Professor Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski strove to direct her research and teaching toward international law, European Union law and comparative law in her areas of expertise. It is because of her interest in these fields that throughout her career she was invited to the most prestigious universities and research institutes of the world. Her colleagues and friends wished to pay tribute to her with this collective work that brings together contributions on intellectual property law. It is a field that, as she taught, reaches beyond national borders and must be thought of within a European and international framework.

We would be most thankful if you would share this tribute by subscribing to the publication. Please notify us before November 15, 2013.

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We are pleased to announce the forthcoming publication in the CEIPI collection of the work of Théo Hassler, Professor at the CEIPI, entitled: “Le droit à l’image des personnes, entre droit de la personnalité et propriété intellectuelle” (The right to one’s image, between personnality and intellectual property right).

The French “droit à l’image” (right to one’s image) is no longer only a personality right. The commoditisation of images of people has led jurisprudence to adapt to this evolution: the use of an image as a resource implies that it has become an asset which could lead to a new sui generis intellectual property right. This development is the object of academic discussions; the consequences of the various possible classifications are, however, not only theoretical disputes since they have practical implications on the legal regime of image contracts. The objective of this work is to provide students as well as legal practitioners with an up to date study of positive law as well as to give an overview of a field that is rich in case law and that in France lacks recent monographs. This study is all the more necessary since French jurisprudence has considerably evolved under the influence of judgements rendered by the European Court of Human Rights concerning freedom of expression.

"Industrial Property Law" by Laure Marino, Professor at the Faculty of Law and at the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), University of Strasbourg, was recently published by Dalloz.

Patents, trademarks, designs and models…Industrial property law holds a privileged position in the world of intellectual property. It is developing dramatically under the influence of Europe and is adapting to technological change.

This handbook provides an overview of industrial property law. It is a precise and clear discussion of the rules applicable to technological invention, to industrial designs and models, to trademarks and to service marks, and to designations of origin. In each case, obtaining protection, defense against infringement, as well as licensing agreements are considered in light of French law, to international law and to European law.

"Intellectual property, competition and regulatory aspects of pharmaceutical products" is a new book edited by Xavier Seuba, Senior researcher and lecturer at the CEIPI, with chapters drafted by Pedro Roffe, Aurelio López-Tarruella, Mariano Genovesi, Miguel Vida-Quadras, Juan Camilo Pérez and David Vivas. This publication, written in Spanish, gathers together fourteen chapters dealing with intellectual property institutions particularly relevant from the public health point of view. The chapters enter, notably, into the details of the regulation and eventual litigation of patent exceptions, patentability requirements, test data protection, and intellectual property enforcement, and reflect about the relevance of norms on consumer protection and human rights protection when implementing new intellectual property norms. Intellectual property, competition and regulatory aspects of pharmaceutical products is the fruit of a two-years research project, and has been co-edited by the International Centre on Trade and Sustainable Development and Universidad Javeriana of Bogotá. It will be officially presented on November 7, 2013 by Mr. Alejandro Gaviria, Minister of Health and Social Protection of Colombia, and Mr. Guillermo Vargas, Member of the Council of State of Colombia.

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 We would like to inform our readers of the publication online of the thesis from Miss Marion Briatta, student of CEIPI Master 2 Intellectual Property Law and Business for the academic year 2012-2013.

"La pénalisation de la contrefaçon" (The criminalization of the IP infringement) under the direction of Jean Lapousterle, Professsor at the University of Strasbourg and lecturer at the CEIPI.

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The Centre for Commercial Law Studies of Queen Mary University (London) invited Professor Jean Lapousterle of the University of Strasbourg and the CEIPI as a visiting scholar from January 1^st to June 30, 2014. The objective of this collaborative effort is to work on a common research project concerning the protection of trade secrets, a topic of great interest to French and European companies.

How should protected trade secrets be defined? How should the limits of the criminal offence be determined? What procedures would render this new protection effective? Is it suitable to reinforce the position of those who hold trade secrets by punishing non-authorized use? These are the questions Professor Lapousterle will be investigating.

