Karine Disdier-Mikus

Practice Areas

Karine DISDIER-MIKUS is a Partner, Head of Intellectual property, technology and data department at Fiducial Legal by Lamy.

Karine DISDIER-MIKUS expertise covers both contentious and non-contentious Intellectual property matters, inncluding trademarks, patents, designs, copyright and domain names, as well as related rights (know-how/trade secrets, neighboring rights and unfair competition). She is specifically recognized for her thorough expertise in providing brand strategic advices globally, managing worldwide trademark portfolio and providing assistance in trademark prosecution, transactional advisory services as well as global enforcement and litigation. She is also providing advises on IP related matters on subjects like DMA and Ai.

Career

Before joining Fiducial Legal by Lamy, Karine DISDIER-MIKUS was a former partner for more than 10 years at DLA Piper France LLP, who headed the Intellectual property practice in the Paris office and led the international trademark portfolio platform within the firm.

She was formerly European trademark and design attorney at Santarelli IP firm.

She was educated in France and Canada,

Professional Memberships

She is an active member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA), the International French speaking association for trademark practitioners (APRAM) and the Pharmaceutical Trademark Group (PTMG).

Publications

Copyright on AI generated art in France: current legal perspective, Chambers Expert Focus, 2024

IP Emerging issues facing metaverse, Option Finance, July 2023.

France: Trends and Developments, Chambers Global Practice Guide: Trademarks & Copyright, 2023/2024

Generative AI : The Emerging Intellectual Property Challenges in France, Chambers and Partners, June 2023

The fight against counterfeiting in the Pharmaceutical sector: an overview of key regulatory, preventive and intellectual property enforcement measures in France, EPLR 4/2021 published in March 2022.

L’essor de la cybercontrefaçon: à la recherche de remèdes adaptés, Option Droit & Affaires, January 12, 2022

Personal

She gives yearly lecture on Intellectual property matters for graduate students at Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Paris-Saclay University and at ESSEC (Business school).

Expert in these Jurisdictions

France, European Union and worldwide for brand management and IP enforcement

Languages Spoken

Fluent in French and English

Awards