Intellectual Property

• Audit, management and development of the intellectual property assets.
  
• Technical watch, patents and patent applications tracking, surveys and monitoring.
  
• Drafting and prosecution and patents.
  
• Identification and analysis of the scope of third party rights; right to use studies.
  
• Formulation of strategy to obtain competitive advantage by means of legal protection (including patent applications as well as contrats)
  
• Assistance in drafting agreements covering the above fields.
  
• Assistance and participation in litigation and search for amicable settlement.
  
• Legal implementation of technology transfer.
  
• Evaluation of intellectual assets and evaluation of the economic value of patents.
  
• Administrative management of Intellectual Property rights including patents, trademarks, designs.
  
• Litigation of IP rights (including alternative dispute resolution).

Strategic IP Analysis of R&D projects

• R&D projects auditing for IP issues : state of the art, freedom to operate, areas of patentability.
  
• Opportunity Analysis for new products and new markets.
  
• Assistance in redefining functional strategies & assistance in implementation.
  
• Technology transfer and technology validation projects.