Intellectual property: Patents in France

‘Very high level of expertise in patent matters, as well as French and foreign civil procedures. Excellent ability to sense the context of the client: its industry, the IP practices that take place in similar sectors; and thus to deliver concrete advice, allowing the client to make informed decisions. The composition of the team assigned to a file is negotiated with the client, and the sharing of tasks is very clear.’

‘Gregoire Desrousseaux excels in a unique style combining expertise and frank talk. Lionel Martin is very sharp, he detects critical details. He tactfully challenges the client.’

‘Very technical and competent team on patent-related subjects (international procedure, international litigation, dispute resolution, merger & acquisitions). Essential support in important operations involving patents.’

‘Understanding of client issues, continuous and unwavering support from François Pochart, who knows how to simplify patent-related subjects to lawyers and non-lawyers. François is an essential expert that you must have in your camp.’

‘Francois Pochart – excellent technical and legal ability. Very good advocate. Always provides sensible advice.’

‘The team provides high-level legal advice.’

‘An excellent mix of commercial lawyers and experts in the intellectual property domain. Very committed to delivering results and solving problems. Good breadth of knowledge and capability.’

‘François Pochart has exactly the detailed knowledge of the regulatory environment in the CPI profession that we needed for our project. The team works in a very collaborative way to achieve results and is very pragmatic.’

‘Anne-Charlotte Le Bihan: effective value for generic pharma.’

‘Friendly and professional.’

‘Very competent Gide patent team with whom it is easy to collaborate.’

‘The team is practical and hands-on and can easily bring in other expertise from the Gide firm such as competition law when needed. Collaborating with the team is always smooth. Top notch people and team.’

‘Highly professional and capable team of lawyers for life sciences intellectual property matters, including patents and supplementary protection certificates.’

‘Emmanuel Larere and Raphaelle Dequiré-Portier are exceptional advocates. Very knowledgeable and professional, and creative when proposing new strategies. They are well supported by Marie-Ange Pozzo di Borgo.’

‘The team has in-depth knowledge of practice and procedure of French IP law and is regularly involved in high-profile patent litigation. The team is very familiar working as part of an international team on multi-jurisdictional cases and, as well as managing the case in France, provides valuable input into the development of the case internationally. The team is very responsive at all levels.’

‘Emmanuel Larere uses his extensive experience of practice before the French courts to provide timely commercial advice and to suggest novel approaches to challenges faced by the clients. Emmanuel is always very engaged with the case and on top of the facts and issues of the case.’

‘Thomas Bouvet has built an unparalleled team in the field of patent litigation.’

‘Thomas Bouvet is the best patent lawyer in France today. His knowledge in the matter, ability to find winning strategies and absolute competence in procedural matters are essential assets.’

‘Essentially, ARAMIS is distinguished by its multidisciplinary approach to business law, with high-level associate experts and efficient collaborators for each skill. Clearly, a large firm, and at the same time flexible, responsive, and attentive to its clients.’

‘Easy-to-deal-with! Clear and consistent communication, proactive and efficient people. A level of expertise appropriate to our needs.’

‘Responsive and knowledgeable. Very aware in considering the impact of current cases law on litigation strategy.’

‘Benjamin May provides excellent advice and engages in the case. The associate Louis Jestaz offers valuable and knowlegable support and work results.’

‘Maître May is particularly affable and attentive to our comments and proposals. He is also very educational in his way of presenting his arguments and his litigation strategy. It is really very pleasant to work with him.’

‘A great listener and a real effort to understand technical subjects: Benjamin May.’

‘Competence, responsiveness, efficiency, commitment.’

‘Complete coverage of our needs in term of IP.’

‘Very professional and involved team.’

‘The CASALONGA team is very competent and is particularly distinguished by a remarkable sense of listening, proactivity and team strength.’

‘The brilliant Caroline Casalonga, Marianne Gabriel, Pascaline Vincent and Francis Zapalowicz are excellent. Pooling their skills makes the team exceptional.’

‘The firm covers all our technical fields, and intervenes on different aspects of IP than IP rights, in particular patents. The quality of service has never failed us for decades.’

‘The firm’s employees are friendly, professional, responsive and attentive to our needs.’

‘Virginie Martin Charbonneau: Rigor, precision, technical skills (chemistry and patents), responsiveness, interpersonal skills.’

‘Excellent IP firm.’

‘Competent and efficient team.’

‘The team is user-friendly whilst thorough. Jean-Frédéric is responsive and first-class.’ 

‘Jean-Frédéric Gaultier is precise, fast and efficient. He inspires confidence and is pragmatic. He is also very available.’

‘The team led by Jean-Frédéric Gaultier is very clever and client-friendly with amazing response times and availability. They have a great client-first attitude and are also good fun to work with.’

‘Very competent team and close to its clients.’

‘Jean-Frédéric and his team are unique in the French market place in providing holistic and commercially focused and cross-disciplinary advice. They know that an IP problem may not always need an IP-only solution. Their advice is responsive, practical and to the point.’

‘Jean-Frederic is a delight to work with – responsive, direct, commercial and strategically creative in how to use French law and procedure to further advance his clients’ global interests. He is a joy to work with.’

‘Personalised service from people who are genuinely invested in getting a result for the client. They are happy to engage and take input from others to build the strongest possible case.’

‘A team at the intersection of law and technology, associating lawyers and patent attorney under a leader – Michel Abello – in search of innovative solutions.’

‘Michel Abello is certainly one of the most brilliant French intellectual property lawyers. He has been able to surround himself with an exceptional team that he highlights and that gives the best of itself.’

‘Michel Abello: a brilliant mind, immense availability and unfailing pragmatism.’

‘Very good, pragmatic and great availability.’

‘Michel Abello and Marie Liens are extremely clear and precise in their explanations. Nothing is left to chance in the management of disputes.’

‘Speed, simplicity of relations, availability, efficiency and great mastery of the subject of the team dedicated to IP.’

‘Excellent professionals who master their subjects perfectly, they are extremely efficient in handling matters.’

‘Efficiency, responsiveness, proactivity.’

‘Loïc Lemercier and his team demonstrate responsiveness and present a realistic vision of the outcome of a patent case both in counsel and in litigation.’

‘Loïc and his team work closely with the best lawyers in the market to deal with the technical aspects of patent litigation. This teamwork allows them to be reactive and show great creativity.’

‘Loïc is intelligent, attentive, and extremely responsive.’

‘Team that is able to deal with all areas of IP, expertise in particular in the field of patents.’

‘Jean-Baptiste Thiénot has great expertise in patent law, and a very sharp general vision in all areas of IP.’