GRAPI is the French acronym for “Rhône-Alpes Group for the Protection of Intellectual Property”, it is the regional branch of the international AIPPI association for the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes (“AURA”) region. It involves patent counsels, attorneys, corporate lawyers as well as IP executives from various industrial firms. It runs in close collaboration with the regional authority…
In November 2020, INPI (France’s National Institute for Intellectual Property) launched a new program of services called “Alliance Pi” (from project generation to signature of collaborative research consortium agreements).This program has three main components, targetting simultaneous and synergetic assistance to competitivity clusters, technology R&D centers, and industry stakeholders. This program is progressively deployed over the…
Winnotek launches a workshop project on “Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property (IP)” within the Hub France IA, an association under the law of 1901, driving and federating Artificial Intelligence (AI) initiatives in France. Its mission is to promote the rapid growth of the French and European AI ecosystem in order to foster the emergence of…
Véronique Chapuis, founder and CEO of LexColibri, expert in legal intelligence and innovation contractual strategies, is an associate partner of Winnotek. Our entities have developed a joint offering allowing organizations to identify and formalize the comprehensive perimeter of their trade secrets and know-how, then deploy a secrecy policy securing their protection in full compliance with…
The bimonthly “Revue des Ingénieurs” serves all alumni from 3 French national Ecoles des Mines (Paris, St Etienne, Nancy). Each issue features an overivew of a specific sector, technology, market, or managerial theme. The March/April issue focuses on Intellectual Property: contributions to the overview come from French National patent office (INPI) , several patent counsel…
Winnotek is mandated by the EPO (European Patent Office) to study the impact of the upcoming Unified European Patent on intellectual proprerty strategies adopted by SME’s. Indeed this segment of economic activity is identified as a priority beneficiary of this new Intellectual Property legislation; the EPO wishes to better capture and understand their motivations and…
“LA REPUBLIQUE DES ENTREPRENEURS” is a white paper published by the Foundation for Innovation in Politics. Its starting point is the observation that innovation in France exhibits a severe lack of collective vision. Experts seem poorly equipped to understand major transformations now under way. Any analysis compels them to revisit microeconomic mechanisms underlying these transformations,…
Each year the 3AF association sponsors a national conference dedicated to Strategic and Business Intelligence in even-numbered years, or Intellectual and Industrial Property (i.e. P2I) in odd-numbered years. “P2i 2015” conference will take place in Toulouse on 30 September and 1 October. Philippe SIMON, joint founding partner of Winnotek, will present a communication entitled “Reconciling…
Since March 2015, Winnotek founding partners are approved by INPI to assist candidate companies in the framework of “Master Class PI ” tutoring cycles. These classes which are by nature very close to personal coaching, are designed for business leaders facing various management issues relative to their Intellectual Property strategy, and wishing to strengthen their…
