France and EU IP support across Asia
Your Paris IP team for France and Europe, wherever you are in Asia
For companies and intellectual property firms in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore and across the region, Dreyfus coordinates French and EU intellectual property matters from Paris.
We work in English and French with businesses, brand owners, in-house teams, IP firms and law firms. Our role, territory and deliverables are defined before an instruction begins.
Two ways to work together
A clear European workstream built around your role
We start with the client relationship and business objective, then agree on the appropriate scope, communications and fees.
For IP firms and law firms across Asia
Use Dreyfus as your French and EU local counsel for agreed matters. We can support a visible or discreet collaboration, with clear contact rules, reporting and responsibility boundaries.
For businesses entering France and Europe
Connect brand, product, technology and commercial plans to the relevant French and EU trademark, design, domain-name, software, e-commerce and enforcement work.
For matters involving more than one country
Coordinate with your in-house legal team, management or external advisers in Asia. We turn the French and EU workstream into clear choices, milestones and next actions.
France and EU IP support
Practical advice across the life of your rights
The right route depends on the right, territory, timing, commercial plan and procedural context. We define those points before recommending action.
Clearance, filings and disputes
Assess earlier rights, filing routes and opposition, cancellation or enforcement options in France and the European Union.
Coordinate the right specialists
Manage the French and EU workstream and coordinate with appropriately qualified patent professionals where required.
Protect brands across channels
Address domain names, online platforms, software and technology matters, customs and anti-counterfeiting within the agreed scope.
A decision-ready process
Start with the commercial objective, then define the IP action
Every instruction is tied to the relevant rights, territory, deadline and deliverable. Different jurisdictions are never treated as if they were one process.
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Understand the objective
Confirm the rights owner, target countries, products, channels and launch date.
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Check urgency and conflicts
Identify any immediate deadline and complete the necessary conflict checks before substantive work.
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Agree the scope and fees in writing
Set out deliverables, assumptions, timing, professional fees and any official or third-party charges that may apply.
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Coordinate the French and EU work
The Paris team handles the agreed workstream and coordinates with the appropriate professionals when needed.
Clear regional and professional boundaries
A Paris team, France and EU matters, cross-border coordination
Dreyfus is based in Paris. This Asia-focused page does not imply that Dreyfus has an office in Hong Kong, Macao, Singapore or mainland China, or that it provides local legal services in those jurisdictions.
If a matter requires advice or representation outside France and the European Union, the relevant role will be defined separately and, where appropriate, coordinated with professionals in the jurisdiction concerned.
Defined territory
French and EU intellectual property matters.
Defined responsibilities
Dreyfus work and any work reserved to other professionals are identified clearly.
Transparent fees
A written proposal or fee arrangement is provided for the specific matter before engagement.
Asia to France and the European Union
Tell us about your market, rights and key deadline
Briefly share where your company or firm is based, the French or EU matter that needs attention and any urgent deadline. Please do not send unnecessary confidential material before the appropriate checks and secure channel are confirmed.
