Emmanuel Potdevin

Senior Partner
French English
経歴

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.

資格
  • French Patent and Trademark Attorney
  • European Patent Attorney
  • European Trademark and Design Attorney
  • Mediator
  • Associated Mediator at the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Unified Patent Court
  • Representative before the UPC
教育
  • 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
  • 知財監査
  • Mediation
  • 交渉
  • 知的財産権の取得・戦略立案
  • 知的財産権の権利化・ポートフォリオ管理
  • 訴訟提起前交渉・訴訟
  • 知的財産権の価値評価
  • 技術調査
  • ビジネス戦略
  • クリアランス
  • Contract drafting

講師活動等

  • President of the CNCPI
  • Lecturer at the CEIPI (Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies)
  • Tutor for candidates preparing for the European Qualifying Examination

受賞歴

  • Recognised as one of the world’s leading patent practitioners by “Who’s Who Legal: Patents” in 2023 and 2024
  • Recognised as one of the world’s leading patent practitioners by “Lexology Index: Patents” in 2025 and 2026
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