CEIPI's Newsletter n° 17 - July 08, 2011

CEIPI Summer School on IP in Europe

For the third year, CEIPI is organizing a Summer School on IP in Europe. The courses will be held from July 4 to July 9, 2011.

This course seeks to present a global view of the European intellectual property system through a theoretical and practical approach. It is designed for students and legal professionals hoping to acquire a broad grounding in European intellectual property law.

You can download here the programme.

For further information, please contact the registrar, Isabelle Christ at : isabelle.christ@ceipi.edu

The participants accompanied (on the far right) by Didier Intes, European Patent Attorney and speaker at the CEIPI Summer Seminar

Become European Patent Attorney with the CEIPI

We are pleased to present our new brochure which contains all the infomation concerning the training in european patent law and the preparation for the European qualifying examination offered by the CEIPI.

Click the picture to download this document in pdf version.

CEIPI's job and internship offers

CEIPI is looking for a Head of International Cooperation, responsible for proposing, defining and implementing the European and/or international cooperation policy of the CEIPI in education and research.

CEIPI is recruiting a Post-doctoral legal scholar specialized in intellectual property with a French and/or international background. The successful candidate is expected to actively take part in ongoing research at the CEIPI, especially in the framework of European and international research projects.

We are also looking for a graduate (Master 2 or LLM) in the field of innovation law and the economics of intellectual property and for a legal scholar with a Master 2 or LL.M. in intellectual property law.

Finally, the CEIPI is looking for a legal intern expected to advance the educational ans resarch missions of the CEIPI.

Click here for all the CEIPI's job and internship offers.

Enrolment to the Master of Intellectual Property Law and Management (MIPLM)

Enrolment to the The Master of Intellectual Property Law and Management (MIPLM) for the year 2011-2012 is open. Deadline for enrolment is October, 31, 2011.

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

You can download the details of this Master and the application form.

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Enrolment to the Double Degree Programme in Intellectual Property Law in Skopje

After a first successful year, we are pleased to inform you that enrolment for the second edition (2011/2012 academic year) of the Double Degree Programme in Intellectual Property Law offered by the The Ss. Cyril et Methodius University in Skopje, Macedonia, and the CEIPI, is open.

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).

Click here for further information concerning this diploma.

June 14-24: WIPO/INPI/CEIPI Course on Legal, Administrative and Economic Aspects of Intellectual Property

This year, as in previous years, the CEIPI has organized between June 14 and 24, 2011 in collaboration with the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and the I.N.P.I. (Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle) a training course for officials of intellectual property offices in developing countries.

CEIPI welcomed representatives from the five continents for a course on Legal, Administrative and Economic Aspects of Intellectual Property, particularly by emphasizing themes linking intellectual property and development.

Click the poster to download the program of this training course.

Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI and the participants to the WIPO/INPI/CEIPI course who came from the following countries: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Congo, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanon, Macedonia, Niger, Republic of Korea, South Africa, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and Zambia

End of the Academic Year 2010-2011

1. from left to right: Laurent Nuss, Yves Reboul, Christophe Geiger, Pierre Greffe and Pierre Nuss
2. from left to right: Pierre Nuss, Privat Vigand, Gérard Weiss and Francis Ahner
3. CEIPI payed tribute to Miss Antoinette Marage
4. The best students of the year have been warmly applauded !

Enforcement of intellectual property rights - Comment of the CEIPI on the evaluation report of the European Commission of December 22, 2010

The CEIPI has submitted observations on the evaluation report of the European Commission of December 22, 2010 concerning the application of the directive of April 29, 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights in member states.

The report was written by Christophe Geiger, Associate Professor, Director General and Director of the Research Department of the CEIPI, Jacques Raynard, Professor at the University of Montpellier I and at the CEIPI and Caroline Rodà, Postdoctoral Research Fellow and member of the Research Department of the CEIPI.

The complete text of the document is available in french and now also in english.

CEIPI Public Lecture: Does One Size Fit All? Accommodating Innovation in the Patent System, Novembrer 14, 2011

Within the framework of the series of lectures : "(RE)thinking Intellectual Property, Fundamental Questions and New Perspectives",  CEIPI invite you to the public lecture to be held on Monday Novembrer 14, 2011.

Dan L. Burk, Chancellor's Professor of Law at the University of California, Irvine, will give a presentation on the topic:

Does One Size Fit All? Accommodating Innovation in the Patent System

You may download the programme of this public lecture.

CEIPI Public Lecture: When Google Challenges Copyright and Trademark Law, October 13, 2011

Within the framework of the series of lectures : "(RE)thinking Intellectual Property, Fundamental Questions and New Perspectives",  CEIPI invite you to the public lecture to be held on Thursday, October 13, 2011.

