Andrea Dufaure
Senior Associate
Paris
Andrea Dufaure
Senior Associate
Paris
Contact details
Andrea assists clients in the entertainment sector (video game publishers, media service providers and production companies) and photography and imaging companies in their trademark and copyright disputes before French courts. She is a Senior Associate in our Intellectual property team based in Paris. As both an American and French citizen, she is qualified to practice law in Paris and New York.
Andrea regularly speaks at trademark and gaming conferences across Europe such as More Than Just a Game in Paris, the Warsaw Gaming Conference and the Games Industry Law Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Andrea delivered a course on Design Law at the Nanterre University and a class on IP Protection of Video Games at the Sorbonne University (2021).
Andrea is also active in the pro bono field. She has been assisting Café Joyeux (a coffee-shop chain which employs staff suffering from mental disabilities) for several years in their trademark disputes. The A&O team has been shortlisted for the 2021 Pro Bono Trophies, organised each year by the Paris Bar to highlight lawyers and student lawyers’ commitment to pro bono causes, as a result of their work. Andrea is also involved in various diversity initiatives for the A&O Paris office.
She is a member of professional associations such as INTA and AIPPI.
Andrea is a recognised practitioner by « Best Lawyers – Ones to Watch » since 2022 in Intellectual Property Law.
Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Intellectual Property: Trademarks & Designs)
Leading Individual
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Intellectual Property: copyright)
Key Lawyer of the Team
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Intellectual Property: Trademarks & Designs)
Diversity Trailblazer
WIPR 2023
Star/Key Lawyer of the Team
Legal 500 EMEA 2023 - France (Intellectual Property: copyright)
Women in Business Law Awards EMEA 2022
Managing IP – France (shortlisted)
Rising star 2022
Managing IP - France (Intellectual Property)
"Associate Andrea Dufaure acts for clients such as high-profile video game publishers and media service providers."
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - France (Intellectual Property: Trademarks & Designs)
Rising star 2021
Managing IP - France (Intellectual Property)
"Andréa Dufaure and Alexandre Rudoni routinely provide great practical insight and astute legal guidance in a holistic manner."
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 - France (Intellectual Property: Trademarks & Designs)
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted to the Paris Bar, 2014
Admitted to the New York Bar, 2013
Academic
LL.M in Intellectual Property – Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts 2012
Double Master Degree in French and American Intellectual Property Law – University of Paris X Nanterre 2012
Double degree in French and American law – University of Paris X Nanterre 2010
Related articles
Publications: 25 September 2019
A more detailed version of this article was first published in the Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (Volume 14, Issue 10, pages 754-760)on 20 September 2019 and can be found here.
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted to the Paris Bar, 2014
Admitted to the New York Bar, 2013
Academic
LL.M in Intellectual Property – Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts 2012
Double Master Degree in French and American Intellectual Property Law – University of Paris X Nanterre 2012
Double degree in French and American law – University of Paris X Nanterre 2010
Published work
E-Sports in France: two long-awaited Decrees now published
L'affaire Nintendo c/PC Box : le tribunal di Milano condamne la société PC Box à la lumière des critères de protection des mesures techniques de protection dégagés par la CJUE (2016)
VIACOM v. YOUTUBE (United Court of Appeal for the 2nd Circuit): Comparative analysis of the LCEN and the DMCA
