CEIPI's Newsletter n° 19 - January 11, 2012

CEIPI NEWS

CEIPI Conference on 26-27 April 2012 at the European Parliament: What Patent Law for the European Union?

On April 26 and 27, 2012, the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) is organizing a conference at the European Parliament of Strasbourg on the topic: "What Patent Law for the European Union?" coordinated by Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, and under the high patronage of Catherine Trautmann, Member of the European Parliament.

Click here for further information concerning this event.

The final program including registration form will be available later.

Establishing a flexible legal framework for limitations and exceptions to copyright at international level

Statement by Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, at the Twenty-Third Session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights of the World Intellectual Property Organization.

From November 21 to December 2, 2011, a delegation of CEIPI participated in work of the twenty-third session of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Christophe Geiger, Director General of CEIPI, made a statement welcoming the progress made by the SCCR on the issue of limitations and exceptions. He endorsed further work towards establishment of an appropriate international framework on limitations and exceptions for the benefit of visually impaired persons with print disabilities as well as for libraries and archives. While acknowledging the achievements made, he stressed that for the purpose of attaining the desired balance between all interests involved, a flexible international framework on limitations and exceptions should be established.

To access the full text of the statement, click here.

Visiting Professors

CEIPI is happy to announce that Carlos Correa, Professor at the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina),  Rochelle C. Dreyfuss, Professor at the New York University School of Law (USA), Séverine Dusollier, Professor at the University of Namur (Belgium), Daniel Gervais, Professor at the Vanderbilt Law School (USA), Hui Huang, Professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Jeffrey Samuels, Professor at The University of Akron School of Law (USA), Visiting Professors at the CEIPI, will join the CEIPI team in March, April and May.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Forthcoming Research Handbook edited by Christophe Geiger, Director General of CEIPI, on Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property

This Research Handbook is the first to offer a systematic review of the framework for criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, providing a broad survey of the field and a platform for further research.

The publication is planned for spring, 2012.

Contributors include: C.M. Correa, J. Drexl, C. Geiger, D. Gervais, J. Gibson, J. Griffiths, H. Grosse Ruse-Khan, R.M. Hilty, H.-G. Koch, D. Lefranc, D. Matthews, T. Mylly, A. Ohly, A. Peukert, M.R. Roudaut, J. Schmidt-Szalewski, A. Wechsler, G. Westkamp, P.K. Yu.

For more complete description of the book, click here.

New Publication in the CEIPI Collection: Caroline Rodà, "Civil Consequences of Infringement of Industrial Property Rights"

We are pleased to inform you of a new publication in the CEIPI collection (Lexis-Nexis-Litec Edition) :

"Civil Consequences of Infringement of Industrial Property Rights" by Caroline Rodà, Post-doctoral legal scholar  at the CEIPI (with a foreword by Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski, Professor emeritus at the University of Strasbourg).

This book is the updated version of a doctorate thesis defended by Caroline Rodà at the University of Strasbourg under the supervision of Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski.

This study attempts to determine, on the one hand, whether Directive 2004/48/EC is likely to strengthen the respect for industrial property rights and, on the other hand, whether the initiative of the European authorities led to the harmonization of French, Belgian, Luxembourg, German and English law regarding the civil consequences of infringement of industrial property rights.

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CEIPI Research Seminars

The CEIPI is organizing monthly seminars as part of its research activity. The sessions are open to faculty, doctoral students and graduates of the doctoral program of the CEIPI. These seminars are held under the responsibility of Stéphanie Carre, Associate Professor at the CEIPI, University of Strasbourg.

In each session, a participant presents original research which is then open to discussion. Certain seminars also deal with intellectual property news.

The previous seminar took place on Monday, January 9, 2012 at 05.30 at the CEIPI Library. Mr. Theodoros Chiou, doctoral student at the CEIPI, presented his thesis works in a talk entitled "Towards a European Law governing Licensing Contracts in Intellectual Property Rights".

The next seminar will take place in February. Thibaud Lelong, doctoral student at the CEIPI, will present his thesis works: "Intellectual property and financial instruments" (the exact date will be communicated very soon on the CEIPI website).

Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, at the conference "Ten Years after the EU Directive on Copyright in the Information Society: Looking Back and Looking Forward" at the European Parliament in Brussels

Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, will participate to the conference "Ten Years after the EU Directive on Copyright in the Information Society: Looking Back and Looking Forward" organized by the CRIDS (Research Center Information and Society) and the IViR (Institue for Information Law, University of Amsterdam) to be held at the European Parliament in Brussels on January 13, 2012.

