Partners

The Academy strives to enhance the network established (by the EPO) comprising of international and national institutions and organisations as well as of universities, research and training institutions and practitioners in the field of intellectual property.

Together with experts and specialists from the EPO and the national offices of the contracting states to the European Patent Convention, this network of partners generates synergies and enhances the effectiveness of training courses, designed to meet the specific needs of the trainees. In particular, the Academy co-operates with the:

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), Geneva  
http://www.wipo.org

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM), Alicante  
http://oami.europa.eu

Industrial property offices of the contracting states to the European Patent Convention
http://www.epo.org/topics/ip-webguide/IPofficesmembers.

Benelux Trademark Office (BBM), The Hague  
http://www.bmb-bbm.org

European Commission, Brussels
http://www.ec.europa.eu

The IPR Helpdesk, Luxembourg
http://www.iprhelpdesk.eu

http://www.patentepi.com

Centre for International Industrial Property Studies at the Robert Schuman University (CEIPI), Strasbourg
http://www.ceipi.edu/

Institut Européen Entreprise et Propriété Intellectuelle (IEEPI), Strasbourg
http://www.ieepi.org

Business Europe
http://www.businesseurope.eu

Enterprise Europe Network
http://www.enterprise-europe-network.ec.europa.eu

European Business & Innovation Centre Network (EBN)
http://www.ebn.eu  

ProTon Europe
http://www.protoneurope.org

European Intellectual Property Teachers' Network (EIPTN)  
http://www.eiptn.org

European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP)  
http://www.epip.eu