Casalonga

IP

Partner / Paris and Munich
Managing Partner

Attorney-at-law (Paris Bar)
UPC Representative
European Trademark and Design Attorney

Caroline is Managing Partner of CASALONGA IP Law Firm.

She is specialized in patents, trademarks and other IP rights litigations. She has 30 years of experience in all intellectual property fields, from counseling to litigation.

She commenced her career with the famous French IP litigator Paul Mathely, and then joined Pennie & Edmonds in New York City, prior to practicing with CASALONGA & ASSOCIES, as a French and European Trademark Attorney.

In 2005, Caroline founded CASALONGA AVOCATS.

She advises large French and International companies on protecting and defending their intellectual property rights in different sectors including electronics, pharmaceutical goods, and consumer products. She has a strong expertise in the wine and GIs sector.

She represents our clients before the French Courts and the Court of Justice on all types of IP matters, including patents, trademarks, designs and copyright infringement, cancellation, unfair competition and distribution network actions.

She is recognized as one of the French leaders in Intellectual Property and is cited by the European Legal Experts Magazine, WTR 1000 and the Legal 500.

She regularly speaks at national and international conferences. She is a member of the ECTA anti-counterfeiting committee, AIDV, INTA, LES and the AIPPI.

French, English, German

Very active in professional organizations, Caroline is a member of the Geographical Indications Committee of the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA).

She is also a member of numerous other professional organizations such as the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), the Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group (PTMG), the French Association of Trade Mark and Design Law Practitioners (APRAM), the International Trademark Association (INTA), the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), the Licensing Executives Society France (LES France), IPSKI, the organization Coalition Against Piracy Intellectual Property (CAPIP) and the International Wine Law Association (AIDV).

Award in Wines - Level 2, Wine & Spirit Education Trust WSET, pass with Merit – 2022 ESSEC - MBA (MG56) – 2013-2014 LL.M. Cornell University – 1996 Paris Bar examination – 1993 Master (DEA) in Intellectual Property (University of Paris II) – 1992 Master in Law (University of Paris II) – 1991