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Background

With more than 30 years of experience, Emmanuel Potdevin advises a wide variety of clients (SMEs, Universities, major industry players) on all aspects of intellectual property. He has been involved in numerous disputes (seizures, infringement lawsuits, patent infringement actions, litigation before the National Commission for Employee Inventions) and has extensive experience in opposition before the EPO. He has also been involved in many technology licensing and transfer negotiations.

Emmanuel Potdevin is also a qualified intellectual property mediator and is registered on the list of mediators of the Paris Court of Appeal.

Qualifications

  • French Patent and Trademark Attorney
  • European Patent Attorney
  • European Trademark and Design Attorney
  • Mediator
  • Representative before the UPC

Education

  • Engineering graduate from Institut Industriel du Nord, IDN - now Ecole Centrale de Lille
  • Mediator Diploma (Parts 1 &2) (Ifomène, Paris)
  • CEIPI Graduate (Distinction in Patents and Trademarks)
  • CEIPI Graduate Course on Patent Litigation in Europe
  • Master in Industrial Property Law, CEIPI

Know-how

  • IP Audit
  • Mediation
  • Negociation
  • Acquisition of IP Rights & Strategy
  • IP Prosecution & Portfolio Management
  • Pre-litigation & Litigation
  • IP Valuation
  • Technological survey
  • Business Intelligence
  • Freedom to operate
  • Contract drafting

Teaching / Representative positions

  • Vice-president of the CNCPI
  • Lecturer at the CEIPI (Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies)
  • Tutor for candidates preparing for the European Qualifying Examination
  • Teacher in INPI's training courses

Award

  • Nominated as one of the world’s leading patent practitioners by “Who’s Who Legal: Patents” in 2023 and 2024

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Releases - 17 Jan 2022

Emmanuel Potdevin becomes partner at Regimbeau

Paris, 17 January, 2022 – Emmanuel Potdevin joins Regimbeau’s team of Partners. “This new appointment will strengthen the management team of the IT, Mechanics and Physics Department. It demonstrates the…

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Webinars - 18 Nov 2021

Webinar – Pacte Law: A practical look back at the changes in patent law

Join our experts Stéphanie Massin Célaire; and Emmanuel Potdevin, on November 18, 2021, from 9:30 am to 10:30 am, for an initial update and practical look back at the major…

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Webinar – Mediation in intellectual property: For whom? For What?

What is mediation? When should it be considered? Who should accompany you and how? How much does it cost? Mediators Frédérique Faivre Petit, Katia Pouilly and Emmanuel Potdevin will answer…

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