The team at Bignon Lebray regularly assists clients with IP agreements, including licenses and series fundraisings, in addition to representing clients in disputes concerning SPC infringements and unfair competition claims. Working out of the Lyon office, practice head Barbara Bertholet handles the full gamut of IP issues for pharma laboratories, medical device manufacturers, and stakeholders in the e-health sector.
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Key clients
- Laboratoires Cooper
- Sandoz
- Yposkesi
- NG Biotech
- Dedienne Santé
- Weleda
- Medac
- Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL)
- Gattefossé
- Netri
- Viatris
Work highlights
- Advising Yposkesi on IP strategic issues and contract negotiations with pharmaceutical companies and biotechs, such as the negotiation of a collaborative contract with a non-profit pharmaceutical institution for the development of a specific cell bank, including the assignment of the ownership of the results and the intellectual property rights related to these results; and the negotiation of master development services and manufacturing agreements.