The main aim of the EIPTN is to bring together individuals from across Europe to exchange ideas on best practice in intellectual property teaching and learning activities.
In particular, the EIPTN aims to awareness and disseminate information relating to:
innovations in the teaching of intellectual property;
problem-based teaching and learning;
and multi-disciplinary teaching and learning.
We are working on the following:
The following substantive objectives were decided by the Committee, proposed by the Chair and approved by EIPTN participants at our 2018 Poitiers Meeting:
– Establishment of a pluri-lingual and thematic Inventory of IP Courses and Syllabuses in the European Continent, with open rights, and without open rights
– Development of clusters and thematic working groups on IP Teaching (to report on their activity in our website, and in parallel sessions at the next Annual Meeting). The following clusters were defined, with a few names earmarked to promote them:
o teaching IP for Business and Entrepreneurship
o teaching IP and Technology
o teaching IP and Science
o teaching IP Strategies and Ethics
o teaching IP and Fundamental Rights
o teaching IP in Relation to Arts, Fashion, Culture and Creative Industries
– Establishment of one page Cv / profiles’ section on the website, with fields of expertise, and availability to lecture abroad or at domestic level
– Support upon request to Universities, in particular in the Eastern part of the European Continent, in developing IP Courses
– Exploiting Existing IP Digital Resources for Improving IP Teaching, in particular those of EUIPO and the EPO
– Establishment of a website Section dedicated to calls for paper (with disclaimers)
– Preparation of a Policy Declaration for IP Teaching in Europe
– Establishment of an Annual Prize for the best Presentation at the EIPTN Conference, with focus on Innovation in IP Teaching and on Young Teachers, possibly with the support of the EU /EUIPO
– Issuance of Certificates of Membership, including Working Group Memberships
– Preparation of the next Annual Conference that could be combined with another Conference that comprises a substantive agenda (e.g. On TTOs)