ΟΠΙThis year’s theme is “When women enter the universe of intellectual property (IP), we accelerate innovation and creativity and everyone’s a winner”.
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is asking for a 90-second video showing why it is important for girls and women to turn to intellectual property and how it can benefit us all.
On February 10th, 2023, the President of the HCO Board of Directors, Mr. P. Tsiris, represented OPI, following a relevant invitation, at the scientific event under the title “Modern Aspects of the impact of EU Law on Commercial Law” organized by the Department of Commercial and Economic Law at the Telloglio Foundation of Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
On February 9, 2023, a workshop under the title: “Copyright for Open Science” Open Access C4OS: A global perspective, was held at the Onasis Foundation. The Hellenic Copyright Organization was represented by the acting Director Mrs. Maria Dafne Papadopoulou as a speaker who cited the EU legal framework to facilitate research through exceptions and limitations.
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Two new publications from EUIPO: a) Intellectual Property Infringement and Enforcement – Tech Watch Discussion Paper, 2nd edition and b) Joint Report OECD – EUIPO “Risks of illicit trade in Counterfeits to SMEs”.
On November 14th 2022 a Schedule Agreement has been signed between the HCO and the “INFORMATION SOCIETY S.A. (IS S.A.)” with the Ministry Of Culture and Sport as the Funding Body, with the aim of strengthening the structure and in particular the technological infrastructure of the Committee for the Notification of Copyright and Related Rights Infringement on the Internet, a Committee which operates within the framework of the HCO, so that it can carry out the task of combatting piracy more quickly and effectively, among others by simplifying the complaints, control and reporting procedures.
The HCO organized a scientific event on the topic “Digital Services Act (DSA) and Copyright – A new balance in Digital Services” on Tuesday, 24 January 2023, at the Athens Bar Association’s Event Hall (16:00 – 19:30).
The HCO in cooperation with the Law School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens are organizing a conference with the title “Recent legislative changes in copyright law: laws 4996/2022 and 4961/2022″.
On Monday, 23rd January 2023, an HCO representative paid a second online visit to the 3rd grade of Zosimaia High School of Ioannina.
During the visit, the HCO lawyer, Mrs. M. Sinanidou, talked to the pupils of the 3rd grade of the High School about copyright law, the importance of respecting it, with particular emphasis on the digital environment. In addition, Ms. Sinanidou talked about the HCO and the services it provides to the public.
The WIPO Traditional Knowledge Division is seeking an intern to collaborate in Geneva from 1 April 2023, for an initial period of six months, possibly renewable for another six months. Applicants should have a background in intellectual property (IP) law, a university degree and an interest in the relationship between intellectual property and traditional knowledge, genetic resources and/or traditional cultural expressions and intergovernmental processes.