Intellectual Property attorneys, a regulated profession
The profession of Intellectual Property attorneys is governed by the Intellectual Property Code.
The Intellectual Property attorneys – specialising in Trademarks and Industrial Designs are legal practitioners with basic training.
They must have:
- a legal undergraduate national degree, or
- a degree issued by the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) of the University of Strasbourg, or any degree recognized as equivalent to it,
- professional experience of at least 3 years,
- successfully cleared a professional aptitude examination or have professional experience of eight years under the responsibility of a qualified person in intellectual property matters.
These conditions enable us, subject to meeting the criteria of background checks, to be registered in the list of qualified persons in matters of intellectual property.
Once accepted on this list, those who wish to become Intellectual Property attorneys must be registered on the list maintained by the French Office (INPI). All of them must be members of the CNCPI.
Intellectual Property attorneys for Trademarks & Industrial Designs advise and represent the firm’s clients for all issues related to the creation and legal validation of trademarks, the submission and protection strategy as well as their defense. We also intervene in matters of industrial designs, copyrights and domain names.
With our legal training, we also also capable of representing you in contract matters, in the field of intellectual property.
Since we cannot represent you before the courts, we work in close collaboration with lawyers who specialize in doing so.
Anne LEVY
Field of expertise
Trademarks, designs, copyrights (software), agreements, negotiation, licensing
Trademark & Design Attorney
European counsel with the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office)
President and partner
Education
Graduate from INSEEC Business School
Master of Industrial Property Law, Paris II
Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI)
English spoken – Deutsch gesprochen – habla castellano
Activities
International Federation of Intellectual Property attorneys – FICPI
Asian Patent Attorneys Association – APAA
International Trade Mark Association – INTA
Association of Practitioners in trademark and design law – APRAM
MARQUES
International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property – AIPPI
National Association of IP attorneys – CNCPI
Séverine FITOUSSI
Field of expertise
Trademarks, designs, domain names, copyright, negotiation, contractual technique, GDPR.
15 years of experience as Trademark attorney in IP boutiques.
Trademark & Design Attorney
European Counsel with the EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office)
Education
Master 1 in private law
Master 2 in liability law
Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI)
English spoken – Habla Español
Activities
International Trade Mark Association – INTA
Association of Practitioners of trademark and design law – APRAM
Association of Friends of CEIPI – AACEIPI
International Association for Protection of Intellectual Property – AIPPI
Regional delegate of the National Association of IP attorneys (CNCPI) in the Centre Val de Loire region (2015-2017)
