availability searches to assess the availability of the proposed sign as a trademark
definition of the most appropriate customized filing strategy
French, Community, national or international filings.
services de surveillance de marque
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
audits of trademark portfolios
> Contracts:
Negotiation and drafting of assignments, license and trademark coexistence agreements
IP related guarantees in mergers and acquisitions.
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters, pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before the French and European courts (European court, European Court of Justice) as well as before the Industrial Property Offices such as INPI or EUIPO.
DESIGNS AND MODELS
> Advice:
filing of designs and models before the relevant offices (INPI, OHIM, WIPO)
availability searches among designs and models
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
>Contracts:
Negotiation and drafting of assignment and licence agreements
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters, pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before the French and European courts (European court, European Court of Justice) as well as before the Industrial Property Offices such as INPI or EUIPO.
COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS
> Advice:
advising on the protection and exploitation of copyright and adjacent rights
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
> Contracts:
negotiation and drafting of copyright assignment agreements
literary and digital publishing contracts
commission contracts
audio-visual production contracts
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters
proceedings before French courts
PATENTS
> Advice:
advising on the protection and implementation of inventions
audits of patent portfolios
Employee inventions
> Contracts:
Negotiating and drafting of patent assignment and licence agreements, know-how licence agreements, confidentiality agreements, technology transfer agreements.
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters
proceedings before French courts
GASTINEL AVOCATS ENG
Expertise
TRADEMARKS
> Advice:
availability searches to assess the availability of the proposed sign as a trademark
definition of the most appropriate customized filing strategy
French, Community, national or international filings.
services de surveillance de marque
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
audits of trademark portfolios
> Contracts:
Negotiation and drafting of assignments, license and trademark coexistence agreements IP related guarantees in mergers and acquisitions.
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters, pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before the French and European courts (European court, European Court of Justice) as well as before the Industrial Property Offices such as INPI or EUIPO.
DESIGNS AND MODELS
> Advice:
filing of designs and models before the relevant offices (INPI, OHIM, WIPO)
availability searches among designs and models
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
> Contracts:
Negotiation and drafting of assignment and licence agreements
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters, pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before the French and European courts (European court, European Court of Justice) as well as before the Industrial Property Offices such as INPI or EUIPO.
COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS
> Advice:
advising on the protection and exploitation of copyright and adjacent rights
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
> Contracts:
negotiation and drafting of copyright assignment agreements
literary and digital publishing contracts
commission contracts
audio-visual production contracts
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters
proceedings before French courts
PATENTS
> Advice:
advising on the protection and implementation of inventions
audits of patent portfolios
Employee inventions
> Contracts:
Negotiating and drafting of patent assignment and licence agreements, know-how licence agreements, confidentiality agreements, technology transfer agreements.
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters
proceedings before French courts
GASTINEL AVOCATS ENG
Expertise
TRADEMARKS
> Advice:
availability searches to assess the availability of the proposed sign as a trademark
definition of the most appropriate customized filing strategy
French, Community, national or international filings.
services de surveillance de marque
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
audits of trademark portfolios
> Contracts:
Negotiation and drafting of assignments, license and trademark coexistence agreements IP related guarantees in mergers and acquisitions.
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters, pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before the French and European courts (European court, European Court of Justice) as well as before the Industrial Property Offices such as INPI or EUIPO.
DESIGNS AND MODELS
> Advice:
filing of designs and models before the relevant offices (INPI, OHIM, WIPO)
availability searches among designs and models
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
> Contracts:
Negotiation and drafting of assignment and licence agreements
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters, pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before the French and European courts (European court, European Court of Justice) as well as before the Industrial Property Offices such as INPI or EUIPO.
COPYRIGHT AND NEIGHBOURING RIGHTS
> Advice:
advising on the protection and exploitation of copyright and adjacent rights
filing applications for customs’ surveillance
> Contracts:
negotiation and drafting of copyright assignment agreements
literary and digital publishing contracts
commission contracts
audio-visual production contracts
> Litigation:
Cease and desist letters
proceedings before French courts
PATENTS
> Advice:
advising on the protection and implementation of inventions
audits of patent portfolios
Employee inventions
> Contracts:
Negotiating and drafting of patent assignment and licence agreements, know-how licence agreements, confidentiality agreements, technology transfer agreements.
A member of the Paris Bar since 1994, Valérie Gastinel began her career as a lawyer in the Paris office of the international business firm CLIFFORD CHANCE, where she managed and developed the Intellectual Property practice for 12 years before founding her firm in 2006.
