Virginie Martin-Charbonneau > Casalonga > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Casalonga Offices
31 RUE DE FLEURUS
75006 PARIS
France
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Virginie Martin-Charbonneau
Work Department
IP
Position
Partner / Paris
French Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney
European Patent Litigator
Career
Virginie Martin-Charbonneau began her career in 1997 in the Industrial Property Department of the TOTAL Group (refining branch). She served three years in a research center and then five years in the central office, as IP Manager in charge of catalytic and refining processes and petroleum products (fuels and solvents).
During these eight years in industry, Virginie acquired extensive knowledge of the IP issues and strategies of a large industrial group.
Virginie joined CASALONGA in 2005. She became partner in 2010.
Virginie advises and supports many French and foreign clients in the field of chemistry including cosmetics, dermatology, pharmaceuticals, industrial chemistry, petrochemical and chemical engineering.
She assists and represents clients in protecting their inventions worldwide, advises in the development of their IP strategies (technical and legal opinions, freedom to operate opinions, developing offensive or defensive strategies and drafting IP agreements). She advises clients in patent litigation before the French courts and handles oppositions procedures before the European Patent Office.
Virginie has acquired extensive experience in proceedings before the European Patent Office, and regularly represents clients in oral proceedings in opposition and appeal.
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
Since 2007, Virginie Martin-Charbonneau is a teacher at the International Section of CEIPI (University of Strasbourg) and is involved in the training of future European patent attorneys.
She is a member of the French Patent and Trademark association (CNCPI “Compagnie Nationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle”) of which she was elected member of the Board from 2011 to 2012. In 2023, she has been elected full member of the Council of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Institute (epi).
Education
- Post-graduate degree in Industrial Property law at CEIPI (Strasbourg University) – 1999
- Chemical Engineer of Ecole Nationale Supérieur de Chimie de Paris – 1996
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.