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2017 EDITORIAL BOARD PRACTICE AREA ANALYSES LAWYER PROFILES DIRECTORIES 940 PATENTS WHO'S WHO LEGAL FRANCE TIM POWELL ALEX WILSON SABINE AGE Powell Gilbert LLP Powell Gilbert LLP Véron &Associés 85 Fleet Street 85 Fleet Street I , rue Volney London, EC4Y IAE London, EC4Y IAE Paris, 75002 Tel +44 20 3040 8030 Tel: +44 20 3040 8040 Tel: +33 I 47 03 62 62 Fax +44 20 3040 800 I Fax: +44 20 3040 8001 Fax: +33 I 47 03 62 69 tim [email protected] alex.wi lson @powellgilbert.com Sabi [email protected] wwwpowellgilbert.com www.p owe l Igilbe rt. com wwwveron.com Tint. Powell, partner, has a strong technical Alex Wilson, partner, has an international Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1994, Sabine background that has enabled him to practice, acting mainly in multi jurisdictional Agé had dedicated herself exclusively to represent clients in some of the largest and IP matters. He regularly advises clients patent litigation when she became a partner most complex intellectual property disputes on Europe -wide patent enforcement and ofVeron & Associés at the creation of the to come before the UK courts in recent defensive strategies and coordinates their firm in 2001. years implementation. He has experience of arbitrations under International Chamber of Véron &Associés is a law firm of 12 Tina specialises in multi jurisdictional Commerce and specific national rules. lawyers assisted by a scientific consultant, litigation, particularly in the patents field an economic litigation consultant, a graphic where he has experience in coordinating Alex's background in the life sciences (BSc, designer and a team of translators, all dealing litigation taking place simultaneously across biochemistry) makes him ideally placed exclusively with patent litigation for French Europe, North America and beyond. to handle matters in the medical devices, and international clients. biotechnology and pharmaceutical sectors. He is a solicitor advocate and has represented He also has a wealth of experience in Sabine handles standard- related cases in the clients as an advocate in the UK and telecommunications and electronics disputes multimedia systems and telecommunications Etuopean Patent Offices, the English High involving standardised and implementation fields and has acted on behalf of international Court, Court of Appeal, House of Lords and technologies. His fluency in French and telecommunications manufacturers for the the European Court of Justice. German has allowed him to spend time French aspects of a worldwide cross -border working in leading law firms in Paris patent litigation. She is also active in cases Tim is a member ofAIPPI and EPLAW. and Düsseldorf. He has also practised as a relating to pharmaceuticals, chemicals and He lectures widely on aspects of IP law and solicitor in Australia and as an examiner at medical instruments, as well as household is a member of the Intellectual Property the European Patent Office for a number appliances and consumer goods, for Advisory Committee of the UK Biolndustry of years. international and domestical industry -based Association and a board member of IPLA. clients along with research organisations. He regularly supports and attends She deals with legal issues ranging from Tim is ranked as one of the top 100 business proceedings before the German Courts and contractual disputes and patent ownership lawyers in the UK in The Chambers 100. is a recognised foreign expert in the German (and co-ownership) to validity and system (Chambers Global). He has also infrinement. WWL says A "known superstar" with a practised as a solicitor in Australia and as an reputation for handling some of the largest and examiner at the European Patent Office for Sabine lectures on patent lirtigation at most complex patent disputes in the UK courts in a number of years. Alex has been a partner at the International Centre of Intellecutal recent years Powell Gilbert since 2007. He is a member Property Studies (CEIPI) in Strasbourg and of EPLAW, AIPLA, GRUR andVPP. He the universities of Lyon and Montpellier, in regularly lectures on intellectual property addition to her speaking engagements for matters at conferences and is coediting a conferences. commentary on the Unified Patent Court of rules of procedure. Sabine Agé is an active member of the International Association for the Protection WWL says: "Internationally known and universally of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) and of respected" for his advice to clients on strategies the European Patent Lawyers Association for exploiting and enforcing of intellectual property (EPLAW). She is also a member of the IPO rights across Europe. and the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), throughVéron and Associés. Véron & Associés maintains close