Provision of Independent & on-hand Expertise on Specialised Services in the field of Intellectual Property Rights

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The European Union Intellectual Property Office (hereafter the EUIPO) is issuing a call for expression of interest in order to compile a list of vendors to provide independent & on-hand expertise on specialised services in the field of intellectual property rights to assist the EUIPO, in particular the Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights (hereafter the Observatory) and the International Cooperation Service (hereafter IC), service within the International Cooperation and Legal Affairs Department (hereafter ICLAD).

The scope includes economic studies related to IP and non IP matters, legal studies, enforcement studies and activities in the field of the different intellectual property rights.

The services may include capacity building, technical assistance, academic research, outreach activities, development of guides, manuals and reports or monitoring and evaluation, comparative research and assessment, drafting of contributions to foster IP cooperation and increase effective IP awareness.

The services will be provided to the EUIPO in the framework of its activities in the EU and in third countries and to its EU-funded projects (https://ipkey.eu/en and https://euipoeuf.eu/en).

The list of vendors will be valid during 4 years following the publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and may be used during this period whenever the EUIPO deems appropriate.

Please note that the list drawn up on the basis of this call does not imply any form of obligation on the part of the EUIPO to award a service contract to the successful applicants.

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