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Casalonga Offices
31 RUE DE FLEURUS
75006 PARIS
France
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Caroline Casalonga
Work Department
IP
Position
Partner / Paris and Munich
Managing Partner
Attorney-at-law (Paris Bar)
European Trademark and Community Design Attorney
Career
Caroline is Managing Partner of CASALONGA IP Law Firm.
She is specialized in patents, trademarks and other IP rights litigations. She has 30 years’ experience in all intellectual property fields from counselling to litigation. She commenced her career with Paul Mathely the most famous French IP litigator from the 60th to the end of the 90th, and then joined Pennie & Edmonds in New York City prior to practicing with CASALONGA & ASSOCIES, as a French and European Trademark Attorney.
In 2005, Caroline founded CASALONGA AVOCATS.
She advises large French and International companies on protecting and defending their intellectual property rights in different sectors including electronics, pharmaceutical goods, and consumer products. She has a strong expertise in the wine and GIs sector.
She represents our clients before the French Courts and the Court of Justice on all types of IP matters, including patents, trademarks, designs and copyright infringement and cancellation actions, unfair competition and distribution network actions.
She is recognized as one of the French leaders in Intellectual Property and is cited by the European Legal Experts Magazine, WTR 1000 and the Legal 500.
She regularly speaks at national and international conferences. She is a member of the ECTA anti-counterfeiting committee, AIDV, INTA, LES and the AIPPI.
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
She is a member of numerous profession organisations such as the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), the French Association of Trade Mark and Design Law (APRAM), the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA) for which she is member of the anti-counterfeiting committee, the International Trademark Association (INTA), the Licensing Executives Society France (LES France), IPSKI, the organisation Coalition Against Piracy Intellectual Property (CAPIP) and the International Wine Law Association (AIDV).
Education
- Award in Wines – Level 2, Wine & Spirit Education Trust WSET, pass with Merit – 2022
- ESSEC – MBA (MG56) – 2013-2014
- LL.M. Cornell University – 1996
- Paris Bar examination – 1993
- Master (DEA) in Intellectual Property (University of Paris II) – 1992
- Master in Law (University of Paris II) – 1991
Lawyer Rankings
France > Intellectual property: Patent and trade mark attorneys
(Leading Individuals)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: Trade marks and designs
Casalonga’s substantial team is a steadfast advocate in crucial trade mark cases, appearing before the French Intellectual Property Office, French courts, the EUIPO, and the European General Court. Their in-house international department significantly bolsters their capacity to adeptly navigate cross-border trade mark matters, regularly handling instructions spanning Europe, the US, Canada, China, and South America. Guided by seasoned litigators Arnaud Casalonga and Marianne Gabriel, the team benefits from the leadership of Caroline Casalonga, who heads the counseling department, and Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte, an expert in serving foreign clients. Based in Paris, the team provides guidance on a comprehensive range of matters, including trade mark and design prosecutions and portfolio management, and is particularly renowned for its prowess in trade mark litigation and prosecution. They pride themselves on spearheading innovative and successful strategies for the defense and enforcement of their clients’ trade mark rights, positioning themselves at the forefront of the field.
France > Intellectual property: Patents
(Leading individuals)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 Casalonga, 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.
France > Industry focus: Food
(Firms to watch)An expert in the field of wine trade mark law, Caroline Casalonga has established a dedicated wine, sprits and terroirs department at Casalonga.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property: Patent and trade mark attorneys France
- Intellectual property: Patents France
- Leading Individuals France > Intellectual property: Patent and trade mark attorneys
- Leading individuals France > Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs France
- Firms to watch France > Industry focus: Food