The ‘remarkable’ team at Osborne Clarke has a comprehensive patent law offering advising clients on the full spectrum of patent issues, including patent prosecution, litigation, licensing, contracts, and portfolio management. The team caters to an impressive roster of clients, who are market leaders in the transport, life sciences, and energy and utilities sectors. The team is led by Paris-duo Claire Bouchenard and technology expert Xavier Pican, who leverages his prior experience working in-house. The team is also assisted by Laurène Zaggia and Christophe Arfan, who are IT and trade secrets specialists respectively.
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- ‘Excellent quality of service, ability to work hand in hand with the company's legal and business teams, very good expertise, not only at the partner level, but also at the counsel and collaborators' level.'
‘The whole team is remarkable.'
Key clients
- Gesamtverband Autoteile-Handel E.V
Work highlights
- Representing GVA's interests in France in a action initiated by Renault in connection with technologies embedded in Renault's vehicles, in violation of European regulations, as interpreted by the Court of Justice of the European Union in a parallel case before the Nanterre judicial Court.
- Advised a global leader in high-technology industries on the current internal rules within a key aeronautic and defence group of the IP regime of inventions, particularly when they are generated by employees from several subsidiaries inside the group.
- Advised a leading European electricity transmission system operator on the risks of infringement of a patent granted to a major global electronics company.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Claire Bouchenard, Xavier Pican