Intellectual property law
Advising and counselling French companies exporting abroad and foreign companies having activities in France on intellectual property law, for entertainment, telecommunication and information technology sectors, as well as for traditional sectors, in order to :
• Improve the competitive position of our clients through creation and valorization of immaterial assets,
• Secure their activities and clear their exploitation of artistic works.
Types of clients :
• Users of artistic works (advertisments, musics, logos, software, web sites....), users of databases and of personal data files,
• Producers of multimédia, audiovisuals et long feature films,
• Music producers,
• Show producers,
• Theme parcs,
• Comedians, musicians and authors,
• Telecommunication services providers (audiotel, Minitel ),
• Software publishers and information services suppliers,
• Web site operators,
Significant Experience :
• Intellectual property audit prior to mergers and acquisitions, • protection and defence of trademarks and domain names and setting up policies and internal procedures for management and control of said assets,
• license agreements and assignment of copyrights and rights of likenesses, more particularly with respect to employees or public agent works, advertising as well as agreements for commissioning of artistic works,
• sponsorship and co-production agreements,
• license or acquisition agreements for trademarks, patents and know how,
• negotiations with collective right societies,
• validation of advertising campaigns,
• legal audit for regulatory compliance of web sites,
• legal audit and setting up internal procedure for management of personal data files in compliance with French regulations.
Antitrust law & international law
Advising French companies exporting abroad and foreign companies having activities in France, on their contractual relationships with partners and clients as well as on regulatory aspects, in order to :
• improve their negotiation position and,
• secure their activities.
Type of clients :
Our clients are manufacturers, and /or distributors engaged in the following sectors :
• industrials,
• foods,
• cosmétics,
• pharmaceuticals,
• new information technologies.
Significant experiences :
• Drafting or adapting General Sales Conditions (including for export sales), barters agreements and tariffs strategies conforming to French regulations,
• Assisting on the setting up of distribution and licensing networks, in compliance with French and UE anti competition rules (including drafting license, distribution and franchising agreements).
