Observatory working group meetings and workshops on EMPACT rights holders’ guide
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights recently held a series of hybrid working group meetings.
...News
Economic performance of IPR indicators. 2022 edition, December 2022 update
In May 2021 the EUIPO presented “The economic impact of COVID-19 crisis in IPR-intensive industries” with data until December 2020, including indicators for all intellectual property rights (IPR), trade marks (TM), designs (DES), patents (PAT) and copyright (CR) for the European Union (EU) and the four largest Member States (MS).
...Live event piracy – Discussion paper
Fighting the piracy of live events: trends, challenges and good practices. The main value of sporting or other types of live events lies in the exploitation of their live performance. This makes the illegal live streaming of such events particularly damaging to the sectors that produce and distribute such content.
...Joint IP Crime Strategy Meeting in the Hague
On 2 February 2023, the seventh high-level meeting on a joint strategy related to IP crime was held at Europol premises in The Hague.
...Observatory meeting with private sector representatives
The European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights is holding its annual hybrid meeting for private sector representatives on 28 February 2023 in Brussels, Belgium.
...Our ultimate goal is that 93 million European youngsters will have basic IP training
Highlighting the numerous EUIPO initiatives that aim to spread awareness of IP to young people around Europe, the World Trademark Review spoke to the EUIPO’s Andrea di Carlo, Kari Kivinen and Sabina Veit.
...Observatory public sector representatives meeting and seminar on IP rights, social attitudes and sustainability, Stockholm
In the context of Sweden’s Presidency of the European Union, the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (the Observatory) is holding its public sector representatives meeting on 14 and 15 February in Stockholm.
...Operational Action 3.10 against the illicit trade of counterfeit automotive spare parts, EMPACT IPCCGC (OAP 2023)
On 9 February 2023 the EUIPO, through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, together with the Spanish Guardia Civil and Europol, will be hosting a virtual meeting on the illicit trade of counterfeit automotive spare parts in the EU.
...Green EUTM report- 2022 update
Observatory expert group holds metaverse workshop
On 2 and 3 February 2023, the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights held a workshop on the metaverse for the Impact of Technology Expert Group. The meeting took place at the European Union Intellectual Property Office’s premises in Alicante, Spain, where experts discussed new technologies with the potential to protect IP rights
...
—
10 Items per Page