Alain Strowel, Professor of Law, Facultés universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels (Belgium) will give a presentation on the topic:

When Google Challenges Copyright and Trademark Law.

You may download the programme of this public lecture.

Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI, at the international conference "Global Congress on Public Interest Intellectual Property Law"organized by the American University Washington College of Law

Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI, will participate to the international conference "Global Congress on Public Interest Intellectual Property Law" organized by the American University Washington College of Lawaw to be held in Washington between August 25 and 27, 2011.

Christophe Geiger will take part to a round table and the topic of his lecture will be "The adjudication of fundamental rights in Europe: what contribution to IP reform?"

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Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI, at the ATRIP's 30th annual congress in Singapore

From 25th to 27th July, the ATRIP's 30th annual Congress will take place at Singapore on the topic "IP Law at the Crossroads of Trade".

Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, will speak about "Trade in Counterfeit Goods - Is ACTA the right answer?".

You can download the programme here.

Christophe Geiger and Franck Macrez to the 12th Libre Software Meeting

Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI and Franck Macrez, Associate professor at the CEIPI, will take part to the 12th Libre Software Meeting to be held in Strasbourg from 9 to 14 July 2011.

Franck Macrez will take part on June, 12 to the round table "Software patentability: european focus".

Christophe Geiger will take part on June, 13 to the Keynotes « Regards juridiques sur le logiciel libre et ses déclinaisons : bilan et perspectives ». The topic of his lecture will be: "Facilitating creative uses: what reform for copyright in Europe?".

Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI, at the European Parliament for the hearing "Copyright and Intellectual Property in the Digital Age"

Franck Macrez at the 6th Edition of the "'E-Learning Study Days"

Franck Macrez, Associate professor at the CEIPI, took part to the 6th edition of the "E-Learning Study Days" which were held on June 23 and 24, 2011 in Lyon. The topic of this year's symposium was "Teaching with e-learning , teaching the e-learning".

Franck Macrez did a presentation on June 23 on the topic "Must we protect our copyrights? ".

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Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI, at the international seminar "Scenarios for Global Copyright Reform and Public Interest Intellectual Property"

Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI, participated at the international meeting "Scenarios for Global Copyright Reform and Public Interest Intellectual Property" organized by ICTSD in cooperation with the Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property (PIJIP) at American University Washington College of Law, American Assembly (Columbia University) and the Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio (Brazil) that was held on 17-19th June 2011, at the Domaine de Divonne (CH).

Christophe Geiger participated on saturday the 18th June 2011 to the panel "Issues and priorities for global copyright reform".

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Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI at the European Parliament on the topic "The Future of Copyright in the Digital Era"

On June, 01st 2011, Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI participated at the European Parliament in Brussels at a hearing in front of the european parliamentaries on the topic "The Future of Copyright in the Digital Era".

Click here to watch the video documentation of this event.

Professor Alexander Wurzer at the Conference "Commercializing Innovation: Global Best Practice" at the Hongik University of Seoul

Within the framework of an agreement between the CEIPI and the Hongik University of Seoul (South Korea), Professor Alexander Wurzer, Adjunct Professor at the CEIPI and Director of studies of the "Master of Intellectual Property Law and Management" participated to the conference "Commercializing Innovation: Global Best Practice" which took place on March the 24th, 2011 in Seoul.

Thesis defence of Min-Cheng Chien: Study of the protection by patent of techniques related to semiconductors in Taiwanese and Chinese Law

We are pleased to announce that on April 21, 2011 Mr. Min-Cheng Chien defended his thesis written under the co-supervision of Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski, Professor emeritus at the University of Strasbourg and Shu-Yu Zeng, Professor at the National University of Defense, Republic of China, Taïwan. The subject was :

"Study of the protection by patent of techniques related to semiconductors in Taiwanese and Chinese Law".

The jury was composed of Mr. Jean-Michel Bruguiere, Professor at the University of Grenoble, Mrs Laure Marino, Professor at the University of Nancy 2 and Mr. Yves Reboul, Professor at the University of Strasbourg.

A CEIPI student is honoured

We are very pleased to inform you that on June 20, 2011, Mr. Daoud Salmouni, who is a PhD student at CEIPI under the supervision of Professor Yves Reboul and holder of the CEIPI diploma Master 2 in Intellectual Property, Contracts, Competition Law obtained in 2005-2006, was elected 4th secretary at the Conference of the internship of lawyers at the french "Conseil d'Etat" and "Cour de Cassation".

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CEIPI Press Review n° 194

We are pleased to announce the publication of the CEIPI Press Review n° 194 (March 2010 - May 2011).

Click the picture to dowload the summary.

This Press Review is only available at the CEIPI Library.

Click here for the previous issues.

Practical informations

CEIPI will be closed from August 1 to August 21, 2011.

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