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Germain Maureau Bordeaux

Established in the New Aquitaine since 2020, Germain Maureau is a leading intellectual property law firm in Europe. If you are interested in protecting your intellectual property and/or would like to hear more about the services that we provide, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Marie MOTHES, Head of Bordeaux Office ✉ 

 

 

137 cours Victor Hugo, FR-33000 Bordeaux - Tel: +33 5 24 73 74 66

Our Expertise

Germain Maureau supports its clients from the inception of their projects. Our firm ensures a global approach to securing intellectual property — utilizing legal, scientific, and administrative expertise.

Patents

A patent is a crucial tool for protecting your technology. It allows you to capitalize on your investment in R&D, through a grant of a 20-year monopoly on your technology.

Trademarks

A trademark is a powerful symbol for your customers. A dynamic brand management strategy relies on an all-encompassing approach.

Designs

A design relates to an appearance of a product – shapes, contours, decorative and ornamental patterns, icons, and graphic interfaces.

NTICs and Domain Names

Originally a technical consideration, a domain name is now the digital counterpart of your brand, which allows the public to identify and authenticate you on the Internet.

Involvement

Germain Maureau collaborates with key players in innovation in the Bordeaux area.

Bordeaux Intellectual Property News

Find out what’s new in intellectual property in the Bordeaux area.

Germain Maureau will take part in two events on the theme of innovation in Bordeaux

Marie MOTHES,  Industrial Property Attorney and Head of the Bordeaux office, will participate in the 3th edition of Commerce Innov – Village de la Franchise organized by CCI Bordeaux Gironde on November 18 and in French Tech Day 2024 on November 21.

Both events will take place at Palais de la Bourse in Bordeaux.

Commerce Innov – Village de la Franchise offers an objective vision of technological and digital innovations to commercial entrepreneurs, business leaders, consultants, point-of-sale managers.

The French Tech Day gathers nearly 2,000 people each year. This event consists of several highlights outlining all the players in our ecosystem. Entrepreneurs, investors, incubators and accelerators, public players, talents, schools, meet for the event of the year.

Germain Maureau attending “Start-up Day” 2024

On Tuesday 17 September 2024, three of our people, Marie MOTHES, Industrial Property Attorney and Head of the Bordeaux office, Gaël MANCEC, NICT lawyer and Charles DESCAZEAUX, French & European Patent Attorney, will be present at the Hôtel de Région in Bordeaux for “Start-up Day” organized by UNITEC, the main incubator in the Bordeaux region.

This unmissable event in the regional tech ecosystem and innovation will combine business meetings and networking. Personalised meetings with start-ups will be proposed.

If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us and click here to register.

Germain Maureau present at Bordeaux Tech’Day 2024

On 27 June 2024, Marie MOTHES, Head of the Bordeaux office of Germain Maureau, will participate in the “Bordeaux Tech’Day” organized by Bordeaux Technowest.

Bordeaux Tech’Day is the annual event celebrating entrepreneurship and technological innovation in the heart of the Bordeaux metropolis.

This sixth edition is expecting over 650 participants, 80 exhibiting start-ups and a demonstration area.

For more information on the agenda of this event and to register, please click here.

Germain Maureau will be leading an IP Webinar with INPI, organised by CMA Nouvelle-Aquitaine

On 4 June 2024Marie MOTHES, Head of the Bordeaux office of Germain Maureau will be leading a training session on Intellectual Property in collaboration with Caroline MARQUET from the INPI Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional delegation intended for craftsmen from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Chamber of Trades and Crafts.

For more information, please visit the website of the CMA.

Germain Maureau will run an Intellectual Property training session for the PLUS 10 incubator class of 2024 at the Technopole Agropole

On 16 May 2024, Marie MOTHES, Head of the Bordeaux office of Germain Maureau will be leading a training session on Intellectual Property at the Agropole in Agen, in collaboration with Caroline MARQUET from the INPI Nouvelle-Aquitaine regional delegation.

This training session is designed for project leaders who are members of the Plus 10 incubator, and will deal with IP from an agri-food perspective.

For more information, click here.

Germain Maureau will be leading an intellectual property training course dedicated to the incubated companies of French Tech Tremplin

Marie MOTHES, Head of the Bordeaux Office at Germain Maureau, will be leading an intellectual property training course dedicated to project leaders of the project French Tech Tremplin supported by Arc Sud Développement, the project’s incubator partner.

The aim of the French Tech Tremplin programme is to help entrepreneurs who are under-represented in the ecosystem to create and launch their start-ups.

This training course will take place on Monday 5 February in the premises of the business incubator, Arc Sud Développement.

Germain Maureau attending “Signaux – Start-up Day” 2023

On Tuesday 4 July 2023, three of our people, Marie MOTHES, Industrial Property Attorney and Head of the Bordeaux office, Gaël MANCEC, NICT lawyer and Laurence ROYER, French & European Patent Attorney, will be present at the Rocher de Palmer in Cenon for the new edition of “Signaux – Start-up Day” organized by UNITEC, the main incubator in the Bordeaux region.

This unmissable event in the regional tech ecosystem and innovation will combine business meetings, conferences and networking.

