About
Colin Devinant is an Associate in the Intellectual Property/Technology department at Jones Day in France. His practice focuses on national and international patent and trade secret litigation before French courts and the Unified Patent Court, with over 10 years of experience spanning contentious and noncontentious matters. He handles patent validity and infringement litigation, SPCs, employee inventions, and IP due diligence for M&A, and also advises on trade secret protection and plant variety rights.
Practice areas
Patent LitigationTrade Secret LitigationPatent ValidityPatent InfringementSupplementary Protection CertificatesEmployee InventionsPatent Ownership ClaimsIntellectual Property Due DiligenceTechnology TransferTrade Secret ProtectionPlant Variety RightsConfidentiality AgreementsLicense AgreementsResearch Agreements
Office
Expertise
National and international patent litigationTrade secret litigationPatent validity and infringementSupplementary protection certificates (SPCs)Employee inventions and patent ownership claimsIP due diligence for M&ATrade secret protection and corporate policiesPlant variety rightsDrafting and negotiating confidentiality, license, research, and technology transfer agreements
Education
- École des Avocats de la Région Rhône-Alpes (CAPA 2016)
- Université de Montpellier (Diploma in Arbitration 2015)
- Université Jean Moulin Lyon III (LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law 2012; Bachelor's in Private Law 2008)
- Sydney Law School (LL.M. in International Law cum laude 2011)
- Edouard Lambert Comparative Law Institute (Certificates of Specialized Studies in American Law and English Law 2010)
Languages
FrenchEnglish