About
Dr Simon Christiaën, companion at DWF (France), is a French Specialist in Intellectual Property and a Patent Litigator (infringement, validity/nullity, revocation, ownership, contratc enforcement...). He is also an Arbitrator at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Center.
Simon has more than twenty six years of continuous experience, solely in regulation offices and departments that specialize in highbrow belongings regulation and, mainly, patent law (advisory, prosecution & litigation).
Since June 2018, he is Partner in fee of the Patent regulation activity of DWF (France), in partnership with patent engineers, professionals in innovation and specialized recommend in France and abroad. From December 2008 to June 2013, he became a Partner and Head of the Intellectual Property branch of Taylor Wessing (France) in which he turned into worried in the management and growth of the group, along with the lease of a partner dedicated to exchange mark prosecution in addition to constructing the crew of pals.
Prior to that from March 1999 to Nov 2008, Simon changed into a Senior attorney in the IP/IT department of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) previously Landwell & Partners, accountable for the Patent & Design institution.
Simon has a Doctorate in International Intellectual Property Law (thesis financed through the French Ministry for Research and Technologies, entitled “The war of laws regarding Intellectual Property – Principles and Solutions of French and traditional Private International Law”). His doctorate was awarded with difference, summa cum laude.
His expert seniority (27 years in December 2019) and his incredible technical how-how permits him to assist both SME/SMIs and huge corporate organizations in the context of complicated technological techniques concerning French country wide and European/EU Utility and Design Patents appreciably in an worldwide context.
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Location
Legal Issues
- Patents
- Patent Appeals, Patent Litigation, Patent Prosecution
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
Costs
Certificates
National Council of Bars CNB
Certificate of specialisation in Intellectual Property Law including Patent Law among jurisdictions
Regional Center for Professional Training of Bars Lawyers of the Competence of the Court of Appeal of Versailles CRFPA
Lawyer (Lawyer-at-Law)
Paris Bar
Languages
- English: Spoken, Written
- French Sign Language: Spoken, Written
