Yves joined Bird & Bird in March, 2006 and is joint head of the firm’s IP practice in France with Isabelle Leroux. His main area of practice is in patent litigation. Yves has acted for many clients ranging from small highly specialised companies to leading organisations including those in the life sciences sector.
He was admitted as a lawyer in 1982 and began his career as an associate in the IP Department of Lamy, Véron, Ribeyre & Associés where he specialised in various areas of intellectual property law including patents, trade marks, designs, copyright and unfair competition. He became a partner in 1986, before becoming head of the IP department.
Yves is a lecturer at CEIPI (Strasbourg), at Centre Paul Roubier and teaches regularly at Montpellier Law University. He is a member of many professional organisations such as APRAM, EPLAW, AAPI, GRAPI and is also Chairman of the AIPPI French Group.
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