Oct 08 - PRESS RELEASE: Creation of a major actor on the French IP market

Binn & Associés join LAVOIX patent and trademark attorneys to create the largest full service IP practice in France. LAVOIX, a leading patent and trademark attorney firm in France, is teaming up with the IP law firm Binn & Associés to create the largest full-service Intellectual Property practice in France. Binn & Associés will take the name LAVOIX Avocats. “This operation reflects our willingness to offer clients a wider range of service offerings by reinforcing our capabilities in the fields of litigation and contracts” underlines Claude Jacobson, chairman of LAVOIX patent and trademark attorneys. Such a move positions even more LAVOIX as one of the European leaders on the IP service provider's market. “In the prospect of a changing regulatory environment in France, we are preparing the future by creating a practice which will allow lawyers and patent and trademark attorneys to work closely and efficiently together”. For Binn & Associés, this operation enables their business and trial lawyers to draw on the technical resources of a powerful structure and work with best-in-class patent and trademark attorneys. “Our skills are very complementary, just as the business sectors in which we work. We are bringing to LAVOIX our litigation and consulting skills and we will benefit from the support of their experts in the matters that we handle for our clients” said Serge Binn, founding partner of Binn & Associés. LAVOIX employs 200 people including more than 70 professionals in IP services: avocats, patent and trademark attorneys, lawyers, technology specialists.