Firm overview
Founded over 150 years ago,CASALONGAis a leading European IP law firm consisting of more than 120 lawyers, trademark and patent attorneys, attorneys-at-law and engineers with offices in France (including Paris, Grenoble, Toulouse, Montpellier, Beaune, Pau, Nantes), Spain (Alicante) and Germany (Munich), as well as a global network of correspondents.
CASALONGA was:
- one of the first private IP engineer consultant firms, with the foundation of Bureau CASALONGA in Paris in 1867.
- one of the first French firms to expand internationally, with the establishment of:
- the Munich office in 1978, as a European & German patent attorneys office
- the Alicante office in 1996, handling of EU trademarks
to optimize contacts with European authorities, intervene directly before the EPO (Munich) and the EUIPO (Alicante) at lower costs and to represent our clients before German and Spanish offices and courts.
- the first law firm to include both attorneys-at-law & trademark and patent attorneys in France, creating a full-service IP firm whose clients do not have to engage different firms for prosecution and litigation. The combination of attorneys-at-law and trademark and patent attorneys enables CASALONGA’s teams to follow their client’s cases from the inception phase through any court proceedings and also provides more balanced advice, taking into consideration litigations risks.
CASALONGA offers its clients full IP services, from prosecution and counselling to litigation, covering all types of IP rights (trademarks, patents, designs, domain names, copyright, etc.) and related laws (unfair competition, distribution, economic rights, etc.).
The firm’s attorneys have extensive experience in proceedings before the trademark and patent offices and regularly appear before the courts.
Dealing with issues that are at heart of the European and international agenda, CASALONGA advises its clients in defining, implementing, and driving their strategies, as well as preventing risks related to intellectual property, in France and worldwide.
CASALONGA regularly represents its clients in important trademark cases, both before the national IPOs and courts (directly in France and Spain, and internationally through a network of correspondents in the rest of the world). We also act directly before the EUIPO (with our Office in Alicante) and before the European General Court. Our firm is at the forefront of innovative and successful worldwide strategies for the defence and enforcement of our client’s trademark rights.
CASALONGA provides its clients with the following:
- Full and high-quality IP services, from filing and prosecution to litigation– CASALONGAprovides all types of IP services with specialised lawyers, trademark and patent attorneys and specialised staff. As a result of our full-service IP capacity, we are able to provide each of our clients with a team that has a global vision of each client’s rights and interests and that is consequently able to protect such rights and interests efficiently and effectively.
- A client-driven service, with dedicated teams composed of high-end technical patent attorneys, high-end lawyers, experienced paralegals, and assistants providing personalised services depending on the client’s specific needs and requests. For each client, we establish a strategy adapted to the issues, economic interests and financial constraints, allowing the best support within a controlled budget.
- Innovativeservices and creative strategies –one of our main strengths is our creativity in finding legal solutions and strategies to achieve our client’s goals.
- Long-term commitment to our clients– we build trustful and long-lasting relationship with our clients.
- Global services, with a selection of foreign associates all over the world and a strong international in-house department of lawyers from the principal jurisdictions (France, Spain, US, Canada, China, Germany, covering most of the South/Latin American countries).
