{"id":9128,"date":"2022-01-31T15:37:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T14:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/avocat\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T08:58:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T07:58:05","slug":"intellectual-property-lawyer-and-intellectual-property-counsel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/intellectual-property-lawyer-and-intellectual-property-counsel\/","title":{"rendered":"Intellectual Property Lawyer and Intellectual Property Counsel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/\">Lexicon<\/a> <span style=\"color: #8ab6c1\">&gt; <strong>Intellectual Property Lawyer and Intellectual Property Counsel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>IP Lexicon<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0What is the difference between an IP lawyer and an IP counselor?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A lawyer is a legal professional registered with a Bar Association established at each Court of Justice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">He informs his clients of their rights and obligations, of the steps and procedures, advises them, assists them and represents their interests in court.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lawyers may take specialty certificates, including the following in connection with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/intellectual-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">intellectual property<\/a> (a branch of business law):<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Intellectual property law<\/strong>, which covers the following areas of specialization:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Litigation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/contrefacon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/counterfeit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">counterfeit;<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Audiovisual communication and cinema law;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Industrial property law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/designs-and-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(designs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">trademarks<\/a>, patents <span>&#8211; patent law requires expertise, etc.);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Literary and artistic property law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/copyright\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(copyright<\/a>, intellectual property, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/data-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">databases<\/a>, etc.);<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Litigation relating to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain names<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Litigation relating to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/image-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">image rights<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li><strong>Digital law (new technologies) and communications<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Advertising law;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Telecommunications law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Vanessa Bouchara has a double specialization in Intellectual Property Law and Digital and Communication Law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">It is essential for any company or individual to turn to lawyers specializing in intellectual property and digital technology who are fully aware of the issues <span>will put their skills at your service and will be able to provide you with a detailed legal expertise and advice adapted to your needs, taking into account their experience in the field<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">A lawyer specializing in intellectual property law will guide you and will be able to assist you in both advice and litigation, in particular<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<li>Within the framework of intellectual property registration procedures in France <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/inpi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(INPI<\/a>) and abroad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/euipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(EUIPO<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/wipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIPO <\/a>etc&#8230;), through a network of local correspondents <span>in order to obtain an exclusive right on your creations and thus a monopoly of exploitation in your strategic countries <\/span>;<\/li>\n<li>In the context of establishing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/trademark-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filing <\/a>strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/depot-de-marque\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">; <\/a><\/li>\n<li>As part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand-monitoring\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monitoring of <\/a>intellectual property assets and the fight against counterfeiting;<\/li>\n<li>Within the framework of the implementation of actions and contentious, administrative and judicial procedures (formal notices, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">oppositions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/invalidity-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actions for nullity<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/lapse-of-trademark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actions for revocation<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/claim-for-fraudulent-filing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">actions for claims<\/a>, etc.);<\/li>\n<li>For the negotiation and conclusion of contracts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/coexistence-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(coexistence agreements<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/assignment-of-a-trademark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">assignment agreements<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand-licensing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">license agreements<\/a>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For its part, the Industrial Property Attorney (IPO) assists its clients in the context of filings and all administrative procedures before the Trademark Offices only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">An Industrial Property Attorney may not represent one of his clients before the Courts in the event of a legal dispute.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legifrance.gouv.fr\/codes\/article_lc\/LEGIARTI000006279287\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">L.422-1 of the Intellectual Property Code <\/a>provides that <em>&#8220;The profession of an industrial property attorney is to offer, on a regular and remunerated basis, his services to the public in order to advise, assist or represent third parties with a view to obtaining, maintaining, exploiting or defending industrial property rights, ancillary rights and rights relating to all related matters.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Our team of lawyers practices in the jurisdiction of the Paris Court of Appeal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>We are also external <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/data-protection-officer-dpo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Data Protection Officer<\/a> for many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/person-in-charge-of-the-treatment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">processors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/subcontractor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subcontractors<\/a> and have expertise in the protection, processing and transfer of personal data ( <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/gdrp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">GDPR<\/a>\u00a0compliance, drafting of data protection policies etc.). <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The Bouchara Law firm assists you in particular in :<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Protection and optimization of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/intellectual-property\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">intellectual property <\/a> assets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/propriete-intellectuelle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"font-size: 16px;text-align: justify\">; <\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/prior-art-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search for prior art<\/a> prior to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/depot-de-marque\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filing<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/depot-de-marque\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> of <\/a><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/trademark-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademark<\/a>; <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/trademark-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">filing of your <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/trademark-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademarks<\/a> <span>(including the drafting of the wording of your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/products-and-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">goods(s) <\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/products-and-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal !msorm\">and\/or service(s)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<span>classes<\/span>) <span>and your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/designs-and-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designs<\/a> before the Intellectual Property Offices (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/inpi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">INPI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/euipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EUIPO<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/wipo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WIPO<\/a> <\/span> etc&#8230;);<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>The response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/refusal-of-registration-or-notification-of-irregularities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notification of irregularity<\/a> before the Intellectual Property Offices if applicable;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Strategies for protecting <span>your<\/span> intellectual property assets<span> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trademarks<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/designs-and-models\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">designs<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/copyright\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">copyrights<\/a><\/span>);<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Proceedings before the <span>Intellectual Property <\/span>Offices and before the Courts <span>(in particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/opposition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opposition<\/a> proceedings, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/invalidity-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nullity actions<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/counterfeit-seizure\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seizure of goods<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/infringement-proceedings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infringement actions,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/unfair-competition-proceedings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unfair competition actions<\/a><\/span>, etc.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Negotiation and drafting of intellectual property contracts <span>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/assignment-of-copyrights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assignment <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/assignment-of-copyrights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contract<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/copyright-license\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">license contract<\/a><\/span>, exploitation contract, computer contract, etc.);<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Procedures for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/domain-name\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">domain names <\/a><span>(UDRP, SYRELI);<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>Litigation relating to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/data-base\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">databases<\/a>;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\"><span>And more generally, the protection, defense and management of your intellectual property portfolios.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Other definitions<\/h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\">Trademark<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/brand\/\">A trademark is a distinctive sign allowing its owner (natural or legal person) to differentiate its products and services&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/gdrp\/\">GDPR<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/gdrp\/\">The GDPR refers to Regulation (EU) 2016\/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/renowned-or-well-known-trademark\/\">Renowned or well-known trademark<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/renowned-or-well-known-trademark\/\">The concepts of reputed and well-known trademarks have been defined by the jurisprudence and designate a trademark that is widely known by the public&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/wipo\/\">WIPO<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/wipo\/\">The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is an international institution of the United Nations, located in Geneva&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/en\/lexicon\/\">See the lexicon<img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.cabinetbouchara.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Fichier-24.svg\" width=\"25\" height=\"25\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1012 alignnone size-medium lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 25px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 25\/25;margin-left: 15px;margin-bottom: -6px\" 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