Dreyfus & associés

Founded in 2004 by Nathalie Dreyfus, Dreyfus quickly became one of the top intellectual property law firms in France. This IP boutique firm now has several important specialised departments, a staff of lawyers and can count on a trusted worldwide professional network. It is referred to as ‘excellent’ and ’widely known’ in numerous publications and international legal directories. The firm regularly receives awards for the quality of its interventions and services.  In Particular, the firm is honored to receive an award in the category “Trademark Law Expert of the Year – France” at the renowned Leaders in Law Global Awards 2022, to be ranked in 2022 “Outstanding” by the DECIDEURS Industrial property, Trademarks, Designs and Models magazine, or to be nominated as IP Stars 2022, etc.

Steadily growing since its inception, Dreyfus’ team is well equipped to assist companies with its particular expertise in IP/IT matters in France, the European Union and worldwide. From multinational companies to small and medium-sized firms wishing to enhance their trade mark portfolios, internet entrepreneurs needing to register and defend their domain names or artists anxious to protect their work, the firm’s clients are as diverse as the nature and scope of the services it provides.

Since its creation, Dreyfus has assisted companies in management and valorisation when confronted with problems associated with intellectual property titles (trademarks, designs, copyright, domain names, internet and patents) in the business realm and on the internet. Attuned to the ever-changing needs of legal professionals and executives, the firm has implemented an internet monitoring service that monitors domain names, social media networks, Google AdWords, marketplaces and mobile apps.

Areas of practice
Trademarks and designs: the firm’s investment and creativity has enabled the development of a unique trade mark online management solution. Dreyfus IPweb® ensures optimal management of trade marks, models and domain names portfolios. Unique tips and innovative tools explain why Dreyfus has been entrusted with more trade mark registrations than any other consulting firm in this field, both in France and Europe.

Monitoring services: Dreyfus offers a service dedicated to monitoring domain names or trademarks that enables immediate detection of violations that require enforcement of company rights. This system ensures a quick response to minimise the impact on businesses and focuses on resolving disputes without legal proceedings.

Contracts: customers consider Dreyfus a key partner in optimising the value of their intellectual property assets. The firm’s knowledge and professionalism is at the service of companies for negotiating and drafting contracts and transactions in the fields of trade marks, patents, domain names and copyright. Today, Dreyfus is a well-known actor in contractual practices for exploitation, assignments and the co-existence of intellectual property rights. The firm is also adept at dealing with licensing matters and disputes. Due to its customers’ diversity, the firm advises and negotiates contracts and transactions in all areas of intellectual property.

Litigation: Dreyfus represents companies in arbitration centres and courts worldwide, in the areas of trade marks, designs, patents, copyright, domain names, new gTLDs, social media networks, Google AdWords, marketplaces and mobile apps.

IT law: an internationally recognised actor in the IP/IT world and notably in the field of domain names, consultant to the most important arbitration centres and member of the Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) of ICANN, Dreyfus is probably the most advanced French firm in the area managing and protecting domain names. It provides companies with improved strategies to optimise their domain name portfolios and can help you with ICANN policy. Moreover, the firm are experts in other fields of IT law including Personal data protection (GDPR), e-commerce, and online brand enforcement.

Web 3.0 Law: the firm aims to adapt efficiently to the rapid growth and continuous development of Web 3.0 by assisting clients in monitoring client IP rights infringement among Web 3.0 platforms and advising them of the necessary actions for protecting these rights on decentralized websites.

Consulting: Dreyfus assists and advises companies throughout the decision-making process concerning their intellectual property rights. Its team of experts has earned an international reputation which has placed them in the upper echelon of professional advisors, linking the digital economy to intellectual property.

Work highlights:

• Assisted a client with registration of trademark worldwide, especially represented the client to defense with success in various jurisdictions, including Europe, India, Canada, Russia, Israel, etc.
• Assisted a client with protection, exploitation, assignment, and coexistence of their trademark, in particular in digital environment.
• Represented numerous in domain name disputes.
• Helped some clients to recover blockchain domains in Web 3.0 and to set up NFT's projects