Industrial property law, particularly patent prosecution, enforcement of patent rights, infringement litigation, licensing, auditing of patent portfolios, patent infringement and validity litigation, including opposition and appeal proceedings at the European Patent Office as well as national proceedings before the French Patent Office.
Dominique Dupuis-Latour's practice implies cooperating with teams of lawyers from other jurisdictions on a regular basis, as well as international litigation cases with proceedings in different countries. His technical fields of expertise include telecommunications, wireless appliances, software, various medical devices and health products, the automotive sector, the aerospace industry and weapons.
Being both a qualified attorney-at-law and patent attorney, Dominique Dupuis-Latour is also experienced in French patent litigation procedure and in French discovery proceedings ('saisie-contrefaçon'). Dominique Dupuis-Latour frequently takes part as a patent attorney in complex international patent litigation in France and Europe, particularly in cases requiring coordination with parallel litigation in other European countries.
He regularly writes articles for several professional publications for engineers (see publications).
| 1977-1979 | Consulting auditor to the D.P. department of the French Ministry of Justice |
| 1979-1980 | Lecturer in Physics and Chemistry, Casablanca, Morocco |
| 1981-1986 | Associate Legal Counsel ("Conseil Juridique") and Patent Counsel ("Conseil en Brevets"),Cabinet Regimbeau, Paris |
| 1986-1992 | Private practice |
| since 1992 | Associate of the Paris office of Bardehle Pagenberg Dost Altenburg Geissler; Paris |
| 1970-1975 | Scientific and technical studies at Paris and Lyon, France |
| 1975 | Engineering degree from École Centrale, Lyon |
| 1981 | Legal degree of Maîtrise en Droit (LL.M.), University of Paris-II |
| 1982 | Legal degree of DESS in Industrial Property, University of Paris-II |
| 1985 | Professional degree of CEIPI (Centre d'Etudes International de la Propriété Industrielle), Strasbourg University |
| 1986 | Professional degree of Diplôme en Brevets d'Invention (State examination for patent attorneys) |
| 1989 | Admission as "Avocat" to the Paris Bar |
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*) Avocat - Barreau de Paris.
