Biography: Patents

Admitted in 1969, Pierre Véron, a member of the Paris Bar, has been mentioned by several international publications as one of the leading patent litigation specialists in the world.

His 13-lawyer firm, with offices in Paris and Lyon, deals only with patent litigation, with a special emphasis on international cases.

It obtained the 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Managing Intellectual Property Award as the French Law Firm of the year and the 2003, 2007 and 2009 Décideurs Award as the Best Intellectual Property Law Practice in France.

Véron & Associés maintains a statistical study on patent litigation in France. The latest report concerns the 10-year period 2000-2009, which is a follow-up to a previous study spanning 1990-1999. Both can be found on the firm's website.

Pierre Véron is the honorary president of EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association, and of the French Association of Patent Litigators (Association des Avocats de Propriété Industrielle); he has taught European patent litigation at the CEIPI (International Centre of Industrial Property Studies) in Strasbourg; he is a member of the group of expert judges and lawyers assisting the EU commission in the setting up of a European and Community Patents Court.

Pierre Véron is the editor of Saisie-Contrefaçon, a book published by the leading French publisher Dalloz (2nd edition 2005) and of Concise International and European Intellectual Property Law, published by Kluwer Law International in 2008; he is also the author of more that 50 publications on patent litigation.

He has presented numerous reports on behalf of the AIPPI French group and has also acted as officer of various international AIPPI committees.

Having an interest in arbitration, he is an associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Other Practice Areas

Pierre Véron also features in the following practice areas:

• Life Sciences