Jean-Baptiste Lecoeur > Casalonga > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Casalonga Offices
31 RUE DE FLEURUS
75006 PARIS
France
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Jean-Baptiste Lecoeur
Work Department
IP
Position
Partner / Paris
Attorney-at-law (Paris Bar)
European Patent Attorney
Patent Litigator
Career
Rigorous and tenacious, appreciating complex cases, Jean-Baptiste uses his double qualification as an Attorney-at-law and as a European Patent Attorney to serve the interests of his clients, aiming at becoming the specialist of the case he is in charge of.
Jean-Baptiste Lecœur began his practice in 2001 in a large IP law firm in Paris. He joined CASALONGA in 2008 and became a partner in 2012.
Jean-Baptiste concentrates on patent litigation as well as opposition and appeal proceedings before the EPO. His excellent knowledge of EPO proceedings and case law, as well as his teaching activity, enrich his judicial practice. He regularly handles cases which are pending both in opposition before the EPO and before the French Courts, enabling him developing synergies.
He is also active on supplementary protection certificate (SPC).
Jean-Baptiste also supervises a team of European Patent Attorneys for patent prosecution worldwide, which help him keeping a global view on patent system.
Jean-Baptiste handles cases in different fields of chemistry such as pharmaceuticals, organic and inorganic chemistry, cosmetics, polymers, material science, chemical engineering.
Languages
French, English, German
Memberships
Jean-Baptiste is in charge of the course on patentability at the CEIPI and of oral examination on French patent law. He was also involved for more than ten years in the preparation of the European Qualifying Examination (EQE) for European patent attorneys (legal paper).
Jean-Baptist also teaches drug law in the framework of the Master 2 Industrial Property and Health Innovations at the University of Paris VIII
Jean-Baptiste is member of the European Patent Institute (epi), the IP Attorney-at-law Association (AAPI), the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI) and the European Patent Litigators Association (EPLIT).
Education
- Paris Bar – 2019
- Diploma on Patent litigation in Europe (Strasbourg University) – 2014
- Master’s degree in law (Paris University) – 2003
- Post-graduate degree in Industrial Property law at CEIPI (Strasbourg University) – 2001
- Chemical Engineer from Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris (Chimie Paris Tech) – 2000
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: 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 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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property: Patent and trade mark attorneys France
- Intellectual property: Patents France
- Leading Individuals France > Intellectual property: Patent and trade mark attorneys