Geoffroy Thill

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Revocation, provisional enforcement and limitation: heads I win, tails you lose...

The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled a second time on the possibilities of limitation by the patentee, following a decision by the court of first instance t

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Appeal against French Patent Office's opposition decision: new prior art and new requests before the Court of Appeal

In a previous article (available here), the question of whether the patent proprietor could file new auxiliary requests in response to new prior art produc

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Appeal against an INPI decision on patent opposition: insights from the Paris Court of Appeal on the assessment of novelty and the admissibility of new subsidiary requests for amendment of the patent

The Paris Court of Appeal has just handed down its second ruling on an appeal against an INPI decision ruling on opposition to a French patent . This judgment of 9 April 2025 was handed down in the case of Tinnus (patentee) v Koopman (opponent) . It provides two lessons of interest to patent litigation practitioners.

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1st decisions on the merits issued by the UPC Central Division (2/2): key findings from the CD Paris decisions of 19 and 29 July

On 19 July, we published the first part of our study on the assessment of inventive step by the UPC Central Division. On the same day, the Central Division

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1st decisions on the merits issued by the UPC Central Division (1/2): what does the UPC say about the assessment of inventive step compared to the EPO?

Since the entry into force of the Unified Patent Court (UPC), one of the burning questions that practitioners have in mind is whether the UPC will apply the problem-solution approach of the European Patent Office (EPO) in its assessment of the inventive step. While it is still too early to draw any conclusions, it would appear from the decisions we have studied that the UPC applies its own standards, drawing inspiration from the EPO's problem-solution approach without duplicating it. We offer here a first analysis of how UPC assessed inventive step up to the recent decisions of the Central Division issued on 16 July (Sanofi v. Amgen and Regeneron v. Amgen ). A second publication will focus on the Central Division's decisions of July 19 (Meril v. Edwards Lifesciences ).

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August Debouzy acted for Argos Wityu during the exclusive talks for the acquisition of TKH France, a leading French provider of value-added connectivity solutions and products.

Argos Wityu signed an exclusive agreement with TKH Group, a technology company listed on Euronext Amsterdam in the Netherlands, to acquire the majority of

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August Debouzy advised the Swiss group Holcim on the acquisition of the PRB group

August Debouzy, and in particular its German Desk, advised the Swiss group Holcim, a major player in innovative and sustainable construction solutions, on the acquisition of 100% of the PRB group, the leading independent French company in its sector offering a wide range of high-performance products for the renovation and thermal insulation of buildings.

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August Debouzy advised Rohde & Schwarz group on the sale of Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity SAS to Total Specific Solutions B.V

August Debouzy, and in particular its German Desk, advised Rohde & Schwarz, a German technology group, in connection with the sale of its French subsidiary Rohde & Schwarz Cybersecurity, formerly known as DenyAll, to Total Specific Solutions B.V., a leading Dutch provider of vertical market software solutions.

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August Debouzy assisted Aptiv with its acquisition of Krono-Safe Automotive

August Debouzy assisted Aptiv, a company specializing in the design and manufacture of automotive equipment, with its acquisition of Krono-Safe Automotive.

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August Debouzy assists Holcim in the proposed acquisition of the PRB Group

August Debouzy and in particular its German Desk is advising the Swiss group Holcim, one of the major players in innovative and sustainable construction solutions that came into existence from the merger between the French company Lafarge and the Swiss company Holcim, in connection with the negotiations on the proposed acquisition of 100% of the PRB group, the leading independent French company in its sector offering a wide range of high-performance products for the renovation and thermal insulation of buildings.