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Intellectual Property: Patents

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Our team has proven expertise across a full range of intellectual property issues, with capabilities to both advise and represent clients in dispute-related matters.

We support French and international clients, mainly on legal issues related to trademarks, copyright, industrial designs and models, and patents.

Our broad skill-set allows us to efficiently ensure the protection and defense of our clients’ intellectual property rights. In this capacity, we regularly act before the different intellectual property rights protection offices (INPI, EUIPO, OMPI).

We also ensure negotiating and drafting all types of industrial and intellectual property contracts.

We are involved in complex dispute resolution related to counterfeiting and unfair competition before both French court and international courts, or by means of mediation or arbitration.

We also act before European Union courts (Tribunal and Court of Justice) and regularly work with customs officials to combat counterfeiting and ensure the protection of our clients’ rights.

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Intellectual Property: Patents - France

What the Team is Known For

FTPA maintains a broad IP practice. Its team is skilled in handling matters relating to copyright infringement, trade secrets, patent litigation and unfair competition. The law firm is instructed by domestic and international clients, and its wide-ranging expertise covers industries such as biotech, media and entertainment and automotive.

À propos de l’équipe

FTPA a une vaste expertise en matière de propriété intellectuelle. Son équipe est compétente pour traiter les questions relatives à la contrefaçon de droits d'auteur, aux secrets commerciaux, aux litiges en matière de brevets et à la concurrence déloyale. Le cabinet est mandaté par des clients nationaux et internationaux, et son expertise étendue couvre des secteurs tels que les biotechnologies, les médias et le divertissement, et l'automobile.

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Strengths

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  • FTPA provides a detailed understanding of the issues and the context of the applicant. It has a great ability to present the case in a didactic and understandable way despite the technical complexity.

    Intellectual Property: Patents respondentFrance

  • FTPA has wide knowledge in different fields.

    Intellectual Property: Patents respondentFrance

  • The work was excellent in every way. I highly recommend FTPA for IP litigation.

    Intellectual Property: Patents respondentFrance

  • FTPA has very fine expertise in the law, pragmatism and business vision that allows it to find the right balance between the interests of the parties.

    Intellectual Property: Patents respondentFrance

  • Le travail était excellent à tous égards. Je recommande vivement FTPA pour les litiges en matière de propriété intellectuelle.

    Intellectual Property: Patents respondentFrance

  • FTPA a une expertise pointue en droit, un pragmatisme et une vision commerciale qui lui permettent de trouver le juste équilibre entre les intérêts des parties.

    Intellectual Property: Patents respondentFrance

Notable Practitioners

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  • Emmanuel de Marcellus
    Emmanuel de Marcellus

    Emmanuel de Marcellus

    Emmanuel de Marcellus is skilled in handling both contentious and non-contentious patent matters, in addition to advising on unfair competition cases.

    Emmanuel de Marcellus est reconnu pour le traitement des questions de brevets contentieuses et non contentieuses, et consille dans des dossiers de concurrence déloyale.

    • Emmanuel de Marcellus has a very good commercial approach. He is very strategic and innovative. He really tries to understand the vision of his clients.

      Intellectual Property: Patents respondentFrance

    • Emmanuel de Marcellus a un excellent sens des affaires. Il est très stratégique et novateur. Il s'efforce réellement de comprendre la vision de ses clients.

      Intellectual Property: Patents respondentFrance
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