Intellectual property attorney
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Protecting a trademark, securing a copyright, defending a design or model, taking action against counterfeiting or unfair competition: INFLUXIO advises creators, businesses and investors from Paris and Brussels, both in strategic counsel and litigation, before INPI, EUIPO and specialized courts.
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Cancellation of a trademark filed in bad faith
A competitor had filed a client's trademark at INPI before them. A nullity action for fraudulent filing was initiated and the cancellation obtained, allowing the client to protect their own brand.
Customs seizure of counterfeit goods
A cosmetics brand discovered counterfeits imported from Asia. A customs seizure of 50,000 units was obtained and infringement proceedings initiated resulting in €120,000 in compensation.
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What are the stakes of intellectual property?
Intellectual property protects intangible creations (works, trademarks, patents, designs, software) under the French Intellectual Property Code.
It grants its holder an exclusive exploitation right enforceable against third parties, essential to monetize an asset, negotiate licenses, raise funds and effectively act against infringement before INPI, EUIPO and the judicial courts.
Protection of creations and innovation: the central role of intellectual property.
The profession of an attorney specializing in intellectual property law consists of advising clients on protecting innovative ideas and artistic creations. By protecting the rights of authors and inventors, they foster innovation by obtaining industrial property titles to develop and commercialize new ideas.
Conflicts and disputes in intellectual property: understanding legal challenges.
Intellectual property disputes arise when intellectual property rights are violated. These conflicts may include counterfeiting or unfair competition actions. Our firm helps you understand the legal subtleties of these disputes to protect the rights of creators and innovators.
Intellectual property and economic development: what implications?
Intellectual property is an essential driver of economic development. Companies use their intellectual property rights to create value, strengthen their market position, and attract investors. This is why our law firm assists you in all steps of protecting your rights.
Intellectual property challenges in the digital and globalization era.
In the digital and globalization era, intellectual property challenges have become more complex. Online distribution has amplified copyright violations and counterfeiting cases. Moreover, the cross-border nature of commercial exchanges makes it difficult to protect intellectual property rights on a global scale.
Our expertise.
Intellectual property infringements are acts that prejudice the intellectual property rights of a rights holder. Our law firm based in Paris and Brussels assists you in defending your rights: filings, contracts, and proceedings. Intellectual property encompasses industrial property and literary and artistic property.
Copyright protection for creators and artists.
As a content creator or artist, our intellectual property attorneys assist you in protecting your creations. We will help protect your works and enforce your copyrights against any unauthorized use by third parties.
Intellectual property contract drafting.
For drafting a license, assignment, coexistence, or know-how transfer contract, our intellectual property firm assists you. We ensure your intellectual property contracts are solid, fair, and compliant with current legislation.
Trademark, design, and model filing and management in France and internationally.
Trademark filing and management of your intangible assets are crucial steps in protecting your intellectual property rights. Our team assists you in registering and securing your trademarks, designs, and models, notably with INPI or EUIPO.
Securing your intellectual property on every front: brands, creations, innovations.
Filing and defending your trademarks.
Trademark law protects distinctive signs that identify products and services on the market. We offer comprehensive trademark search, registration, and defense services to guarantee our clients maximum exclusivity and commercial value.
Securing your copyrights.
Copyright protects literary and artistic property, namely literary, artistic, and musical works against any form of unauthorized reproduction. We help our clients register their works, manage their copyrights, and act in case of infringement.
Fighting counterfeiting and unfair competition.
Counterfeiting infringes protected intellectual property rights. Our expertise allows us to assist clients in detecting, preventing, and prosecuting these illicit practices, notably through seizure-counterfeiting. An unfair competition action can also be pursued by our attorneys, aimed at sanctioning commercial disloyalty.
Protecting your designs and models.
Design and model law protects the aesthetic appearance of industrial and artisanal products. We advise our clients on protecting their visual creations and guide them through the registration process of their designs and models.
Supporting fashion industry players.
Fashion law concerns the protection of creations in the fashion industry, including clothing designs and fashion brands. We help businesses and fashion designers protect their creations and defend their rights in this competitive sector.
New Challenges in Intellectual Property.
Artificial intelligence and copyright raise unprecedented questions: the issue of ownership of AI-generated works remains debated, with French and European case law as well as the US Copyright Office confirming that only a natural person can be recognized as an author.
NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) and the tokenization of works raise questions about the legal qualification of the token (an NFT does not automatically confer intellectual property rights on the underlying work) and the rights actually transferred to the buyer.
Database protection, governed by Directive 96/9/EC of March 11, 1996, grants a sui generis right to the database producer who has made a substantial investment, independently of copyright protection. These developments require creators and businesses to rethink their strategies for protecting and monetizing their intangible assets.
