Stanislas Roux-Vaillard
Partner
Paris

Biography
Stanislas brings insight to clients willing to takeadvantage of French patent law.

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As the partner leading the IP team in the Hogan Lovells
Paris office, Stanislas is an experienced patent litigator
mainly involved in national and multi-jurisdictional
patent litigations, mediations and arbitrations,representing international clients, notably in the field oflife sciences and telecommunications.

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Admitted to the Paris Bar, he represents clients by
advocating before IP French courts (on first instanceand on appeal) and before the UPC.

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With a network of talented patent litigators worldwide,
Stan also takes part in the conception and execution of
the multijurisdictional strategies of clients, along thespecifics of their industry and business model. He is
involved in a number of pharma and biotech cases
helping clients make the most of their patentexclusivity. He and his team collected the highest award
for patent infringement in France and in Europe. He
represents clients in the telecom industry in contractual
defences to standard essential patents and in nonessential patent claims brought by non-practicing
entities.
In specific chemistry and mechanical engineering cases,
his ability to use evidence gathering tools such as the'saisie-contrefaçon' helped clients gain leverage forearly settlement of infringement situations. Stan is also

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Emailstanislas.roux-vaillard@hoganlovells.com

EnglishFrenchGermanPracticesIntellectual Property
Patents
Trade Secrets and Confidential
Know-howIndustries
Life Sciences and Health Care
Technology and Telecoms
Aerospace and Defense
Automotive and Mobility

involved in patent portfolio and know-how review andlicensing, notably in corporate deals where IP valuation
is key.
He regularly writes articles on intellectual property
developments in France. Stan is the author of the'France' chapter of The Intellectual Property Law
Review (Law Business Research Ltd) and is a research
partner of the ABA Section of International Law.

Representative experience
Representing a US pharma company to enforce its
patent rights on an oncology combination andcollecting €28m.
Representing a global leader for CAD software in a
trade secrets misappropriation case and collecting€5.7m on appeal.
Assisting and representing a Taiwanese smartphone
manufacturer in defending its freedom to operate
against essential/non-essential patent infringement
claims brought by a competitor.
Assisting a chemical company in a mediation to settle
an ownership dispute regarding results of a codevelopment project on microwave activation of HDPE.
Successfully representing a medical device company indefending against two preliminary injunctions and acase on the merits, thus securing freedom to operate inFrance.

Awards and rankings
Intellectual Property: Patents (France), Band 3,
Chambers Global, 2023
Intellectual Property: Patents, Leading Individual,Legal 500 EMEA, 2023
Intellectual Property: Patents (France), Band 3,
Chambers Europe, 2023
Patents: Litigation, Band 2 - Excellent, Décideurs
Magazine, 2023
Intellectual Property Law (France), Best Lawyers,
2023

Energy and Natural Resources

Areas of focus
Cell, Tissue, and Gene Therapies
IP Rights in Transactions
Medical Devices
Oil and Gas: Supply, Marketing, andTrading
Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology
Nuclear Power

Education and admissions
Education
Doctorat, Université Paris II
Panthéon-Assas, 2001
LL.M., John Marshall Law School Chicago, 2000

Memberships
EPLAW (European Patent LawyersAssociation)
APEB (Association des Praticiens
Européens des Brevets)
AIPPI (International Association forthe Protection of IntellectualProperty)

Bar admissions andqualifications
Paris

Accolades'One of the best' in patent litigation

Litigation: Lawyers (France), JUVE Patent, 2023
Gold - Individuals: litigation (France), IAM 1000, 2023
Patent contentious - law firms (France), IP STARS,
2022
Managing IP Awards (EMEA): France, Impact Case: Eli
Lilly vs. Fresenius Kabi, 2021

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Chambers Global
Feted as the 'most talented lawyerof his generation in France'

Managing Intellectual Property 2015
'One of the best' in patent litigation

Chambers Global 2015