The team at Casalonga retains its position as a market leader with regards to patents and trade marks, given its outstanding breadth of work that expands across litigation before the French courts, the French IPO, EUIPO and UPC, as well as the European General Court. The firm’s work extends to multiple jurisdictions including Spain, Germany, East Asia, Northern Europe and North America. The firm is led by a plethora of seasoned litigators including Caroline Casalonga, Olivier Delprat, Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte, Jean-Baptiste Lecoeur, Virginie Martin-Charbonneau, Laurence Schardt, Ghislain de Trémiolles and Francis Zapalowicz. The firm advises large multinational companies across a variety of sectors including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, retail and manufacturing.
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Testimonials

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  • 'Much appreciated the high quality of patent drafting.'
  • 'Professional and responsive team. Good advice.'
  • 'Expertise. Quality advice. Responsiveness. Wide range of skills covered.'
  • 'Virginie Martin-Charbonneau is very competent, efficient and responds very quickly to our requests, always appropriately.'

Key clients

  • Adeo Group
  • Allegion (Bricard)
  • Antilles-Glaces Group
  • A.P.C (Atelier de Production et de création)
  • Arkema
  • Auchan
  • Aurige Group
  • Bagi
  • Baker Hughes
  • Banque BCP

Work highlights

  • Assisting TOTALENERGIES with national and PCT application drafting and filing, worldwide prosecution, oppositions and appeals cases before the EPO.
  • Assisting L’OREAL with national and PCT application drafting and filing, worldwide prosecution, oppositions and appeals cases before the EPO, notably in defence in several oral opposition proceedings, with a very satisfactory success rate.
  • Represented CBS Studios Inc. against Prosper Food S.R.L. before the EUIPO to declare invalid the EUTM registration  No. 18246162 on the ground of bad faith pursuant to Article 59(1)(b) EUTMR.

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Practice head

Caroline Casalonga; Olivier Delprat; Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte; Jean-Baptiste Lecoeur; Virginie Martin-Charbonneau; Ghislain de Trémiolles; Laurence Schardt; Francis Zapalowicz

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