Veil Jourde ‘s intellectual property team specialises in copyright, delivering advisory and litigation services with expertise in media, communications, cinema, and new technologies. The firm's strength lies in contract negotiation, infringement disputes, anti-counterfeiting, and unfair competition cases before civil and criminal courts. The team is led by Nicolas Brault, who offers over 30 years of experience in civil and criminal IP matters in the luxury and communications sectors. Fanny Attal is adept in media law, copyright, trademarks, and tech issues, including compliance and audits.
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- ‘Availability, responsiveness, and efficiency.’
- ‘Nicolas Brault - quick mind, precise reading of subjects, and an intelligent approach to resolving negotiations.'
Key clients
- M6
- Canal J TV Channels
- Académie des César
- Molotov.tv
- YourArt.art
- Handydortmund Gmbh
- Varante Soudjian
- Michel Hazanavicius
- Mezzo TV
- Carson Prod
- Charles Paris
Work highlights
Represented M6 Thématiques TV channels in a pending appeal before the Supreme Court, against an author and independent producer claiming his author rights and neighbouring rights had been infringed by the production of a musical for children and the distribution of the music thereof.
Represented a LVMH subsidiary in pending litigation before the civil courts of Paris for alleged infringement of copyright on 9.000 pictures from a former photographer who took part in the launch of the e-commerce website.
Representing Handydortmund Gmbh in a claim where the collecting right society, Copie France is asking for the payment of levies for private copying due to the importation and sale in France of refurbished cell phones.
Practice head
Nicolas Brault
Other key lawyers
Fanny Attal