Personalised meetings with start-ups will be proposed.

If you need any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us and click here to register.

Inauguration of our new offices in Bordeaux

On Tuesday 4 April 2023, we had the pleasure to welcome our clients and partners for the inauguration of our new offices in Bordeaux.

We thank them for coming in large number and share this moment of conviviality with the Bordeaux team of Germain Maureau.

Aquinum Evening “NFTs, practical vision and legal vision”

On Tuesday, 28 February at 6:30 p.m., Marie Mothes, Head of the Bordeaux office and Industrial Property Attorney, and Alexandre Bertin, Monitoring and Prospective Manager at Unitec, will present the conference “NFTs, practical vision and legal vision” organized by Aquinum, the association of digital professionals in Aquitaine.

The following topics will be addressed during the conference:

  • What is a NFT in practice?
  • Is the legal definition the same?
  • Some use cases of NFTs
  • What are the Intellectual Property rights of the purchaser and author of NFTs?
  • What precautions should be taken before buying a NFT with regard to Intellectual Property rights?
  • Focus on the 1st case-law “Metabirkin”. Find our article in this regard.
  • Is the “smart contract” a contract?
The Bordeaux team of Germain Maureau moves to new offices

The Bordeaux team of GERMAIN MAUREAU is pleased to announce its move into new spacious offices, located in the city center of Bordeaux, at 137 Cours Victor Hugo (next to the Museum of Aquitaine).

The purpose of this move is to continue our development in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.

Our team hopes to welcome you very soon.

Germain Maureau present at the Vinitech Sifel fair

Marie MOTHES, Industrial Property Attorney and Head of the Bordeaux office of Germain Maureau, will participate in the Vinitech Sifel event from 29 November to 1st December 2022.

Germain Maureau assists many actors of the wine and spirit industry with the Intellectual Property protection of their innovations and creations.

This will be an excellent opportunity to discuss issues in the wine field and answer all your questions regarding patents, trademarks, industrial designs, domain names…

Germain Maureau Workshop at Le Kocon

Marie Mothes, Industrial Property Attorney and Head of the Bordeaux office of Germain Maureau, will lead a workshop on the theme of good practices to protect your trademark and your creations, on 3 November 2022 from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Le Kocon, a coworking space, located in an exceptional place in Bordeaux : la Villa Maria.

Germain Maureau at the Dynabuy business club

On Monday 3 October at 6 p.m., Marie MOTHES, Industrial Property Attorney and Head of the Bordeaux office will speak at the Dynabuy business club in Langon, in the Bordeaux aera, on the theme of “Intellectual property at the service of business” and will answer questions from leaders on this topic.

If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Germain Maureau attending “Signaux 2022-Start-up Day” in Bordeaux

On Monday 19 September 2022, three of our people, Marie MOTHES, Industrial Property Attorney and Head of the Bordeaux office, Gaël MANCEC, NICT lawyer and Charles DESCAZEAUX, French & European Patent Attorney, will be present at the Rocher de Palmer in Cenon for the new edition of “Signaux – Start-up Day” organized by UNITEC, the main incubator in the Bordeaux region.

This unmissable event in the regional tech ecosystem and innovation will combine business meetings, conferences and networking.

Personalised meetings with start-ups will be proposed.

“Intellectual property and agri-food” Training in the Agropole

Like last year, two of our employees, Marie MOTHES, Industrial Property Attorney and Gaël MANCEC, NTIC lawyer, will have the pleasure of speaking during the theme lunch of Agropole companies on 8 September near Agen.

During this training entitled “Intellectual property and agri-food”, Marie MOTHES and Gaël MANCEC will deal with the following subjects:

– What rights for what protection?
 The issue of recipes.
 Practical cases applied to agri-food products: cooked dish, yoghurt and beverages
– Good reflexes, good practices and traps to avoid.

Germain Maureau will take part in the Bordeaux tech’day 2022

“Bordeaux Tech’Day” is a friendly, free event for professionals, to learn and relearn about the opportunities offered by entrepreneurs supported by the technopole, through their new technologies.

This fourth edition expects more than 600 participants, 80 exhibiting start-ups and will be opened to the public in the Hôtel de la Métropole at 9am.

Round Table “NFTs: monkey money?” Organised by AQUINUM

On next Thursday, 19 May at 6:30 p.m., Marie MOTHES, Industrial Property Attorney at Germain Maureau, will speak during the round table: “Digital in all its forms:  NFTs: monkey money?” organised by Aquinum, the association of digital professionals in Aquitaine.

Agenda of the evening:

  • What are NFTs and how they work in the blockchain? What use? Why are they a future technology?
  • Where can you post and buy NFTs? What are the profiles of the artists who create NFTs? Focus on NFTs in the art world.
  • NFTs and Intellectual Property: questions and vigilance issues.
Germain Maureau will take part in a training on the protection of innovations by Intellectual Property at the ADI

On Monday 14 March, three of our Associates, Marie MOTHES, Henri Bourgeois and Gaël MANCEC will have the pleasure of speaking at the Development and Innovation Agency in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

This training dedicated to the project managers of the Agency will focus on the protection of innovations by Intellectual Property.