Frédéric Portal
Dipl.-Ing., Dipl. CEIPI
Frédéric Portal has built extensive experience in the patent field, including litigations, partnership agreements, technology transfer and patent prosecution strategies. He offers in-depth expertise in contentious and non-contentious patent matters, particularly disputes regarding patent infringement or validity before French courts and the Unified Patent Court. In addition, he is actively involved in opposition proceedings and patent prosecution before the European Patent Office and the French Patent Office (INPI).
With his dual expertise in science and patent law, Frédéric Portal has gained strong experience in building the right innovation strategy, encompassing patent prosecution and litigation, protection of trade secrets, as well as drafting and negotiating partnership agreements. He specializes particularly in the fields of chemistry, life sciences, medical devices, energy, polymer materials, composites, alloys, and industrial processes.
Attorney-at-Law (Avocat) & European Patent Attorney, UPC Representative, Partner BARDEHLE PAGENBERG SAS SPE
Location: Paris
Languages: German, English, French
It’s about passion for innovation, passion for winning, and never giving up! Helping clients win is one of my leitmotifs, especially when they are stuck in complex situations.
Lectures & Seminars
Frédéric Portal regularly organizes, speaks at, and participates in seminars of the Licensing Executive Society as he has been a Board member since 2014 and is currently President on duty of LES France, which covers strategic and case law reviews. He is also active as Chairman of the Life Sciences Committee of LES France.
Frédéric Portal also enjoys teaching patent law and IP law on employees’ inventions in the IP Law Master II (LLM) at the University Panthéon-Assas - Paris II and on various other occasions.
Publications
- EPI 2–13 - Important decision from the French Supreme Court (“Cour de cassation”) on limitation of the claims after grant – Impact on combination SPCs
- EPI 2-09 - Study of priority right under EPC: same invention /disclaimers
- BIOTECH FINANCE - 9 septembre 2013 - N° 605 - Propriété industrielle (PI) : les biotechs françaises doivent passer à l’offensive
- Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Patent Law – 2008 - Chapter 22 - HOW TO OBTAIN BIOPHARMA PATENTS IN CANADA, CHINA, THE EUROPEAN UNION, INDIA, AND JAPAN (co-drafting EPO & France chapters)
Memberships
Frédéric Portal is the President on duty of LES France and has been a board member for many years. He is also a member of the Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office and France Biotech.
Qualifications
Diploma on Patent Litigation in Europe – University Strasbourg, France
European Patent Attorney
Former French Patent Attorney
Partner of BARDEHLE PAGENBERG, Paris, France
Registration as a Representative before the UPC
Attorney-at-law (Bird & Bird), Paris
Admission to the Paris Bar
LLM in Industrial Property Law – University of Strasbourg, France
European and French Patent Attorney, Partner (Lavoix), Paris
Diploma on "Patent Litigation in Europe" – University of Strasbourg, France
Licensed to practice as French Patent Attorney
Licensed to practice as European Patent Attorney
Diploma in Patent Law from CEIPI (Center for International Intellectual Property Studies), University of Strasbourg, France
French and European Patent Attorney (Cabinet Beau de Loménie), Paris
M. Sc. Chemistry – Chemical engineering, Engineer Diploma, École supérieure Chimie Physique Électronique Lyon, France