August Debouzy
August Debouzy’s IP team, led by Mahasti Razavi and Grégoire Desrousseaux, offers a comprehensive range of legal services, encompassing litigation and strategic counsel for both French and international enterprises. The practice’s collective expertise extends across diverse industries, ranging from AI, media, and fashion to health, IT, banking, and telecom. Specialising in IT, digital, e-commerce, and media, Razavi provides adept advisory and litigation support, while Desrousseaux stands as a pivotal figure in IP litigation. The team adeptly navigates the intricacies of design protection, managing trade mark portfolios, and handling litigation, including counterfeit seizures and audits. The recent additions of trade mark experts Pierre Pérot and Inès Bouzayen further enhance the team’s capabilities.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is extremely competent and expert in its field of activity. Their attentiveness, availability and professionalism are appreciable.’
‘Listening, responsiveness and availability. Kindness towards the customer.’
‘Relevant and direct responses, and availability.'
Key clients
- Balmain
- Esg
- International Media Invest
- EDF
- B. Braun Medical
- Bugali
- Beyond Aero
- Somfy
- Muji
- Philip Morris
Work highlights
- Advised and represented Balmain in appeal proceedings against an Emirati entrepreneur concerning the rescission of a trade mark assignment agreement, in coordination with parallel litigations before various administrative and judicial proceedings in the Middle East.
- Advised and represented the American group ESG in the context of an action based on a community design and unfair competition against a competitor copying its products (light signals), in coordination with parallel cancellation action pending before the EUIPO.
- Advised International Media Invest (IMI) in connection with the contemplated purchase of minority stake in the French company EDITIS HOLDING, leader in publishing activities in France, regarding all IP related aspects (i.e., trade marks, patents and domain names portfolio, copyrights agreements, etc.).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mahasti Razavi, Grégoire Desrousseaux