WHO'SWHOLEGAL LDITORIA[ BOARD PRAO_ ICE AREA ANALYSES LAWYER PROF I .LS DIRECTORY LIFE SCIENCES PATENT LITIGATION PRODUCT _IABILITY DEFENCE REGU_ATORY TRANSACTIO\A ANALYSIS PROFILES DIRECTORY wwiv. whoswholegal. corn LIFE SCIENCES I PATENT LITIGATION 703 FINLAND FRANCE ELLA MIKKOLA SABINE AGE Bird & Bird Attorneys Ltd Véron & Associés Mannerheimintie 8, Helsinki, 00100 I , rue Volney Tel: +358 9 622 6670 Paris, 75002 Fax: +358 9 622 6677 Tel: +33 I 47 03 62 62 el [email protected] Fax: +33 I 47 03 62 69 www.twobirds.com [email protected] www.veron.com Ella is highly acclaimed by rivals and clients She is head of the intellectual property Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1994, Sabine Véron & Associés maintains close group and life sciences group in Finland. Agé has been dedicating herself exclusively relationship with top -tier independent She has gained extensive experience in to patent litigation since she became a law firms in other jurisdictions, which intellectual property (IP) and life sciences law, partner of Véron & Associés at the creation can handle parallel proceedings in multi- including various contractual and litigation of the firm in 2001. jurisdictional cases. matters as well as regulatory proceedings concerning pricing and reimbursement of Véron & Associés is a law firm of 14 lawyers, She is co- author of Saisie -contrefaçon, pharmaceuticals. assisted by two scientific consultants, an published by the leading French publisher economic litigation consultant, a graphic Dalloz and edited by Pierre Véron (third In addition to her Finnish law degree from designer and translators, dealing exclusively edition, 2012). the University of Turku in 1995, Ella has a with patent litigation for French and US master's degree (LLM) in intellectual international clients. property law from the George Washington University Law School where she studied as Sabine handles standard related cases in the a Fulbright Scholar in 1997 -98. multimedia systems and telecommunications fields and has acted in particular on behalf Apart from working at law firms since of an international telecommunications 2001 Ella has also experience as a university manufacturer for the French part of lecturer and researcher focusing on patenting worldwide cross -border patent litigations. of biotechnological inventions and as a She is also active in cases relating to lobbyist for the Finnish industry. pharmaceuticals, chemicals and medical instruments as well as household appliances Ella has served as a member of the national and consumer goods, for international and Copyright Council and Employee Inventions domestic industry-based clients as well as Board. She has also participated in legislative research organisations. She deals with legal work as a member of legislative committees issues extending from contractual disputes, reforming the Design Act and Trademark Act patent ownership (and co- ownership) to in Finland. validity and infringement. Ella has been acknowledged as one of the Sabine lectures on patent litigation at the leading intellectual property law practitioners International Centre of Intellectual Property in Finland in the most notable international Studies (CEIPI) in Strasbourg and at the directories (Chambers and Partners and The universities of Lyon and Montpellier, in Legal 500: EIVIEA and Best Lawyers). addition to her speaking engagements for conferences. She has served as chairman of the board of the Finnish Association for Industrial Sabine Agé is an active member of the Property Rights (2012 -2014) and has served International Association for the Protection as board member in other IP associations as of Intellectual Property ( AIPPI) and secretary well, including the Finnish AIPPI Group and to the European Patent Lawyers Association Finnish Information Technology Law Society. (EPLAW). She is also a member of IPO and AIPLA throughVéron & Associés. Chambers Global (2014; intellectual property section) describes Ella as "respected in the market for her expertise ". JAM Patent (2014) says "Ella Mikkola provides strong leadership to the IP and life sciences divisions ", adding that she is "excellent in all respects, her background work is thorough and she always comes prepared." Nnminees have been selected based upon comprehensive, independent survey work with both general counsel and business lawyers in 704 LIFE SCIENCES I PATENT LITIGATION WHO'S WHO LEGAL YVES BIZOLLON THOMAS BOUVET ISABELLE ROMET Bird & Bird AARPI Véron & Associés Véron & Associés Centre d'Affaires Edouard VII , rue Volney I , rue Volney 3 Square Edouard VII Paris, 75002 Paris, 75002 Paris, 75009 Tel: +33 I 47 03 62 62 Tel: +33 I 47 03 62 62 Tel: +33 I 42 68 6000 Fax: +33 I 47 03 62 69 Fax: +33 I 47 03 62 69 Fax: +33 1 42 68 60 I I [email protected] [email protected] yves.b izol Ion@two bi rds.com www.veron.com www.veron.com