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Background

After an initial experience in the pharmaceutical industry as an IP Intelligence engineer, and 2 years based in firm of consultants in management and information management, Isabelle Mary joined Regimbeau in 1996.After an initial experience in the pharmaceutical industry as an IP Intelligence engineer, and 2 years based in firm of consultants in management and information management, Isabelle Mary joined Regimbeau in 1996.

Isabelle has been Head of the “IP Intelligence” Department since its creation in 1996. She manages a multidisciplinary team of engineers (chemists, physicists, biologists, mechanics, electronics) and IP lawyers.

This department provides the human and technical resources to deliver the necessary elements for strategic decision-making to enable our customers to asses and anticipate future trends and to seize market opportunities through:

  • Research and analysis of scientific and technical information for:
    • Patentability studies
    • Freedom to operate studies
  • Technological and competitive intelligence in the Life Sciences – Chemistry fields:
    • Detect and evaluate risks in the short and medium term
    • Assess and anticipate technological and commercial developments within your markets
  • Legal intelligence in the patents field:
    • Jurisprudence research
    • Keep abreast of and anticipate any changes relating to the adoption of a law
  • Identifying the right legal keys to open up foreign markets that are subject to specific national rules
  • Constitution and regular updates of our thematic files, both for Regimbeau’s engineers and lawyers, as well as our customers
  • Participation in IP portfolios audits in the context of due-diligence.

Qualifications

  • French Patent Attorney

Education

  • MS Organic Chemistry (Université de Paris VI)
  • MA Technical Management – Industrial Higher Education (ESI) (Université de Paris VI)
  • CEIPI Graduate (Distinction in “Patents”)

Know-how

  • IP Audit
  • Acquisition of IP Rights & Strategy
  • Pre-litigation & Litigation
  • IP Valuation
  • Technological survey
  • Business Intelligence
  • Freedom to operate

Teaching / Representative positions

  • Member of X-PI (Polytechnic group), the CFIB (French Club for Patent Information) and the ADBS (Professional Association for Librarians and Information Professional in France)
  • Involved in the teaching of IP intelligence tools at the INPI and for our clients
  • Lecturer at the ENSCR (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes)