Gérard MYON

Partner

Gérard MYON joined LAVOIX in 1995. He has been a member of the firm's Executive Committee since 2002 and was named Executive Officer in charge of patent matters in October 2009.

+33 (0)4 78 60 52 84
gmyon@lavoix.eu
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Practice areas

Patent prosecution

Patent litigation

Unfair competition

Contracts

Strategy

Due diligence

Electronics, Electricity, Physics, Mechanics

Technology Areas

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Fluid dynamics

Physics

Professional Admissions

French Industrial Property Attorney

European Patent Attorney

Education

Graduate from the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), 1993
Engineer, Ecole Centrale de Lyon, 1987
Master of Sciences in Engineering, Cornell University, USA, 1987

Professional Experience

Prior to join LAVOIX, Gérard MYON has been working for four years as an Examiner at the European Patent Office and three years as an IP Manager with a French company. Gérard MYON has been a partner since 2000 and currently manages the Lyon office of LAVOIX.

His practice covers patent prosecution and litigation in various mechanical and electrical fields, in particular weaving techniques, mechanical and electrical connectors, electrostatic spraying systems, electrical motors, special machines, robotics, and injection moulding.

Gérard MYON has handled a number of oral proceedings before the Opposition Divisions and Boards of Appeal of the EPO and has been involved in many patent infringement cases before the French and foreign courts.

He is a lecturer at Centre Paul Roubier for what concerns IP Strategy. Gérard MYON is also Treasurer General of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).