Dhenne Avocats is a leading French law firm dedicated to patent, supplementary protection certificate (“SPC”) and know-how litigation as well as regulatory advice in the life sciences field.
The firm serves leading companies whose legal needs have a strong scientific and technological component.
Dhenne Avocats is thus characterised by its focus on patent litigation, high value-added services at a fair price, responsiveness and willingness to move forward together with its clients.
Our attorneys, who have recognised expertise, represent our clients before the French, European and arbitration courts. They act in various technical sectors (e.g. mechanical, electronic, chemical), mainly in complex high value-added litigation (i.e. IT and life sciences).
The patent is an industrial property title. Useful to the creator of an invention, it guarantees a temporary reservation of exploitation on the French territory for a period of 20 years. During this period, the patentee can prohibit any other person from exploiting the protected invention. For the inventor, this is a recognition of his inventive activity and the financial reward that comes with it.
Patent law is a branch of industrial property law that is becoming increasingly important. Numerous disputes are likely to arise in this area (patent infringement action, patent cancellation action, employee inventions, etc.). In our highly competitive society, in a context of internationalisation of the economy and dematerialisation of exchanges, patents have become a priority for any inventor wishing to protect his creation. Nevertheless, because it is a living law, in constant evolution, patent law is as complex as it is exciting. This is why we put so much energy and fervour into defending each of our cases.
At Dhenne Avocats, our activity is precisely focused on the protection of your inventions. We defend and advise our clients in all patent law disputes.
Our firm accompanies you at various stages of the protection of your industrial creations.
The first of our missions is to advise you on the best strategy to protect your innovations. Indeed, there are many ways to protect inventions. The patent is not the only way. In some cases, it may be wise to opt for contractual protection of know-how, or even a utility certificate.
Our firm assists you in the negotiation and drafting of all your contracts related to your industrial property rights. In particular, we offer you all our expertise concerning :
In spite of all the protections implemented, intellectual property rights can be violated in many ways. This can be the case when an inventor’s private rights are infringed, or in the event of a dispute with one of his competitors. Our role is to quickly put in place a defense strategy in order to assert your rights before the courts.
For example, we can assist you in :