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Francine
Le Péchon-Joubert

Partner

Francine Le Péchon-Joubert has extensive experience in all matters related to intellectual property law. She is passionate about topics concerning industrial property law (patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and domain names).
Her work in these areas is divided between advising companies on acquiring and enhancing these assets and a significant litigation practice (infringement, unfair competition, nullity before courts or offices, claims for ownership or contractual breaches…).
Thus, she is involved in various exploitation contracts for these assets: R&D agreements, licenses, partnerships and JVs, coexistence and co-ownership agreements, distribution agreements, contracts with inventors… The more complex the issues, the more they interest her!
She also has over twenty years of experience in managing trademark portfolios on a global scale to optimize portfolios in various sectors such as medical devices, real estate, tourism, leisure, alcohol, or other consumer goods. Our company files trademarks for its clients but also defends them internationally. This activity leads Francine Le Péchon-Joubert to examine regulatory issues related to the promotion of the products and services of advised companies.
Furthermore, Francine Le Péchon-Joubert regularly pleads before French courts (Judicial Court, commercial courts, and Court of Appeal) and can also intervene before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Finally, Francine Le Péchon-Joubert is involved in transnational cases with the support of foreign colleagues.
A useful detail: all these tasks are accomplished with the support of more than 10 associates whom Francine Le Péchon-Joubert supervises

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Capabilities

Practices

  • Health law and life sciences
  • Intellectual Property
  • Business litigation
  • Commercial law and distribution law
  • Digital and Technology Law
  • Media and audiovisual law
  • Competition and antitrust
  • European Law

Sectors

  • Consumer goods, distribution, international trade
  • Tourism and leisure
  • Life sciences, health
  • Media and Entertainment
  • Real estate, construction
  • Space
  • Transport and mobility
  • New Technologies, Digital and Telecoms

Focus

  • Lawyers-Notaries
  • UPC –- Patents
  • Space
  • CSR
  • Digital economy

Languages

  • French
  • English
  • German

Qualifications

  • Admitted to the Bar in 1996
  • Intellectual property specialization
  • UPC representative
  • 1995 DEA in literary, artistic and industrial property law, Universiy of Paris-II
  • 1993 Master’s degree in information and communications technology law, University of Poitiers

Bars

  • Paris

Teachings given

  • Master M2 PIA in the session dedicated to the judicial litigations and IP

Professional associations

  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • International Bar Association (IBA)
  • Licensing Executive Society France (LES France)
  • APRAM (Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles)
  • APEB (Association des Praticiens Européens des Brevets)

Publications

  • Francine Le Péchon-Joubert, Samantha Nataf, “UPC Arbitration and the Resolution of Patent Disputes”, De Gaulle Fleurance, Linked-in 23/01/2024
  • Francine Le Péchon-Joubert, “Unified Patent Court and Unitary Patent: major changes for Patent litigation and licensing in Europe”, European PharmaNetwork Magazine, n° 59, November 2023
  • Francine Le Péchon-Joubert, “De l’intérêt de protéger et défendre son invention au niveau européen”, DeviceMed, March/April 2024

Awards

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Awards
Best Lawyers
Francine Le Péchon-Joubert recognized in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers France
Awards Patent Law
IAM Patent 1000
De Gaulle Fleurance Ranked Again in IAM Patent 1000 2025 – Patent Litigation, France
Awards Intellectual Property
Le Point
De Gaulle Fleurance shines in literary and artistic property – Le Point – Statista 2025
Awards Intellectual Property
Le Point
Industrial property: De Gaulle Fleurance featured in Le Point – Statista 2025

News

Deals

Deals 12 September 2024
De Gaulle Fleurance has advised THE FRAGRANCE DESIGNERS in connection with Kering Beauté’s acquisition of a stake in its capital to support the development of its MATIERE PREMIERE brand.
Deals 25 April 2024
De Gaulle Fleurance advised SunMind, a subsidiary of the VINCI group, on the creation its entity dedicated to decentralized solar energy in France, SunWave

Articles

Publications 12 July 2024
De Gaulle Fleurance invites you to explore the inaugural “Space Law” guide, created in partnership with Chambers & Partners.
Articles 5 June 2024
Updates on the “Influencers” law: analysis by De Gaulle Fleurance