The CEIPI and Vercken & Gaullier Law Firm are pleased and proud to announce the creation of a doctoral thesis award of CEIPI / VERCKEN & GAULLIER, in the field of copyright and neighbouring rights.
This prize is intended to distinguish a doctoral thesis constituting an important doctrinal contribution to a better understanding of the theoretical aspects and practical stakes of the subject dealt with. It is organized every two years.
It consists in the publication of the winning thesis in the CEIPI thesis sub-collection, in a new sub-collection called "Doctoral thesis award CEIPI / VERCKEN & GAULLIER ".
The CEIPI / VERCKEN & GAULLIER doctoral thesis award was born out of the immense interest for practitioners to consult theses as part of their practice. It also corresponds to the deep involvement of partners in supporting research and contributing to the knowledge and dissemination of French doctrine.
Award ceremony of the second edition of the doctoral thesis award of Vercken & Gaullier Law Firm in partnership with the CEIPI (Center for International Intellectual Property Studies) for the following thesis: "Consciousness of creation and copyright" written by Noémie Enser on March 31, 2022 from 5:30 pm to 10:00 pm at the Hôtel de Massa in Paris
Speeches by Florence Gaullier, Edouard Mille and Gilles Vercken (Lawyers at the Paris Bar), Yann Basire (Director General of the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies - CEIPI), as well as Nils Aziosmanoff (President of Le Cube), Michel Vivant (Professor emeritus at the Law School of Sciences Po and Doctor honoris causa of the University of Heidelberg) Valérie-Laure Benabou (Professor at the University of Paris-Saclay/Versailles Saint Quentin), Alexandra Bensamoun (Professor of Private Law at the University of Paris-Saclay/Evry) and Noémie Enser (Lawyer - Doctor - Winner of the Cabinet Vercken&Gaullier / CEIPI thesis prize)
By invitation only
The participation criteria for the award are the following:
• Thesis of 3rd cycle defended between between January 1st of year and December 31st of year and having an innovative character and an interest for practice.
Special mention for the second edition of the Doctoral thesis award: Thesis of 3rd cycle defended between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2020.
• Theme: "copyright and/or neighbouring rights"
For the first edition of the doctoral thesis award of CEIPI / VERCKEN & GAULLIER, the award was granted to the following thesis:
"Awareness and creation in Copyright Law"
Noémie Enser
"At the time when the questions pertaining to the human, moral and psychological consciousness are raised (again) with a particular acuteness in light of the developments of the "artificial intelligence" and the return of the morality in our societies, the doctoral thesis of Noémie Enser is particularly relevant and cutting edge.
The moral conscience has a role to play in Copyright Law and the awareness in the creation is at the centre of the concept itself of copyright".
Florence Gaullier & Gilles Vercken
Vercken & Gaullier Law Firm (ex Cabinet Gilles Vercken) had previously created a thesis award in partnership with the IRPI (Research Institute in Intellectual Property) in 2013.
The award was granted to the thesis of Stéphanie Le Cam "The professional author between copyright and labour law", in 2014, published by the IRPI.
Stéphanie Le Cam - Preface by André Lucas & Carine Bernault
Presentation of the doctoral thesis award of Gilles Vercken Law Firm in partnership with the IRPI (Research Institute in Intellectual Property) by Gilles Vercken during the Intellectual Property Law Open Commission on "The status of the professional author", on January 14, 2015 at 6 p.m. at the Maison du Barreau (Louis Edmond Pettiti Auditorium)
Award ceremony of the first edition of the doctoral thesis award of Gilles Vercken Law Firm in partnership with the IRPI (Research Institute in Intellectual Property) for the following thesis: "The professional author between copyright and labour law" written by Stéphanie Le Cam on December 11, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the Hôtel de Massa in Paris
Speeches by Emmanuelle Avenier (Company counsel at Elsevier Masson), Laurent Drai (Lecturer at the University of Lille), Stéphanie Le Cam (Winner of the doctoral thesis award of Gilles Vercken Law Firm - IRPI), André Lucas (Professor emeritus of the University of Nantes) and Gilles Vercken (Lawyer at the Paris Bar)
By invitation only
Publication of the first book of the collection "Doctoral thesis award of Gilles Vercken Law Firm" in partnership with the IRPI (Research Institute in Intellectual Property)
LEXISNEXIS - 2014
For the first edition of the doctoral thesis award of Gilles Vercken Law Firm, the award was granted to the following thesis: "The professional author between copyright and labour law" by Stéphanie Le Cam.
"Gilles Vercken Law Firm is particularly pleased by the choice of this first thesis: the topic addressed by Mrs Stéphanie Le Cam has major practical repercussions for companies, which have to chose the contractual framework for their relations with the authors while taking into account the double constraint of Copyright Law and of Social Security Law.
For a deeper understanding of these constraints, it is crucial to grasp the theory which establishes them. Mrs Le Cam&"39;s work is a great harmony between both, theory and practice, which reflects one of the essential values of our Firm."
Florence Gaullier & Gilles Vercken