Wrapping up a successful ECTA year ✨ with the Board and Secretariat gathering yesterday in Brussels and working for an even better 2025. We wish everyone a joyful winter break as the holiday season officially begins! 🎄
About us
ECTA promotes knowledge and professionalism of members and owners alike in the fields of trade marks, designs, copyright, geographical indications and other IP rights, within the European Union. The association was founded in 1980, with the initial aim to create an association of IP practitioners, whose main interest was focused on trade marks, and to be involved in the creation of a European trade mark system. There was no Community Trade Mark system (CTM) at that time and it was still uncertain whether it would ever become reality. However, ECTA was able to play an active role in the drafting of the CTM regulation. In 1998, its role was redefined so as to follow more closely the implementation of the CTM system. Currently, the CTM (now EUTM) system has been fully implemented and ECTA has also been actively involved in the reform of the CTM in the recent years by providing various parties with well reasoned opinions and contributions. ECTA is following and actively contributing to many ongoing legislative and implementation processes, including the recently finalised EU copyright law reform, the ongoing reform of the design law, evaluation of domain names practices and much more. To learn more about ECTA's activities, follow us on LinkedIn and on our website www.ecta.org/ www.ecta.eu
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External link for ECTA (official)
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- Law Practice
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- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Brussels
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1980
- Specialties
- Trademark, Geographical Indications, Designs, and Copyrights
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Rue des Colonies 18
Brussels, BE
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Updates
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Mark your calendars! ✅ The #ECTA43 Annual Conference ‘Bears on the Loose’ 😎🐻 is happening in vibrant Berlin on 18-21 June 2025! 🔔 Early bird registration opens at the end of January. Stay tuned for your chance to grab a spot at a special rate! It is going to be another memorable ECTA Conference - take a sneak peek here: https://lnkd.in/gQaAjs7
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Yesterday, ECTA and World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO held their annual Bilateral Meeting at the WIPO Headquarters in Geneva to discuss topics of mutual interest and importance, such as: 📌 Key developments in the Madrid, Hague, Lisbon, and PCT systems; 📌 Results of the two Diplomatic Conferences of 2024, including the recently adopted new Design Law Treaty; 📌 WIPO’s main developments and future plans, especially regarding SMEs, technological advancements, and AI-based tools; 📌 Mutual cooperation opportunities and other practical IP topics. ECTA was represented by Paola Ruggiero (First Vice-President), Anna Ostanina, LL.M. (Head of Legal Affairs), Bernard Volken (WIPO-Link Committee Chair), Valeria Conidi (WIPO-Link Committee Vice-Chair), Beatrix Breitinger (WIPO-Link Committee Secretary) We are grateful to WIPO for their hospitality and warm welcome in Geneva, productive discussions on highly relevant topics, and look forward to continuing the fruitful cooperation we have built over the years. 💡 Special thanks also go to our WIPO-Link Committee team, whose expertise is essential for the success of this collaboration and regular exchange!
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The EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property Office has recently released a new study ‘EU Member States’ Potential for Protecting Craft and Industrial Geographical Indications (CIGIs)’, analysing national interest and frameworks for protecting CIGIs within the context of the new EU regulatory framework (Regulation EU 2023/241). 👉To find out more, please read here: https://lnkd.in/es6-5RfU
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📢The ECTA AWARD Competition is Open for IP Professionals and Students! 📝 Submit your article or essay contributing to the development of EU Intellectual Property Law to ecta@ecta.org by 15 February 2025! We are pleased to announce our collaboration with the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press), extending this year to both professional and student categories. 🏆 Prizes: 🔹 €1,000 🔹 18 months of free ECTA membership 🔹 Recognition at the ECTA 43rd Annual Conference in Berlin (June 2025) 🔹 Feature in the October 2025 ECTA Bulletin and on the ECTA website 🔹 Winning papers considered for publication in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 🔹 One-year complimentary online subscription to the Journal 👉🏼 For submission guidelines and judging criteria, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e5EtJFpM
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💡 Much time in IP circles today is spent debating AI personhood. However, as Max Oker-Blom - author of this Bulletin article - points out, the focus should instead be on AI as a tool for enhancing human creativity and addressing the IP challenges it poses, especially with Generative AI. Read the article to learn more! 🌐 To read ECTA Bulletin in full, please click here: https://lnkd.in/erw8QiQd
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The EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property Office has just released its latest study ‘Online Copyright Infringement in the EU: Films, Music, Publications, Software, and TV (2017–2023)’. Key Findings: 👉On average, piracy remains at 10 accesses per internet user per month in 2023, though software and live sports events piracy have increased. 👉For the first time, data on IPTV piracy is included, showing growth and a rising stock of potential users. 👉Piracy decreased for publications, increased for music, and remained stable for films, software, and TV. 👉Socioeconomic factors remain relevant in several cases - for instance, the wealth of countries (GDP), degree of equality (Gini index), the perception of IP by citizens and the volume of the legal offer of content can explain piracy.
Europeans accessed pirated content an average of 10 times per month in 2023, new EUIPO data show. Although digital piracy in the EU remains stable across all online content categories, music piracy increased compared to the beginning of the year. The streaming of illegal content continues its upward trend, especially when it comes to TV and sports content. Read more findings: https://lnkd.in/dB6Fq5PN #onlinepiracy #TVpiracy #illegalstreaming
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📢The ECTA AWARD Competition is Open for IP Professionals and Students! 📝 Submit your article or essay contributing to the development of EU Intellectual Property Law to ecta@ecta.org by 15 February 2025! We are pleased to announce our collaboration with the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press), extending this year to both professional and student categories. 🏆 Prizes: 🔹 €1,000 🔹 18 months of free ECTA membership 🔹 Recognition at the ECTA 43rd Annual Conference in Berlin (June 2025) 🔹 Feature in the October 2025 ECTA Bulletin and on the ECTA website 🔹 Winning papers considered for publication in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 🔹 One-year complimentary online subscription to the Journal 👉🏼 For submission guidelines and judging criteria, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e5EtJFpM
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The EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property Office has unveiled its Strategic Plan 2030 📅, outlining key priorities and goals for the next five years. The SP2030 will take effect on 1 January 2025. ECTA has actively contributed to the development of the plan by submitting comments during the consultation process and engaging in discussions at its Bilateral Meeting with the EUIPO. Cristina Bercial-Chaumier (ECTA EUIPO-Link Committee Chair) commented as follows: “We are very happy that the final draft of the SP was approved and thank the EUIPO for the extensive consultation which was carried out in its initial phase to be aware of the stakeholders’ concerns”. 👉🏼To find our mote about SP2030 strategic goals and priority impact areas, please read here: https://lnkd.in/eBYReHEX
EUIPO unveils Strategic Plan 2030
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