Vivien & Associés advises French and international businesses on the protection, exploitation and commercialization of their creations, inventions and know-how, and on structuring their research and innovation projects.
We help our clients develop intellectual property strategies tailored to their activities and growth plans. Our advice covers trademarks, patents, copyright works, software and know-how, as well as the protection and use of databases. We secure ownership of rights and structure their exploitation, taking into account contributions from employees, service providers and partners.
We draft and negotiate the agreements required to protect and commercialize these assets, including confidentiality agreements, assignment and licensing agreements, technology transfer agreements and co-ownership arrangements. We also help our clients enforce their rights and handle disputes involving infringement, unfair competition, and the misappropriation of trade secrets.
We support R&D projects at every stage of their development: responding to calls for projects and public tenders, negotiating consortium and scientific collaboration agreements, allocating rights to background IP and project results, defining responsibilities and establishing terms of exploitation. Working alongside the firm’s tax team, we also advise on innovation support schemes and related tax regimes, including the French research tax credit (CIR), innovation tax credit (CII), young innovative company status (JEI) and IP box regime.
In the healthcare sector, we advise on research projects involving health data, from initial structuring through to the reuse and commercialization of results. We help our clients identify the applicable regulatory framework, complete formalities with the French data protection authority (CNIL), including compliance with Reference Methodology MR-004 or applications for authorization, and establish contractual frameworks for data access and sharing.
Our clients include industrial companies, businesses in the agri-food, healthcare and biotechnology sectors, research organizations, and technology transfer organizations.
