Marie Fillon heads the patents practice at Goodwin, which draws on the strength of the firm's international platform to provide support to clients in the life sciences sector on the IP aspects of M&A deals, the management of patent portfolios, and licensing and collaboration agreements. R&D agreement matters are also prominent in the team's workload. On the contentious side, the group has a solid track record in representing medtech and biotech clients in patent disputes.

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Key clients

  • Affluent Medical
  • Ascendance Flight Technologies
  • Biomunex Pharmaceuticals
  • BNP Paribas Développement
  • Bpifrance
  • Cathay Capital
  • Compin
  • Devialet
  • Diabeloop
  • DNA Script
  • DTA Medical
  • Genfit
  • Go Capital
  • Graegis Pharmaceuticals
  • Jeito
  • Kurma Partners
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • Protera
  • Qynapse
  • Robocath
  • Sofinnova Partners
  • SpineVision
  • ITEN

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The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Marie Fillon