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Mrs Isabelle Leroux
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technologies
Position
Isabelle Leroux is a Senior Counsel in Dentons’ Paris office. She concentrates on intellectual property law and advises her clients on any issues relating to intellectual property (patents, trademarks, designs and models, copyright, domain names).
She also has extensive experience in coordinating international IP litigation in Europe, in the Middle East countries and worldwide.
Her experience also includes counselling (licensing including know how, trade secrets and R&D, trademark and domain name clearances, trademark and design filing programme, IP due diligence/audit, IP rights financial evaluation and tax issues, copyright issues, unfair competition, comparative advertising, labelling, etc.). Isabelle also is an expert in the implementation of worldwide trademark and design registration strategies and programs.
Finally, Isabelle is panellist/arbitrator appointed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) for resolving domain names arbitrations.
Career
Joined Salans (now Dentons) in 2011
Bird & Bird, Co-Head of the French IP department (2001 – 2011)
Dubarry Le Douarin, Head of IP Department (1997 – 2001)
Languages
English French
Memberships
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1996
Former chairman of the French Trademarks and Internet Committee of the French Association of Practitioners in Trademarks and Designs (APRAM)
Former council member of the European Community Trademark Association (ECTA)
Member of International Trademark Association (INTA)
Member of the French Group of the International Association for the Protection of the Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
Member of the Pharmaceutical Trademark Group (PTMG)
Member of the Association for International Arbitration (AIA)
Member of the Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI)
Member of the International Intellectual Property Law Association (IIPLA)
Education
University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas, 1986, DESS, Intellectual Property
Lawyer Rankings
France > Industry focus: Luxury goods
Dentons maintains a strong reputation on the French market and is ideally situated within its globally integrated network to assist international luxury goods clients with a range of legal services, from employment issues to private equity transactions and copyright infringement cases. The multidisciplinary group is led by Sandra Hazan, a tax specialist with over 25 years of experience who is renowned for her in-depth knowledge of transfer pricing and international taxation. She is supported by Katell Déniel-Allioux, who advises on employment law, particularly in relation to acquisitions and restructurings, and Loïc Lemercier, an expert in IP litigation. Isabelle Leroux is another key name in the practice.
France > Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
(Leading individuals)The Paris-based Dentons team excels in handling both local and multi-jurisdictional matters. The team are entrusted with significant cases on behalf of esteemed clients like Apple Inc, Supreme, and Zama, offering comprehensive capabilities within both the French and European Union domains. Loïc Lemercier, an expert in trade mark-related litigation and advisory, leads the team. Its client portfolio extends across various sectors, including pharmaceuticals, telecommunications, luxury, internet, and technology. The practice actively engage in infringement litigation and provide crucial assistance in structuring licensing contracts. Noteworthy individuals within the practice include Isabelle Leroux, who possesses expertise in anti-counterfeiting and piracy matters, and Chen Gu, a qualified attorney in both French and Chinese law.
France > Intellectual property: Copyright
(Rising stars)Leveraging its global reach across all continents, the IP&T team at Dentons in Paris benefits from the expertise of more than 600 lawyers worldwide. It provides support for both domestic and multi-jurisdictional matters and are the preferred choice for numerous blue-chip clients in the pharmaceutical, luxury goods, gaming, and TMT industries seeking to safeguard their copyrights in France and the EU. The team, under the leadership of litigation and enforcement specialist Loïc Lemercier, shields clients from infringement actions and represents them in licensing disputes, injunctions, and seizures. Moreover, they excel in transactional work, guiding clients through contract negotiations and drafting. Isabelle Leroux, a key contact with experience in industrial property and literary and artistic property, has advised notable clients such as CNRS, RTLE, Casablanca, and Leroy Merlin.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals France > Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Rising stars France > Intellectual property: Copyright
- Industry focus: Luxury goods France
- Intellectual property: Copyright France
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Employment
- Industry focus: Energy
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- EU, competition and distribution
- Insolvency
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity: LBO
- Project finance
- Real estate
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation