Practice Areas
Pauline heads the IP/TMT practice of Linklaters in Paris and has considerable experience in IP litigation and specifically patent litigation.
She focuses on handling complex cross-border patent and trademark litigations, notably in the healthcare and telecommunications sectors. She assists major clients in all types of proceedings, including preliminary injunctions, seizures (saisie-contrefaçon), revocation and infringement actions, arbitration and mediation, often in a global context (parallel litigation in the US, pending oppositions before the EPO).
Pauline works in close coordination with our competition experts, notably on standard essential patents related cases.
Pauline also assists clients from various industries with negotiating and drafting contracts related to IP rights (JV agreements, R&D agreements, co-existence agreements) and on projects and corporate deals (acquisitions, carve out) where IP is a key asset.
Pauline co-heads the Patent Commission of the French group of AIPPI, as well as the Standing Committee on Patents and Standards. She is also a member of EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers association), APRAM, APEB and LES.
Pauline is ranked amongst France’s best IP lawyers.
Her team is ranked Band 1 by Legal 500 (2020) and won the Award of the Best patent team in 2020 (Trophées du Droit, Leaders League 2020).
Individually, Pauline is ranked as:
- Leading individual: "one of the top patent litigators on the French market" (Legal 500 - 2020)
- Among the 30 best patent lawyers in France: an "extremely good professional” who is "recognised for her superb work on cross-border cases in the areas of telecoms and healthcare" (Who’s Who Legal 2020)
- Described as "notably strong in contentious IP matters, with sources deeming her to be " an outstanding litigator." She regularly assists with patent infringement actions across the pharmaceutical, technology and energy sectors. She is additionally experienced in trade mark issues.” (Chambers- 2020)
- "Patent Star" and "Trademark Star" (Managing IP -2020)
- Ranked by Best Lawyers 2020
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