Team • Etienne HABASQUE
Practice areas
Patent Prosecution
Patent Litigation
Unfair Competition
Contracts
Strategy
Audit
Etienne HABASQUE
Partner
European Patent Attorney | French Industrial Property Attorney
FRANCE
Etienne HABASQUE joined Lavoix in 1984, and became a partner in 1989 and member of the Executive Committee in 2000. Etienne has over 35 years of experience in IP. He started his career working for major car manufacturers on issues of patentability of systems, networks, and in general various data processing mechanisms and embedded electronics and computing.
Technology areas
Banking & consulting
Defense and aerospace
Medical devices
Distribution and consumer goods
Electronics & robotics
Energy and decarbonization
IT, AI, data
E-commerce
Mechanics and construction
Mobility
Optics, photonics
Sports and multimedia
Telecoms
Signal and image processing
Education
Professional experience
Etienne also had the opportunity to work for the French historical telecommunication operator and for several French research organizations, particularly in electronics and computer science. Etienne is currently working mainly in fields related to National Defense, notably in electronics, computer science and Artificial Intelligence.
Etienne has conducted a large number of oral proceedings before opposition divisions and Boards of Appeal of the European Patent Office. His expertise also includes more than 40 infringement cases before French and foreign courts, particularly in the fields of medical electronics, automotive and multimedia.
Etienne is also in charge of IP training programs for several of his clients and frequently gives conferences. His latest interventions concern Free Software.