Intellectual Property
Protect your ideas of tomorrow
Lavoix, a firm of intellectual property attorneys and lawyers, can help you protect, promote and defend your innovations and creations, no matter your area of business or the size of your company.
Lavoix operates in all areas related to intellectual property:
A dedicated team of lawyers advises you on all cross-cutting legal aspects of your intellectual property (IP) strategy.
Lavoix advises a wide range of companies and public-sector entities: large companies, SMEs, universities, research centres, and public laboratories and also offers a dedicated programme for start-ups.
Managing IP 2025
Trade mark prosecution – patent & trade mark attorney firms – Tier 2
Trade mark disputes – Other Notable Firms
Décideurs 2025 - Intellectual Property
Patent (general)
Electronic patent Telecoms & New Technologies
Patent Physics, Mechanics and Construction
Trademarks, designs & models
Patent: litigation
Trademarks: litigation
Legal 500 EMEA 2025
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Featured
UPC – Infringement by equivalence is becoming clearer, but a ruling from the Court of Appeal is still awaited
As provided for in Article 69(1) EPC, “the extent of the protection conferred by a European patent […] shall be determined by the claims.”
The Court of Appeal of the Unified Patent Court defines the standards to assess “added matter”
In decision UPC_CoA_774/2024, dated October 2, 2025, the Court of Appeal of the UPC held that the same standard applies to assess “added matter” in granted claims of a patent whether in view of the application as filed, or in view of each parent application from which the patent derives, when the patent is issued from a divisional application.
A European presence
A key IP player in Europe
In order to be ever closer to its customers, Lavoix has gradually expanded its presence in France (Paris, Lyon, Toulouse, Rennes, Lille, Nantes, Nice, and Grenoble) and Europe with offices in Germany (Munich) and Italy (Milan, Bergamo, Reggio Emilia, Macerata) and Switzerland (Lausanne).
In 2023, Lavoix opened a representative office in China (Guangzhou) to develop its activities internationally.
In the rest of the world, our clients also benefit from the strong relationships we have built over the years with our correspondent law firms abroad.