Negotiation and drafting of contracts with communications agencies
Acquisition of exclusive competitive advantages:
Development of bespoke protective strategies
Management of filing procedures
Audits of rights portfolios during external growth transactions
Perpetuation of rights portfolios:
Renewing registrations
Monitoring of third-party filings
Administrative actions for enforcement or termination (including before any Community courts)
Negotiation and drafting of coexistence agreements
Creating value from intangible assets:
Negotiation and drafting of contracts (licenses, assignments…)
Financial estimations of rights portfolios
Protection of rights:
Anti-counterfeiting measures (investigations, implementation and monitoring of customs surveillance procedures, on line / off line monitoring, confiscation of counterfeit goods…)
Emergency, temporary and/or protective conservatoires measures, in summary proceedings or on application
Actions on the merits: counterfeit (in civil and/or criminal courts), unfair competition, parasitic conduct
Implementation / update of the strategy applied to contracts
Structuring of commercial partnerships
Drafting of contracts for the provision of services, sale, supply, outsourcing, general conditions of sale and purchase, commercial partnerships, manufacturing and subcontracting contracts, sale and leasing of going businesses and goodwill
Contractual framework for distribution policies and circuits (general conditions of sale and provision of services, supply contracts, annual agreements, exclusive and selective distribution contracts, franchise contracts, business provider contracts, contracts of sales agents, sales commission contracts, distance selling, etc.)
Development of distribution, franchise, sales agency and concession networks,
Protection of exclusive or selective distribution networks
Anti-competitive practices (cartels and abuse of dominant market position), representation before the relevant competition authorities and French and community courts