relationships with top -tier administrative law firms in other jurisdictions, which can handle parallel proceedings in multi- jurisdictional cases. EDITORIAL POLICY AND SELECTION CRITERIA NOMINEES HAVE BEEN SELECTED BASED UPON COMPREHENSIVE, INDEPENDENT SURVEY WORK WITH BOTH GENERAL. COUNSEL AND BUSINESS LAWYERS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE WOIRLDWIDE. ONLY SPECIALISTS WHO HAVE MET INDEPENDENT INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CRITERIA ARE LISTED. www. whoswholegal.com. PATENTS 941 THOMAS BOUVET JULIEN FRÉNEAUX Jones Day Bordelle Pagenberg 2, rue Saint -Florentin 10 boulevard Haussmann Paris, 75001 Paris, 75009 Tel: +33 1 56 59 39 39 Tel: +33 1 53 05 15 00 Fax: +33 1 56 59 39 38 Fax: +33 1 53 05 1 5 05 tbouvet©jonesday.com freneaux@bardeh I e.fr www.jonesday.com www.bardehle.com She is co-author of Saisie - Contrefaçon Thomas Bouvet obtained an LLM in the Julien Fréneaux, Dipl CEIPI Brevets, (trilingual edition, edited by Pierre Véron, USA and is a doctor-at -law. Admitted to DESS, Sciences -Po, heads the Paris office ner 2015). the Bar in 1996, he has dedicated himself of Bardehle Pagenberg. He represents and to patent litigation since 2001, when he litigates before the French courts in all WWL says: Rated for her "well- informed advice" became a founding partner ofVéron & IP matters, including patents, trademarks, and "responsiveness" when confronted with Associés.Véron & Associés is a law firm of 12 designs, copyright and unfair competition. complex issues, exclusively practising patent lawyers, a scientific consultant, an economic He focuses on patent infringement litigation for major international clients. litigation consultant, a graphic designer and and validity litigation, including appeal hic a team of translators, dealing exclusively with proceedings, before the French IP specialised ling patent litigation for French and international courts. ich clients. The cases that Julien Fréneaux handles Thomas handles patent validity and regularly involve coordination with teams :he infringement disputes in the fields of of lawyers from other jurisdictions as well ions electronics, telecommunications, mechanics, as with parallel litigation proceedings ional chemistry, pharmaceuticals, media and in different countries in a complex se biotechnologies. He defends employers in international litigation framework. Mr ier actions of compensation for employees' Fréneaux has managed many multinational inventions and advises companies setting up patent conflicts concerning technologies d appropriate policies in this respect.Thomas such as medical devices, sports equipment handled many actions for infringement of and mechanical engineering. He also handles plant breeders' rights and represents clients a number of fashion design infringement sed before the CPVO. He obtained a number cases. of pioneering decisions about trade secret misappropriation. Julien Fréneaux is also active in licensing, P technology transfer agreements and IP- Thomas lectures on patent litigation. He related contracts. He has led and supervised is a member of AIPPI (a member of the teams of auditors conducting IP due programme committee and co -chair of diligence on the occasion of large M&A the standing committee on biotechnology operations. and plant breeders' rights), GRAPI (former ind president) and EPLAW. He is also an Mr Fréneaux is a graduate in patent law ,in administrator of Centre Paul Roubier. of the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) of the University The firm is a member of IPO and AIPLA. of Strasbourg and a graduate in intellectual Thomas is the author of a doctoral property law of the University of Paris. He thesis, "The Legal Protection ofVegetal is officially listed as one of the intellectual on Innovation ", and co-author of Saisie- property specialists of the Paris Bar. He Contrefaçon (trilingual edition, edited by is a member of several IP professional PierreVéron, 2015), and Droit et Pratique associations including AIPPI, LES and des Voies d'Exécution (Dalloz Action series, EPLAW. He is co-author of the French 2013 -2014). He contributed to Global Patent chapter of Interpretation of patents in Europe: Litigation: How and Where to Win (Bloomberg applications ofArticle 69 EPC. BNA, 2014). Recommendations include the 2016 editions WWL says: Lauded for being a "great tactician ", of Who's Who Legal: Patents, Managing IP and and known for having "pragmatism and creativity" Best Lawyers, and the 2015 edition of Leaders throughout his practice, which focuses on potent League, where he is "highly recommended ". validity and infringement litigation. LAM Patent 1000 (2015) recommends him as expert, stating: "Dexterously managing complex parallel litigation proceedings in line with an overriding international strategy is Bardehle Pagenberg's Julien Fréneaux.