For more information, please consult:
http://www.ceipi.edu/index.php?id=5531&L=2#c59854

On September 16, 2013, the CEIPI welcomed students from Europe, Asia, and America in its Patents program in long tuition and the following days, in its various Master 2 programs in its Trademarks and Industrial Designs program and in its Patent Litigation program.

Every year, the CEIPI trains several hundred of specialists (engineers from prestigious higher education institutes, holders of scientific university degrees, legal scholars with an LLM or an equivalent degree, practitioners who wish to broaden their own knowledge) for a whole range of professions in the IP field.

Enrolment to the Master of Intellectual Property Law and Management (MIPLM), for the academic year 2013-2014 is open.

This Master addresses students and practitioners with a minimum of three years experience in the Intellectual Property field.

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You can download the Application form and the Agreement to be sent to the CEIPI.

Deadline for enrolment: November 24, 2013

Preparation for the preliminary exam of the EQE consists of a seminar of five days in Strasbourg and of “cramming courses” that will be held for English-speaking and German-speaking candidates in Munich and for French-speaking candidates in Paris.

These classes will be given by professional representatives, experts in European patent law. The team of tutors is composed of members of the European Patent Office as well as representatives working in established firms and legal practitioners.

Since 2012, the CEIPI, in cooperation with the European Patent Office, hosts candidates from countries that are contracting parties to the European Patent Organization and that only have five EQE qualified representatives. Within the framework of this “Candidates Support Program”, the CEIPI has successfully prepared a group of 16 candidates for the preliminary exam. In 2013, these candidates are taking part in a program to prepare the papers A, B and D of the main exam. At the same time, within the framework of cooperation with the EPO, a new group of 23 candidates will participate in training for the preliminary exam in 2014.

Registration for these courses is open. More information and registration forms are available on the CEIPI’s site: www.ceipi.edu/index.php

The 11^th class of the diploma on Patent Litigation in Europe began in October with a large number of  participants. This course, organized by the epi and the CEIPI, is destined for specialists in European patent law who profit from the additional qualification in litigation it offers. The course has proven a great success with members of the profession and includes a growing number of participants each year.

Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, will give a lecture at the conference organized by the Institute for European Studies (Université Libre de Bruxelles) on November 27, 2013, in Brussels on the topic "Intellectual Property Rights : Promoting competiveness or protecting vested interests?"

He will will speak on the topic:

“European Intellectual Property Law: where is it coming from and where is it heading?"

This event will take place within the IES Autumn Lecture Series 2013 "EU Economic Law in a Time of Crisis".

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Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI will attend the seminar entitled "The essentials of Intellectual Property, for EU Officials".

He will speak on the topic: "Copyright and collective rights management ", alongside Maria Martin Prat, Head of the Copyright Unit in the Commission Internal Market Directorate General, Brussels.

This event will be jointly organized by the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), in co-operation with the Belgian Office for Intellectual Property (OPRI).
It will take place on November 13 and 14, 2013 in Brussels.  

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Stéphanie Carre, Associate Professor at the University of Strasbourg and at CEIPI and member of the CEIPI's Research Department, will participate in the 5th Conference of the  Research Group to be held in Strasbourg on November 7 and 8, 2013 on the topic:

"Transparence financière et protection des données personnelles".

Stéphanie Carre will speak on November 8, 2013, in the morning on the topic: " La protection des données personnelles face à la pratique du scoring ".

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Agnieszka Kupzok presented a paper at the conference organized by the European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP), on the theme “Law and Economics of the Unified Patent System – the Polish Example”, Paris, September 5, 2013 (http://www.epip2013.fr/). She gave a presentation at the annual meeting of Bolzano (Italy) organized by the German association of law and economics (http://www.unibz.it/en/economics/GLEA.html).

The new CEIPI brochure 2013 will be available in November in both French and English.

For further information, please contact: Adeline de Vore, Head of international relations, partnerships and events (adeline.devore@ceipi.edu)