Our missions

AREOPAGE ® services relate to industrial and intellectual property law,
in particular to trademark, design, copyright and domain name matters.
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Trademarks
Domain names
Designs
Copyright

Trademarks

The AREOPAGE law firm has successful and efficient expertise in protecting
and defending trademarks in France, in the European Union and worldwide.

Our services

  • Availability searches to ascertain the availability of signs intended to be filed as trademark and/or corporate name.

  • Defining worldwide trademark filing strategies depending on business development prospects.

  • Filing trademark applications in France, in the European Union and worldwide.

  • Monitoring trademark registration proceedings in France, in the European Union and worldwide; responding to formal or substantive notifications issued by Trademark Offices.

  • Keeping in force trademark registrations in France, in the European Union and worldwide (renewals, filing of affidavits of use, filing of declarations of use)

  • Professional opinions relating to protection and defense of trademark rights.

  • Competitive intelligence and watches relating to trademark, corporate name and trade name rights.

  • Drawing up of cease-and-desist letters with letters of commitment, if any.

  • Trademark opposition proceedings (filing oppositions and responses to opposition) in France, in the European Union and worldwide.

  • Nullity actions before INPI and EUIPO.

  • Cancellation actions for non-use before INPI and EUIPO.

  • Fighting against trademark infringement particularly on social networks and e-commerce sites.

  • Counterfeiting seizure proceedings.

  • Assisting our clients in contractual or legal mediation procedures.

  • Assisting our clients, together with advocates, in legal procedures based on trademark infringement or unfair competition.

  • Negotiation and drawing up of agreements in trademark matters (coexistence agreements, licenses, assignments).

  • Filing and renewal of applications for action by customs authorities in trademark matters.

  • Recordals with Trademark Registers of corporate name changes, changes of address, transfers of property, licenses…

  • Trademark portfolio audits and due diligence.

  • Awareness-raising in trademark matters.

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Domain names

The AREOPAGE law firm has extensive experience in domain name dispute resolution and is used to introduce UDRP, SYRELI, ADR, CEPANI, NOMINET, ARBITRARE, etc. complaints.

Our services

  • Registration and renewal of domain names.

  • Professional opinions relating to availability and enforceability of domain names.

  • Competitive intelligence and watches relating to domain names.

  • Drawing up of cease-and-desist letters with letters of commitment, if any.

  • Alternative dispute resolution procedures for domain name disputes
    (UDRP, SYRELI, ADR, CEPANI, NOMINET, ARBITRARE complaints…)

Copyright

The ARÉOPAGE law firm works in protection and defence of designs in France, in the European Union and worldwide.

Our services

  • Availability searches to ascertain the novelty of a design.

  • Filing design applications in France, in the European Union and worldwide.

  • Renewals of design registrations in France, in the European Union and worldwide.

  • Monitoring design registration proceedings in France, in the European Union and worldwide; responding to formal or substantive notifications issued by Trademark Offices.

  • Professional opinions relating to availability and enforceability of design rights.

  • Drawing up of cease-and-desist letters with letters of commitment, if any.

  • Fighting against design infringement particularly on social networks and e-commerce sites.

  • Counterfeiting seizure proceedings.

  • Assisting our clients, together with advocates, in legal procedures based on design infringement, on nullity or unfair competition.

  • Negotiation and drawing up of agreements in design matters (licenses, assignments)

  • Filing and renewal of applications for action by customs authorities in design matters.

  • Recordals with Design Registers of corporate name changes, changes of address, transfers of property, licenses…

  • Design portfolio audits and due diligence.

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Droit d'auteur

The AREOPAGE law firm advises on copyright protection and defence.

Our services

  • Professional opinions in copyright matters in connection with industrial property rights.

  • Drawing up of cease-and-desist letters with letters of commitment, if any.

  • Counterfeiting seizure proceedings.

  • Assisting our clients, together with advocates, in legal procedures based on copyright infringement or unfair competition.

  • Filing and renewal of applications for action by customs authorities in copyright matters.

Where do we act?

In France and internationally

Trademarks, designs and domain names

We represent our clients before:

  • INPI : The National Institute of Industrial Property for French trademark and design issues.

  • EUIPO : The European Union Intellectual Property Office for European Union trademark and design issues and for domain name UDRP complaints.

  • WIPO : The World Intellectual Property Organization for international mark and design issues.

Foreign national IP rights

Regarding protection and defense of foreign national IP rights, we work with a worldwide network of correspondents whom we have selected, based on our experience, for their professionalism, reliability and efficiency.