Jean-Baptiste Thiénot
Jean-Baptiste Thiénot joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2018 and became a partner in 2022. He practices in intellectual property law and focuses on patent litigation in the French court system. He is also a Unified Patent Court (UPC) registered representative. He frequently acts in complex litigation relating to products subject to specific regulations, such as health products, cosmetics, and vaping. He advises on and drafts contracts, including those related to R&D, assignment and licensing, technology transfer, and rights portfolio audits. He also assists with implementing innovation protection policies, including those related to employee inventions. Jean-Baptiste Thiénot has developed expertise in healthcare product regulations and advises healthcare manufacturers on their innovative projects, particularly those related to e-health and compliance with "anti-gift" and "transparency" laws. He assists companies in various industrial sectors, particularly in life sciences, mechanical engineering, and electronics. · CMS Francis Lefebvre
About
Jean-Baptiste Thiénot is a partner at CMS Francis Lefebvre specializing in intellectual property law, with a focus on patent litigation in the French court system and before the Unified Patent Court. He also advises on contracts, licensing, technology transfer, and regulatory matters for sectors including life sciences, mechanical engineering, and electronics.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- CAPA (certificate of aptitude for the legal profession) (2008)
- Master II in Literary and Artistic Property Law, University of Paris II - Panthéon-Assas, supervised by Pierre-Yves Gautier (2005)
Admissions
- France (CAPA 2008)
- Unified Patent Court (UPC) representative