Valérie Godineau

Valérie Godineau

Patent, Trademark and Design Attorney

Partner – Head of the Nantes Office

Manager of Patent Litigation – Nantes, Tours

Nantes, Tours

German / French / English

French Patent, Trademark and Design Attorney, European Patent Attorney, Community Trademark and Design Attorney

Professional representative before the EPO

Professional representative before the EUIPO

Education and Experience

Master’s Degree in Scientific and Technical Innovation (Angers)
CEIPI Graduate – Patents, Trade Marks and Designs
Experience in IP since 1990
Policy Officer at the ARIST (CRCI, Pays de la Loire)
Associate and subsequently partner in Brema-Loyer
Responsible for setting up the Nantes office

Expertise and know how

Patents in the fields of mechanics, physics, bio-engineering and biomedical engineering, food-industry and natural environment
Trade Marks and Designs
All aspects of the acquisition and management of patents worldwide
Licences, technology transfer agreements, assignments, confidentiality agreements
Dispute resolution in patent matters
Freedom to operate searches
Patentability studies
Audit and due diligence of IP rights, providing advice on IP strategy, financial valorisation of IP portfolios, licensing-in and -out

Other professional activities

Member of the CNCPI and the EPI
Teaches at the Institut d’Administration des Entreprises, École de design and École Supérieure du Bois

Fields of activities

Patents, Trademarks, Designs