Christophe Geiger will give a presentation on the topic: "New competences. The Lisbon Treaty and the Charter on Fundamental Rights: consequences for EU copyright policy".

You can download here the programme of this conference.

CEIPI Public Lecture: A global patent system ?

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, February 20, 2012.

Bruno van Pottelsberghe, Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium) will give a presentation on the topic:

A global patent system ?

Click here to download the programme of this public lecture.

Click here for the upcoming conferences and other events in the field of intellectual property.

Upcoming CEIPI Public Lectures

New CEIPI Series of Lectures : Institutional, political and social perspectives on intellectual property

CEIPI organises a new series of lectures in order to give a voice to eminent members of national, international and European institutions, political representatives as well as members of the civil society so as to enable them to express their point of view and to debate with experts of intellectual property law.

You can download the program of this new series of lecture.

Within the framework of this new series of lectures, Jean Bergevin, Head of the Unit "Fight against Counterfeiting and Piracy" at the European Commission gave a presentation on December 13, 2011 on the topic:

What challenges for the fight against counterfeiting and piracy in the EU?

You can download the program of this public lecture.

Christophe Geiger, Director general of the CEIPI, at the workshop of the "Global Research Network on Copyright Flexibilities in National Legal Reform"

Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI, has participated to the workshop of the "Global Research Network on Copyright Flexibilities in National Legal Reform" jointly organized by the Institute for Information Law, University of Amsterdam and the American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property.

The workshop took place between December 18 and 20, 2011 at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

Thesis Defense by Yann Basire: The functions of a Trade Mark: Essay on the Coherence of the Legal Regime Governing a Distinctive Sign

We are pleased to announce that on December 6, 2011, Mr Yann Basire became Doctor of law at the University of Strasbourg with a thesis on the topic: "The Functions of a Trade Mark: Essay on the Coherence of the Legal Regime Governing a Distinctive Sign" written under the supervision of Yves Reboul, Professor at the CEIPI, University of Strasbourg.

The jury was composed of Laure Marino, Professor at the University of Strasbourg, Jérôme Passa, Professor at the University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas, Frédéric Pollaud-Dullian, Professor at the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne, Jacques Raynard, Aggregate Professor at the University of Montpellier 1 and Professor Yves Reboul.

From left to right: Frédéric Pollaud-Dullian, Jérôme Passa, Yann Basire,
Jacques Raynard, Laure Marino and Yves Reboul.

CEIPI Students Master Thesis

We would like to inform our readers of the publication online of four thesis by students of the CEIPI from the academic year 2010-2011:

- "Likelihood of Confusion: the Nature of the Criterion of an Independent Distinctive Role" by Flavien Giltat under the direction of Gregor Schneider, Litigator of the OHIM before the Court of Justice and Yves Reboul, Professor at the CEIPI, University of Strasbourg.

- "L'interface entre le droit des brevets et le droit des obtentions vegetales dans l'Union européenne" by Carolina Miot under the direction of Christophe Geiger, Director General of the CEIPI and Bart Kiewiet, Former Président of the Community Plant Variety Office.

- "Implications of Multilateralism for the protection of Indigenous People's Genetic Resources by Intellectual Property" by Marina Roque under the direction of Michel Vivant, Professor at Sciences Po Paris and at the CEIPI.

- "La dégénérescence de la marque : étude comparée du phénomène en droit français et américain" by Juliette Tallobre under the direction of Adrien Bouvel, Associate Professor at the University of Strasbourg and lecturer at the CEIPI.

Click here to download these works.

EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES

International Section / Preparation for the EQE

1. from left to right:  Matthew Brian, Director, Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT), Legal Division of the WIPO and  Thierry Debled, In charge of the coordination of the CEIPI Basic Training Courses and the preparation to the EQE

2. Some tutors of the International Section

3. Andreas Dilg, Patent Attorney and Coordinator of the seminar preparing for the pre-examination of the EPO

China-EU School of Law : Seminar in Beijing for Chinese prosecutors on the topic "Crimes Relevant to Intellectual Property Law"

Within the framework of the China-EU School of Law program, the CEIPI (University of Strasbourg) and the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property and Competition Law in Munich, jointly organized a seminar for Chinese prosecutors on the topic "Crimes Relevant to Intellectual Property Law".

You can download the program and the list of speakers to this seminar which was held in Beijing on November 15 and 16, 2011.

MISCELLANEOUS

The CEIPI's job and internship offers

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 and resarch missions of the CEIPI.

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

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We wish to all our lecturers, tutors, students and friends a very Happy New Year 2012 !