Patents
The firm offers its clients a multidisciplinary team of consultant engineers specialising in patents, with skills in a wide range of technical fields including mechanics, physics, chemistry, pharmacy, IT, telecommunications, electronics and semiconductors.
Patent
A patent is an industrial property title that allows the holder to prevent third parties from exploiting a technical invention for 20 years.
Our particular areas of expertise include the following:
- Prior availability search
- Patentability study
- Development of protection strategies
- Drafting and submitting patent applications
- Monitoring and assistance during examination procedures
- Monitoring technical developments and technological intelligence
- Freedom-to-operate studies
- Annuities management
- Oppositions
- Portfolio audits and analyses
- Pre-litigation (cease and desist letters, coexistence agreements)
- Optimisation management of patent portfolios
- Negotiating and drafting contracts on patent rights (licence, assignment, franchise, co-ownership, technology transfer, etc.)
- Training and awareness raising, particularly for Research and Development departments, on intellectual property issues