Handling Intellectual Property disputes
Safeguard your business. Defend your rights.
The success of your innovations boosts their visibility and naturally draws the attention of your competitors.
In such circumstances, you may face situations involving: counterfeiting, forgery, free-riding, opposition, competitive pressure, trademark infringement, aggressive actions by non-practicing entities (NPEs or “patent trolls”), contractual disputes…
A letter, a formal notice, or an opposition can be enough to undermine an entire business
IP TRUST acts as your strategic partner to help you clarify the situation, manage risk, and effectively defend your rights, both in France and internationally.
Protecting your technology
A patent dispute is never merely a legal matter. It influences your industrial, commercial, and financial decisions.
Our role: to provide you with an objective, clear, and actionable perspective to help you make decisions.
1. Risk identification and assessment
We conduct freedom-to-operate studies to ensure the success of your projects before they launch:
- researching and analyzing patents related to your project,
- assessing the risk of infringement,
- negotiating licenses,
- recommending offensive and defensive strategies (third-party observations, patent oppositions, cease-and-desist letters, etc.).
2. Investigation in cases of suspected counterfeiting: your legal and strategic shield
Do you suspect that a competitor or third party is infringing your patented technology? We help you turn this concern into a winning strategy to protect your IP rights and strengthen your market position.
We offer:
- a tailored technical and legal analysis,
- a roadmap of actions (negotiation, mediation, formal notice, litigation, seizure of counterfeit goods).
Trademark Protection
Your brand is a living asset, shaped by its history and reputation. Building a strong brand means securing it from the very start, leveraging it, and defending it relentlessly.
Availability study - securing your investment
Before filing an application, we can conduct a thorough analysis to verify the availability of your trademark:
- we conduct prior art searches (identical or similar trademarks in France and internationally),
- assess the risk of conflict or opposition, and provide strategic
- recommendations to maximize your chances of registration.
Our Goal: Avoid rejections and costly disputes, and lay the groundwork for robust protection.
Monitoring & opposition
We implement a proactive monitoring system to detect any trademark applications that could infringe on yours.
With your cooperation, our teams manage the initial response, file oppositions, draft briefs and replies to government agencies, negotiate out-of-court settlements, secure extensions, and handle related formalities.
You remain protected without any additional operational burden.
Pre-litigation management & negotiation
Whenever possible, we pursue a swift, controlled resolution of the dispute before initiating legal action.
In the event of a dispute, we will first pursue alternative dispute resolution methods, such as direct negotiation or mediation, where the parties collaborate to reach a mutually acceptable solution with the help of a neutral mediator.
Our goal: to resolve the dispute quickly, without letting it drag on into a long, uncertain, and costly conflict.
We engage in structured technical and legal discussions to reach amicable solutions tailored to your economic and strategic needs.
Litigation support
When legal action is necessary, whether in France or abroad, we provide you with assistance, working with a lawyer when appropriate, in:
- the development of the case,
- the conclusions,
- the preparation of closing arguments.
However, a purely legal victory is not enough. From the very first discussions, we can document the actual financial loss in order to maximize the final compensation or limit your financial exposure.
We prepare reliable, well-documented, legally enforceable valuations designed to maximize compensation or minimize liability, depending on your position.