Intellectual property: Patents

Hall of Fame
The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.
Yves Bizollon
Hall of fameBird & Bird
Yves is renowned for his extensive experience in patent litigation. Yves is the partner who leads our Intellectual Property group in France. He is based in our Paris office. With more than 25 years' experience in IP, Yves has extensive experience in litigation. He has dealt with some of the most significant, cross border, patent cases in the fields of pharmaceuticals, electronics, telecommunications and mechanics. Yves also led the establishment of our Lyon office in 2006, making Bird & Bird the first Anglo Saxon law firm to practice in Lyon. Before joining us, Yves was an IP partner at Lamy Véron & Associés. He is a Professor at CEIPI (Strasbourg), a lecturer at Centre Paul Roubier and regularly teaches at Montpellier Law University.
Laëtitia Bénard
Hall of fameA&O Shearman
Denis Monégier du Sorbier
Hall of fameHOYNG ROKH MONÉGIER
Benoît Strowel
Hall of fameHOYNG ROKH MONÉGIER
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Caroline Casalonga
Casalonga
Partner / Paris and Munich Managing Partner Attorney-at-law (Paris Bar) European Trademark and Community Design Attorney
Jean-Hyacinthe de Mitry
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2005 and Gide partner since 2017, Jean-Hyacinthe de Mitry specialises in French and EU industrial property law. His expertise includes both contentious and non-contentious matters in all areas of industrial property (patents, trademarks, designs) and protection of know-how and trade secrets, and also in unfair competition matters and copyright,s notably relating to architectural works. In contentious matters, he regularly advises and represents French and international clients, mainly in infringement disputes and in disputes relating to agreements having a strong IP and/or technology content. He has wide experience in national and multijurisdictional patent disputes, notably in the life sciences and telecom sectors. In trademark matters, he speaks before all French and EU courts. He can advocate equally in French and English. In non-contentious matters, he regularly advises French and non-French clients in drafting and negotiating IP-related or technology transfer agreements (licenses, assignments, R&D agreements, etc.), whether as standalone agreements or as part of high-stake corporate deals or projects (IPOs, joint ventures, acquisitions, infrastructure projects, etc.).
Pauline Debré
Linklaters
Pauline heads the IP/TMT practice of Linklaters in Paris and has considerable experience in IP litigation and specifically patent litigation. She focuses on handling complex cross-border patent and trademark litigations, notably in the healthcare and telecommunications sectors. She assists major clients in all types of proceedings, including preliminary injunctions, seizures (saisie-contrefaçon), revocation and infringement actions, arbitration and mediation, often in a global context (parallel litigation in the US, pending oppositions before the EPO). Pauline works in close coordination with our competition experts, notably on standard essential patents related cases. Pauline also assists clients from various industries with negotiating and drafting contracts related to IP rights (JV agreements, R&D agreements, co-existence agreements) and on projects and corporate deals (acquisitions, carve out) where IP is a key asset. Pauline co-heads the Patent Commission of the French group of AIPPI, as well as the Standing Committee on Patents and Standards. She is also a member of EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers association), APRAM, APEB and LES. Pauline is ranked amongst France’s best IP lawyers. Her team is ranked Band 1 by Legal 500 (2020) and won the Award of the Best patent team in 2020 (Trophées du Droit, Leaders League 2020).
Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier is a partner in Gide Loyrette Nouel's Intellectual Property, Telecoms, Media & Technology Department. Her practice focuses mainly on advising and assisting clients in disputes with regard to patents and trademark law. She has gained wide experience in domestic and pan-European disputes, particularly in the field of patent infringements and the validity of patents. Raphaëlle also advises on copyright issues and unfair competition law. Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier defends and advises some of the world's leading brands, notably in the luxury, jeanswear and consumer goods sectors. In patent law matters, she has advised on the most recent cases concerning drugs, particularly with regard to supplementary protection certificates.
Emmanuel Larere
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Emmanuel Larere is a member of the Intellectual Property, Telecommunications, Media & Technology department. He joined the Firm in 1993 and has contributed towards the development of intellectual property law within the Firm, especially patent law litigation. He became partner in 2003. Emmanuel Larere's practice relates mainly to non-contentious and contentious patent and trademark matters. He is an acknowledged specialist in trademark law and has defended and advised some of the world's leading brands in the luxury goods, cosmetics and sports apparel sectors. In patent law, he has participated in the Firm's most significant cases, particularly those requiring co-ordination of several national legal teams. He has been involved in several cases regarding declarations of non-infringement of patents.
Sabine Agé
HOYNG ROKH MONÉGIER
Emmanuel Gougé
Pinsent Masons LLP
François Jonquères
Simmons & Simmons
Amandine Métier
HOYNG ROKH MONÉGIER
Sophie Micallef
HOYNG ROKH MONÉGIER
David Por
A&O Shearman
Denis Schertenleib
Cabinet Schertenleib
Partner
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Thierry Lautier
Bird & Bird
I am a partner in the Paris IP team. I am a patent litigator with a dual legal and engineering background (optics, electronics). I am qualified as both a French attorney-at-law and a European patent attorney.  
Loïc Lemercier
Dentons
Loïc Lemercier, Partner, heads the Intellectual Property and Technologies (IP&T) group of Dentons’ Paris office. Over the last 10 years, Loïc has handled both contentious and non-contentious patent, trademark, copyright, design, unfair competition and trade secret cases. Focusing on industrial property, Loïc has built a solid patent litigation track record assisting many large corporations with a particular emphasis on the pharmaceutical and telecoms sectors. Loïc's practice includes initiating and defending preliminary injunction proceedings, seizures for gathering evidence, and actions on the merits dealing with validity and/or infringement of the intellectual property rights. Loïc regularly advises clients in the technology sector, particularly in relation to FRAND obligations and the impact of those obligations on obtaining relief in France. In addition to his litigation work, Loïc advises his clients on contract negotiation and drafting (e.g., R&D, trademark or patent licensing, pledge agreement) in the context of M&A transactions.
Ombeline Degrèze-Péchade
Cabinet Schertenleib
Partner
Jules Fabre
Pinsent Masons LLP
Florence Jacquand
HOYNG ROKH MONÉGIER
Marc Lauzeral
Cabinet Schertenleib
Caroline Levesque
HOYNG ROKH MONÉGIER
Marta Mendes
HOYNG ROKH MONÉGIER
Charles Tuffreau
A&O Shearman
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Marie-Ange Pozzo di Borgo
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I.
Admitted to the New York and Paris Bars, Marie-Ange Pozzo di Borgo is an associate of Gide's Intellectual Property practice group since 2013 and appointed counsel in 2022. She advises French and international clients on industrial property matters (patents, trademarks and designs), as well as copyrights and unfair competition. She has a strong focus on patent disputes. Her recent experience includes advising clients in the pharmaceutical and aeronautic industries on multi-jurisdictional cases, involving patent or SPC invalidity and/or infringement claims, preliminary injunction and saisie-contrefaçon preparation, product clearances, and regulatory issues.
Cyril Riffaud
A&O Shearman
Elise Romelly
A&O Shearman
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