Marianne Gabriel > Casalonga > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Casalonga
31 RUE DE FLEURUS
75006 PARIS
France

Work Department

IP

Position

Partner / Paris

Attorney-at-law (Paris Bar)

Career

Marianne Gabriel has more than 20 years of experience as a French lawyer specialized in patents, trademarks, designs and other IP rights litigation. She became partner of CASALONGA in 2010.

She advises major French and foreign companies for protecting and defending their Intellectual Property rights (patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, domain names, internet and unfair competition) and regularly pleads before the courts.

She is recognized for coordinating and managing complex national and international IP litigation and cases, notably in the pharmaceutical, chemical, mechanical and telecommunications fields.

She has a strong experience in the definition and the coordination of IP strategies, including the implementation of strategic choices and orientations, during asset transfers (audits, due diligence, acquisitions, mergers, etc.), during the drafting and negotiation of contracts (assignments, licenses, transfers of know-how, partnerships, confidentiality agreements, research and development agreements, etc.) and for the purposes of dispute resolution.

Languages

French, English

Memberships

Marianne Gabriel teaches drug law in the framework of the Master 2 Industrial Property and Health Innovations at the University of Paris VIII and regularly speaks at conferences in the field of intellectual property.

She actively participates in many professional associations : French Association of Trademark and Design Law (APRAM), Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG), European Patent Lawyers Association (EPLAW), French Association of Industrial Property Attorneys (AAPI), Association of European Patent Practitioners (APEB), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), French Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AFPPI), Licensing Executives Society France (LES France), Stanislas de Boufflers Institute.

Education

  •  Paris Bar examination – 2002
  • Master in law (Paris University Pantheon Sorbonne)

Lawyer Rankings

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)

Marianne Gabriel  – Casalonga

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.