The Court of Cassation recalled in a landmark ruling that the criterion for copyright protection is originality, understood as the imprint of the author's personality (Cass. plenary assembly, 7 March 1986, Babolat v. Pachot).
At European level, the Infopaq ruling (CJEU, 16 July 2009, C-5/08) established the criterion of 'the author's own intellectual creation', applicable in a harmonized manner throughout the Union. At INFLUXIO, intellectual property protection always begins with a thorough audit of your intangible assets.
We identify all your protected or protectable creations, assess the risks of infringement, and build a tailored protection strategy combining the various available regimes. Our presence in Paris and Brussels allows us to act before French courts as well as before the EUIPO and in European litigation.
IP portfolio strategy and enforcement.
Intellectual property is the most valuable asset of innovative companies, often representing 70 to 90% of enterprise value.
Our firm builds and defends IP portfolios across all five pillars: copyright (Articles L. 111-1 and following IPC), trademarks (EU 2017/1001 and Articles L. 711-1 IPC), designs (EC 6/2002 and Articles L. 511-1 IPC), patents (Articles L. 611-1 IPC and the Unitary Patent Court since 1 June 2023), and trade secrets (Directive EU 2016/943, Articles L. 151-1 IPC).
We coordinate filings with INPI, EUIPO and WIPO, and litigate before specialised IP chambers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Unified Patent Court.
AI training data and IP exceptions.
The text and data mining exception (Article L. 122-5-3 IPC, transposing Article 4 of Directive 2019/790) allows AI training on lawfully accessible works, unless rightholders opt out. The AI Act (Regulation EU 2024/1689) reinforces this with transparency obligations on training data summaries.
We advise both rightholders (opt-out strategies) and AI developers (compliance frameworks).
IP valuation and licensing.
We negotiate licensing agreements (exclusive, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing or lump-sum), structure IP holding companies and assist in IP-backed financing, M&A due diligence and IP audits before fundraising or acquisition.
Useful glossary in intellectual property.
- INPI
- French National Industrial Property Institute, public body in charge of trademark, patent, design and model filings, and of the trade and companies register.
- WIPO
- World Intellectual Property Organization, UN specialised agency based in Geneva, manages international systems (Madrid for trademarks, Hague for designs, PCT for patents).
- Originality
- copyright protection criterion requiring the imprint of the author's personality (CJEU Cofemel C-683/17 ; Infopaq C-5/08), distinct from novelty applicable to patents and designs.
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FAQ
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Protecting your intellectual property is essential to secure your creations and investments, and to preserve your competitive advantage. Benefit from our expertise in intellectual property law.
An intellectual property attorney advises clients and can help you protect a new creation, invention, or distinctive signs, as well as defend you if you encounter problems with infringement of your intangible rights.
To defend your intellectual property rights, our specialized attorneys assist you in legal actions, such as counterfeiting or unfair competition lawsuits, cease-and-desist demands, or amicable negotiations before the judicial court.
Before meeting our intellectual property law firm, you should prepare all relevant documentation regarding your creations or inventions, including contracts, licenses, and proofs of ownership.
Under French law, copyright protects original works from the moment of creation, without formality. However, proving the date of creation is essential in case of litigation. Several tools allow this proof to be established: the e-Soleau probative deposit with INPI, deposit with a collecting society (SACEM, SCAM), a bailiff's report, or sending to oneself by registered mail.
Filing a French trademark with INPI costs €190 for one class of goods or services, then €40 per additional class. Filing an EU trademark with EUIPO costs €850 for one class. INFLUXIO assists you in choosing the filing strategy best suited to your business.
Under French law, an idea as such cannot be protected. Intellectual property legislation requires a form of materialization or concrete expression for a creation to be protected. An idea or concept must become an invention, design, model, or artistic work to be eligible for a patent.
Intellectual property has two branches. Industrial property, governed by Book VII of the French IP Code, covers trademarks (INPI, EUIPO), patents, designs and models: these titles require a filing and grant an exclusive exploitation monopoly.
Literary and artistic property, governed by Books I to III of the IP Code, protects works of the mind (books, music, audiovisual content, software) automatically from creation, without formality, provided they are original.
The first step is to gather evidence: timestamped screenshots, bailiff's report or seizure-counterfeiting (Article L.332-1 of the IP Code for works, L.716-7 for trademarks). A cease-and-desist letter resolves around 60% of cases. Otherwise, an action before the competent judicial court (10 specialized IP courts in France) allows obtaining injunctions, damages and confiscation of infringing goods.
INFLUXIO acts in summary proceedings for urgent matters.
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INFLUXIO is a law firm specialized in intellectual property, based in Paris and Brussels. INPI/EUIPO trademarks, copyright, designs & models, counterfeiting, licensing, IP litigation.
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