François Pochart

Lawyer information

Practice Areas

As a partner in the Intellectual Property - Media - Technologies team of August Debouzy, François Pochart provides advisory and litigation support to French and foreign clients on all their patent-related issues and also assists them with registrations and oppositions before the European Patent Office.

François Pochart advises his clients in particular on regulatory issues and issues in connection with supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) and plant protection products. He is very active in EPO litigation (oppositions and appeals), and represents his clients in oral proceedings in Munich or the Hague more than once a month.

He has an extensive experience in matters related to pharma/life sciences (regulatory, supplementary protection certificates) and is also active in the oil, construction, chemicals and consumer goods sectors.

Career

François Pochart was admitted to the Paris bar in 2011 and joined August Debouzy the same year, after having worked as a patent attorney for more than 15 years. He leads a team composed of lawyers and of patent attorneys who are also engineers.

Professional Memberships

Former secretary of the CNCPI (French professional association of patent attorneys), former Group President of Union IP and member of AIPPI.