Louise Hülsmann
Louise Hülsmann practises intellectual property litigation, mainly in patent matters.
She works on infringement and revocation actions, on the preparation of saisie-contrefaçon operations and on trade secret questions. Her dual training in law and art history also leads her to handle intellectual property matters touching the art market and the cultural industries.
Before joining the firm she practised intellectual property, in private practice and then within the Intellectual Property and Media legal department of Danone.
Selected matters
An anonymised selection of advisory and litigation matters.
Chemistry: infringement and preservation of evidence
Acting for a chemical business in patent litigation concerning chemical compositions. The work includes substantive pleadings and proceedings concerning evidence preservation, French saisie-contrefaçon measures and challenges to those measures.
Individual role: Preparation of evidence applications and substantive pleadings.
Drones: patent infringement proceedings
Acting for a drone manufacturer as claimant in patent infringement proceedings before the Paris Judicial Court. The work includes evidence preparation, technical analysis, substantive pleadings and responses to procedural challenges.
Individual role: Procedural work and contribution to case analysis.
Biotechnology: French patent-law opinion
Preparing a French patent-law opinion for a biotechnology company, instructed by an international law firm. The analysis addresses standing to sue and the principles governing the assessment of damages.
Individual role: Work within the team handling the advisory matter.
Industry: employee-invention remuneration
Advising an industrial business in a dispute over additional remuneration for employee inventions. The work includes analysis of the inventions, evidence and limitation periods, submissions to the French employee-inventions commission and court pleadings.
Individual role: Drafting and service of pleadings.
Digital services: database protection
Acting for a digital services business in a dispute over the use of data. The work addresses database protection, extraction of database contents and related unfair-competition grounds.
Individual role: Monitoring the litigation and procedural correspondence.
Research: ownership and employee inventions
Advising on ownership of inventions developed in a research context. The analysis covers employee-invention rules, confidentiality commitments and invention-disclosure steps with the relevant organisations.
Individual role: Ownership analysis, advice and preparation of invention disclosures.
Pharmaceuticals: patent and SPC strategy
Advising a pharmaceutical company on a protection strategy combining patents, supplementary protection certificates and preparation for a competing product launch.
Individual role: Work on the patent and SPC advisory matter.
Industry: criminal infringement proceedings
Acting for an industrial manufacturer in criminal infringement proceedings, including monitoring expert evidence and coordinating procedural exchanges.
Individual role: Monitoring expert evidence and reporting to the client.
Industrial processes: litigation and negotiation
Acting in a patent dispute concerning an industrial process, in coordination with overseas counsel. The work includes procedural documents and support in settlement discussions.
Individual role: Review of the settlement agreement and procedural work.
Business disputes: shareholder litigation
Acting in a shareholder dispute and related proceedings. The work includes evidence review, resolution strategy, pleadings and procedural issues concerning jurisdiction and consolidation.
Individual role: Follow-up on procedural correspondence and case preparation.
Automotive technology: patent validity and infringement on appeal
Acting for automotive businesses in an appeal concerning a device securing vehicle electronics. The work includes patent and prior-art analysis, validity and infringement arguments, and appellate pleadings.
Individual role: Contribution to procedural analysis and follow-up on the appeal.
Education
Louise holds the Master 2 in Intellectual Property and International Trade Law from CEIPI (University of Strasbourg) and is a graduate of the Paris Bar School. She followed a parallel course in art history at the École du Louvre.
Teaching
Louise has taught European business law at the École supérieure des sciences commerciales d’Angers (ESSCA), a French business and management school.
Languages
Louise works in French, in English and in German.