Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
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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.
Schmidt Brunet Litzler
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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.
Dentons
Isabelle Leroux is a Senior Counsel in Dentons' Paris office. She concentrates on intellectual property law and advises her clients on any issues relating to intellectual property (patents, trademarks, designs and models, copyright, domain names). She also has extensive experience in coordinating international IP litigation in Europe, in the Middle East countries and worldwide. Her experience also includes counselling (licensing including know how, trade secrets and R&D, trademark and domain name clearances, trademark and design filing programme, IP due diligence/audit, IP rights financial evaluation and tax issues, copyright issues, unfair competition, comparative advertising, labelling, etc.). Isabelle also is an expert in the implementation of worldwide trademark and design registration strategies and programs. Finally, Isabelle is panellist/arbitrator appointed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for resolving domain names arbitrations.
DLA Piper LLP (US)
Baker McKenzie LLP
A&O Shearman