Luc Santarelli is a French and European Patent Attorney.
He has a dual educational background: an engineering degree from Ecole Polytechnique de Lausanne in 1978 in a wide range of engineering technologies with specialization in telecommunications, and a Masters in Law from University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas in 1988.
After a stint as a telecommunications engineer, Luc Santarelli trained and qualified at Cabinet Bonnet-Thirion before joining Rinuy, Santarelli in 1985 where he was specialised in patent infringement litigation.
He assists clients in crafting intellectual property strategies and handles patent infringement, patent oppositions, know-how misappropriation and patent ownership rights litigation and licensing operations. His clientele includes high tech start-ups and major corporations across a wide range of fields including telecommunications, electronics, software, semi-conductors, microtechnologies and the mechanical industry.
Year Joined Firm: 1980
Education/Alumni:
- Intellectual Property Attorney since 1986
- European Patent Attorney since 1988
- European Patent Litigation diploma
- Masters in Law from Paris II University
- CEIPI diploma
- Electrical Engineering degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausnne (EPFL)
Network Memberships:
- FICPI
- APEB
- INTA
- LES
- AIPPI
He also lectures in the course "patent litigation in Europe" held at thhe CEIPI at the Strasbourg University
Last updated 31st of March 2021
