Trademarks and domain Names
Our team advises and represents our clients to develop and apply an effective strategy for obtaining, defending and commercially developing their trademarks and domain names.
OUR TRADEMARK AND DOMAIN NAME SERVICES
Commercial application of your trademarks and domain names
- Audits, portfolio evaluation
- Due diligence
- Agreements of coexistence
- Licensing and sales contracts
- Domain name assignment
- Negotiations with your partners
Obtaining and managing trademarks and domain names
- Analysis of the validity of a trademark
- Trademark and domain name searches
- Trademark registration
- Domain name reservation
- Official procedure following
- Management of trademark and domain name renewals
- Consultants on protection strategies
- In-use searches
Opposition to your competitors’ trademarks and domain names
- Freedom-to-operate analyses
- Oppositions
- Actions for trademark revocation
- Forfeiture actions
- Monitoring of your competitors’ trademarks and domain names
Exploitation and defence of your trademarks and domain names
- Disputes and pre-litigation negotiations
- Counterfeit seizure actions
- Infringement proceedings
- Actions for unfair competition and free-riding
- Recovery of domain name
WE ARE PARTICULARLY SPECIALISED IN THE FOLLOWING INDUSTRIAL SECTORS:
- Pharmaceutical industry
- Tourism and leisure industry
- Agro-industry
- Services to business
- Flavour and fragrance industry
- Leather goods
- Construction
- IT and new technologies
- Catering
- Telecoms
- Cosmetics
- Local administrations
A STRATEGY FOR REGISTERING YOUR TRADEMARKS AND RESERVING YOUR DOMAIN NAMES
A trademark is a rallying sign for customers and as such constitutes an essential part of a business development and communication strategy.
Trademarks and domain names are an increasingly large part of intangible assets of businesses and corporations and make a significant contribution to their wealth.
The protection of your trademark should be part of a well thought-out strategy (registration, product and service classifications, territories to be protected, etc.). The first registration is of vital importance since it conditions all subsequent extensions. Nowadays it is general practice for the registration of a trademark to go hand in hand with the reservation of a domain name, a distinctive sign in its own right closely related to the trademark and fulfilling the same purpose of rallying customers.
A FULL RANGE OF SERVICES
We advise and assist you from the very first glimmers of a project and continue to represent you throughout the entire period of trademark and domain name validity, defending your rights and enhancing their value.
We also advise you on any risk from your competitors.
A same product may be covered by several protections, and an industrial design or even a patent can provide further protection for a registered trademark or a domain name. Our team includes specialists covering all aspects of industrial property with our multi-facet expertise helping you to develop an overall approach to your project and bring you appropriate and effective solutions.
LEGAL EXPERTISE AND BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
The knowledge of our specialized attorneys and agents are constantly updated with the most recent case law. Additionally, a strong relation to the business world is an essential key to defend and promote your rights and protect you against competitors. Custom-tailored solutions are developed to meet your specific needs in terms of deadlines, budget, etc.
INTERNATIONAL EXPERTISE
Our team includes professionals approved by the French Patents & Trademarks Office (INPI), the Office for Harmonisation of the Internal Market (trademarks and designs) (OHIM), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and the Monaco Patents & Trademarks Office.
We also work with a network of specialized foreign partners allowing us to intervene throughout the world and in all IP-related fields such as searches, registration, opposition, litigation, etc.
