Bignon Lebray excels in infringement, validity and ownership disputes across the life sciences, biotech and pharmaceuticals sectors. The practice provides innovation strategies ranging from research and development agreements to licensing and regulatory compliance and is headed by Nicolas Moreau, who shines in transactional matters. Barbara Bertholet is well versed in patent enforcement.
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- ‘Expertise and availability.
- ‘Barbara Bertholet: pleasant and competent.’
- ‘Serious and very professional.’
Key clients
- Sandoz
Work highlights
Represented a Global Pharmaceutical Group in a dispute before the French courts involving alleged infringement of a supplementary protection certificate (SPC) and unfair competition.
Advised a French biotech company on the negotiation of a cross-border patent licensing agreement with a Swiss CDMO.
Acting as co-counsel in a patent infringement case pending before the Düsseldorf division of the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The matter concerns mechanical technology and involves coordination with German counsel on cross-jurisdictional strategy, procedural tactics under the UPC framework, and a comparative legal approach to infringement and validity challenges.
Practice head
Nicolas Moreau
Other key lawyers
Barbara Bertholet