Previously, Valérie Gastinel worked as a lawyer within the “Délégation Générale pour l’Armement (DGA)” (French Ministry of Defence). She participated in the negotiation and drafting of contracts for international cooperation in research and development, licensing of patents and know-how, in an international industrial environment where technological innovation occupies a prominent place.
Armed with her experience, Valérie Gastinel is able to support companies of all sizes as well as independent creators, whatever their fields of activity.
Valerie Gastinel is a member of APRAM (French Association of Practitioners of Brands and Models law).
Education
Registered at the Paris Bar 1994
Master 2 Industrial Property – University Paris II Assas
Master 2 Common Market Law – University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
International approach
Valerie Gastinel’s experience led her to acquire a deep understanding of the problems and expectations of foreign clients.
It also has a network of partners abroad.
Her working languages are French and English.
Your Lawyer
Expert in Intellectual Property law.
A member of the Paris Bar since 1994, Valérie Gastinel began her career as a lawyer in the Paris office of the international business firm CLIFFORD CHANCE, where she managed and developed the Intellectual Property practice for 12 years before founding her firm in 2006.
Previously, Valérie Gastinel worked as a lawyer within the “Délégation Générale pour l’Armement (DGA)” (French Ministry of Defence). She participated in the negotiation and drafting of contracts for international cooperation in research and development, licensing of patents and know-how, in an international industrial environment where technological innovation occupies a prominent place.
Armed with her experience, Valérie Gastinel is able to support companies of all sizes as well as independent creators, whatever their fields of activity.
Valerie Gastinel is a member of APRAM (French Association of Practitioners of Brands and Models law).
Education
Registered at the Paris Bar 1994
Master 2 Industrial Property – University Paris II Assas
Master 2 Common Market Law University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne
International approach
Valerie Gastinel’s experience led her to acquire a deep understanding of the problems and expectations of foreign clients.
Created in 2006, Gastinel Avocats is a niche law firm dedicated to Intellectual Property law.
The size of the firm, its independence and the experience of its founder acquired within a large Anglo-Saxon business firm provide clients with quality, tailor-made and efficient service, at competitive rates.
The firm works with a French and foreign clientele of companies of all sizes, independent creators.
The firm also works in collaboration with French and foreign colleagues not specialized in intellectual property as well as industrial property attorneys who entrust it with the interests of their clients on any questions related to Intellectual Property law.
The firm
Created in 2006, Gastinel Avocats is a niche law firm dedicated to Intellectual Property law.
The size of the firm, its independence and the experience of its founder acquired within a large Anglo-Saxon business firm provide clients with quality, tailor-made and efficient service, at competitive rates.
The firm works with a French and foreign clientele of companies of all sizes, independent creators.
The firm also works in collaboration with French and foreign colleagues not specialized in intellectual property as well as industrial property attorneys who entrust it with the interests of their clients on any questions related to Intellectual Property law.
The fields of activity of the firm’s clients are varied:
Fashion
Jewellery
Design
Photography
Arts
Publishing
Press
Food industry
Cosmetics
Pharmaceutical products
wines and spirits
Automotive
Construction
Finance
Leisure
Catering
The fields of activity of the firm’s clients are varied:
We offer to our clients a full range of services to protect their creations and innovations as well as optimizing their exploitation.
We offer to our clients a full range of services We defend the intellectual property rights of our clients before the French and European courts as well as before offices (INPI, EUIPO).
We deal with related issues of unfair and parasitic competition.
Law firm dedicated to Intellectual Property law
Gastinel Avocats
We offer to our clients a full range of services to protect their creations and innovations as well as optimizing their exploitation.
We offer to our clients a full range of services We defend the intellectual property rights of our clients before the French and European courts as well as before offices (INPI, EUIPO).
We deal with related issues of unfair and parasitic competition.
A full range of services
Consulting – Contracts – Litigation
Open internationally, we are able to advise our clients abroad, through our network of correspondents worldwide.
We assist companies of all sizes such as SMEs, start-ups and large companies.
We also advise independent designers.
We work in collaboration with other legal professionals Lawyers in other fields than IP, French and foreign industrial property attorneys)
We advise our clients
Companies of all sizes SMEs, start-ups Large companies
Independent designers, artists Designers, graphic artists and photographers Songwriters
Our job To protect and defend Your creations and innovations
Our job To protect and defend Your créations and yours innovations
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To contact us
Valérie Gastinel Avocat à la cour
5 rue François Ponsard 75116 Paris Tel: + 33 (0)1 45 05 46 80 Email: vg@gastinel-avocats.com
ACCESS MAP Parking / 82 Rue de Passy 75016 Metro / Line N°9, La Muette station Bus / Line 32 / 22 / 52 Cab / Station Metro Muette
