Intellectual property worldwide

International expertise

A Leader in Europe

Against a background of global communication and internet supremacy, international expertise is required to protect patents, trademarks, models, authors’ rights [‘droits d’auteur’] software and domain names, to draft contracts in accordance with the applicable laws, to fight against infringement effectively.

Germain Maureau’s Team of Lawyers are Qualified to Act as Agents Before:

  • French Intellectual Property Office (INPI)
  • Swiss Intellectual Property Office (IPI)
  • Benelux Intellectual Property Office (BOIP)
  • European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich,
  • European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) in Alicante,
  • World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) in Geneva.
  • Unified Patent Court (Paris, Munich, Milan, Luxembourg, etc.)

The Strength of an International Network

To better meet the needs of its clients at a trans-European level, Germain Maureau is a founding member of AIPEX, an alliance of nearly 200 lawyers in the leading countries of Europe (Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Norway, Switzerland, Czech Republic, and Portugal). Through this, we can directly coordinate and centralise European procedures.

Beyond Europe

In any country in the world, Germain Maureau benefits from its longstanding network of agents in America, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Oceania to file applications for patents, trademarks or designs and copyrights, software and domain names in any country, draft contracts in accordance with applicable laws, and effectively fight against counterfeiting.

Germain Maureau is at the cutting edge of techniques in the fight against cyber infringement, which, by its very nature, is global.

Our experts monitor domain name registers, online sales platforms, and social networks. Therefore, we act quickly when a trademark is usurped, a counterfeit product is marketed, or other internet fraud is committed. We follow the relevant procedures of the Association Française pour le Nommage Internet en Coopération (AFNIC), World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Centre (Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)), and operators such as eBay, Facebook, Instagram, and Google.