
Béatrice HOLTZ
Béatrice Holtz joined LAVOIX in 2001 and has been a member of the Executive Committee since 2012. Specialist in Biology, Béatrice coordinates and oversees the collaborators in the Life Sciences centre within the Firm.
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Practice areas
Patent prosecutionPatent litigation
Unfair competition
Contracts
Strategy
Due diligence
Chemistry-Life sciences
Technology Areas
BiotechnologyPlant Biology
Enzymology
Microbiology
Immunology
Pharmaceuticals
Food Industry
Molecular and cellular biology
Professional Admissions
French Industrial Property AttorneyEuropean Patent Attorney
Education
- Master in Intellectual Property, 2017
- "Patent Litigation in Europe", 2016
- Graduate from the Center of International Industrial Property Studies (CEIPI), 2001
- Ph.D., Biochemistry, 2000
- Engineer, French School of Life Sciences (Institut National Agronomique Paris-Grignon), 1997
Professional Experience
Béatrice assists biotechnology companies and start-ups, universities, research entities, or multinationals, in technical fields including biotechnology, pharmaceutical products, cellular biology, immunology, enzymology, microbiology, plant biology and the food industry.
She has considerable experience preparing new patent applications as well as with patent prosecution at the European Patent Office (EPO), filing Supplementary Protection Certificates, and monitoring grant procedures in France and abroad.
Béatrice represents clients during opposition and appeal procedures before the European Patent Office. She also has extensive experience preparing opinions on freedom to operate, conducting audits on patent portfolios, infringement, invalidity and enforcement as well as due diligence examinations.