www.twobirds.com Thomas Bouvet obtained an LLM in the Isabelle Romet is entirely dedicated to patent Yves is renowned for his extensive USA and is a doctor-at -law Admitted to litigation, as are the 14 other lawyers of the experience in patent litigation. the Bar in 1996, he has dedicated himself firm.Admitted to the Bar in 1988, she began to patent litigation since becoming partner working with PierreVéron immediately Yves is the partner who leads Bird & Bird's ofVéron & Associés, at the founding of the afterwards. She is a co- founder of the firm intellectual property group in France. He is firm in 2001. Véron & Associés in 2001, with Pierre Véron, based in the Paris office. Thomas Bouvet and Sabine Agé. Véron & Associés is a law firm of 14 lawyers, With more than 25 years' experience two scientific consultants, an economic Her practice focuses on patent validity in IP,Yves has extensive experience in consultant, a graphic designer and translators, and infringement in most technical areas, litigation. He has dealt with some of the dealing exclusively with patent litigation for especially in complex technological fields most significant, cross border, patent cases French and international clients. and in an international context.A team in the fields of pharmaceuticals, electronics, player, she points out the importance of the telecommunications and mechanics. Thomas handles patent validity and firm's scientific consultants who assist the infringement disputes in the fields of lawyers to build a strong technical reasoning Yves also led the establishment of the Lyon electronics, telecommunications, mechanics, and design the best visual aids with the office in 2006, making Bird & Bird the first chemistry, pharmaceuticals, media and in -house graphic designer.The economic Anglo -Saxon law firm to practice in Lyon. biotechnologies. He has extensive experience litigation consultant allows the clients to in patent entitlement cases and in matters assess the financial stakes of the case at all Before joining Bird & Bird,Yves was an IP relating to the violation of trade secrets. stages. partner at Lamy Véron & Associés. He defends employers in actions of compensation for employees' inventions and She has handled landmark cases relating to He is a professor at CEIPI (Strasbourg), advises companies setting up appropriate cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, ophthalmology, a lecturer at Centre Paul Roubier and policies in this respect.Thomas handled nanotechnology, diagnosis, genetically regularly teaches at Montpellier Law many actions for infringement of plant modified plants and veterinary products. University. breeder's rights and represents clients before Her expertise in pharmaceutical patents the CPVO. He arranged several customs goes with a focus on supplementary Yves is a member of many professional actions. protection certificates. Green technologies organisations such as APEB, EPLAW, are a growing activity. She remains active in APRAM, GRAPI and AAPI, where he is Thomas lectures on patent litigation in mechanics, electricity and electronics. president of honour of the AIPPI French schools of management and universities. Group and was previously vice president of He is a member ofAIPPI (member of the Convinced by the interest of alternative the AAPI. programme committee and co -chair of the dispute resolution, she participated in a standing committee on biotechnology and mediation that led to a major settlement Chambers Global (2013) conunents "Yves plant breeders' rights), GRAPI (currently indemnity and favours negotiations. Bizollon wins praise from commenters for president), and EPLAW, and an administrator his patent litigation prowess ", while The of Centre Paul Roubier.The firm is a She lectures on patent litigation at Sciences Legal 500: EMEA (2013) comments, "Yves member of IPO and AIPLA. Po, Paris; various intellectual property centres Bizollon gives `clear and proactive advice (such as Centre Paul Roubier); international based on legal knowledge and sound business Thomas is the author of a doctoral thesis conferences; and private seminars. She is a understanding ". titled "The Legal Protection ofVegetal member of AIPPI, EPLAW, AAPI, LES and, Innovation" and co- author of Saisie - throughVéron & Associés, IPO and AIPLA. Sources says he is "one of the best patent Contrefaçon (published by leading French She is a co- author of the book Saisie - lawyers in Paris" (Chambers Europe (2014)). publisher Dalloz; third edition, 2012) Contrefaçon, published by leading French and Droit et Pratique des Voies d'Exécution publisher Dalloz and edited by Pierre Véron (published in the Dalloz Action series, (third edition, 2012). 2013 -2014). He contributed to Global Patent Litigation: How and Where to Win, published by Bloomberg BNA (2014). 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