Francis Zapalowicz > Casalonga > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Casalonga Offices
31 RUE DE FLEURUS
75006 PARIS
France
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Francis Zapalowicz
Work Department
IP
Position
Partner / Paris
French Patent Attorney
French Trademark and Design Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Trademark and Community Design Attorney
Career
Francis Zapalowicz deals with patent prosecution in France and in Europe and all over the world, as well as opposition and appeal proceedings at the European Patent Office (EPO) in particular in the fields of electronics, microelectronics, software-related inventions and new technologies (NTIC).
Francis practices particularly in the field of semiconductors and integrated circuits both in terms of manufacturing processes and circuits, analog and / or digital architectures, and in the field of telecommunications and Internet technologies including mobile communication and contactless communication (NFC).
Francis is involved in patent litigation in France and abroad, where he joins a team of patent lawyers of CASALONGA. He regularly organizes and practices infringement seizure operations to find evidence of patent infringement.
Francis Zapalowicz began his career in 1984 as a research and development engineer in the aerospace industry, particularly in an R&D department specialized in the field of software for gyrolaser inertial navigation systems as well as in the field of aircraft automatic control systems such as for the Airbus A320 aircraft.
In 1987 he specialized in Industrial Property Law and joined CASALONGA in 1991. He has been a partner since 2003.
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
Francis was tutor in the preparation course for the European Qualification Examination within the frame of the epi/CEIPI special courses in Strasbourg.
He is member of the French Patent and Trademark association (CNCPI “Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle”), the European Patent Institute (epi), and the Licensing Executives Society (LES).
Education
- Post-graduate degree in Industrial Property law at CEIPI (Strasbourg University) – 1991
- Graduate Engineer of Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures (Lyon) – 198
Lawyer Rankings
France > Intellectual property: Patent and trade mark attorneys
Led by Caroline Casalonga, Olivier Delprat, Karina Dimidijan-Lecomte, Jean-Baptiste Lecoeur, Virginie Martin-Charbonneau, Laurence Schardt, and Francis Zapalowicz, Casalonga‘s team has extensive experience in patent and trademark proceedings. The group regularly represents clients before the French IPO, French courts, EUIPO, and the European General Court, and it has also established strategic connections to firms in North America, Europe, and China. The team also handles transactional advice and litigation. It is a popular choice for clients in sectors ranging from electronics, chemistry, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and mechanics.
France > Intellectual property: Patents
At Casalonga, the patents group is split into two distinct teams: a patent prosecution and counselling team, which is led by litigators Olivier Delprat and Jean-Baptiste Lecoeur and EU patent attorneys Virginie Martin-Charbonneau and Francis Zapalowicz, and a litigation team, which is led by the triumvirate of Arnaud Casalonga, Caroline Casalogna, and Marianne Gabriel. Both teams are well versed in advising clients from the electronics, chemical, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, life sciences and mechanics sectors on a range of patent matters, and have a strong track record in working in tandem with Spanish and German colleagues to provide support on, among other areas, FRAND matters, French and European patent applications, SPC issues, and validity and infringement cases.