Charles Tuffreau
Counsel
Paris
Charles Tuffreau
Counsel
Paris
Contact Details
Charles is a Counsel in the Litigation and Intellectual Property department of Allen & Overy Paris.
Charles’ practise focuses on Intellectual Property related matter, and he has a particular expertise in patent litigation thanks to his dual qualifications as a lawyer and a qualified representative before the European Patent Office.
His practice covers notably the fields of life sciences, telecommunications, mechanics and energy. He brings to his department a cutting-edge expertise on validity and infringement issues, and more generally masters the strategic and procedural aspects of intellectual property litigation (in particular cross-border litigations, preliminary injunction proceedings, infringement seizures, etc.).
Charles began his career in a patent attorney law firm, where he practiced for more than five years. In particular, he was in charge of drafting patent applications and handling examination and opposition proceedings before the French and European Patent Offices. He has advised numerous research organizations in the development of their patent portfolios, subsidiaries of large multinational companies as well as small and medium-sized companies. He has also conducted several opposition proceedings before the European Patent Office.
Charles holds a Master’s degree in mechanical and electronic engineering from ICAM (Institut Catholique d’Arts & Métiers). He also holds a Master’s degree in business law from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University. He regularly gives conferences on patent law and the Unified Patent Court. He is a member of AIPPI, LES and APEB.
Rising star
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 (Intellectual Property: Patents)
"Charles Tuffreau provides able support. Superb written advocacy, charming and unfailingly helpful."
Legal 500 EMEA 2022 - France (Intellectual Property: Patents)
"Ones to watch in litigation"
Juve Patent 2022 - France (IP / Patent)
Rising star 2021
Managing IP - France (Intellectual Property)
"Counsel Charles Tuffreau specialises in the life sciences, engineering, energy and telecom sectors."
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 - France (Intellectual Property: Patents)
Rising Star
Legal 500 EMEA 2021 - France (Intellectual Property: Patents)
"Counsel Charles Tuffreau provides key support."
Legal 500 EMEA 2020 - France (Healthcare & Life Sciences)
Winner in the category of Patent
Finance Monthly 2020 - France
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted to the Paris Bar, 2016
Qualified representative with the European Patent Office, 2010
Registered on the list of French qualified practitioners in IP - Patents, 2010
Academic
Paris Bar School, 2014-2015
Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Master of Law, Paris, 2013
Intellectual Property International Study Centre (CEIPI), 2008
Institut Catholique d'Arts & Métiers (ICAM), Engineer’s degree, 2006
Related articles
Blog Post: 27 October 2022
Non-binding opinion of the Enlarged Board of Appeal issued in the G 2/21 referral on "plausibility"
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Blog Post: 21 October 2021
Blog Post: 28 September 2021
Potential referral to the EBA: Is a reconsideration of the plausibility criterion plausible?
Expertise
Practices
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted to the Paris Bar, 2016
Qualified representative with the European Patent Office, 2010
Registered on the list of French qualified practitioners in IP - Patents, 2010
Academic
Paris Bar School, 2014-2015
Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Master of Law, Paris, 2013
Intellectual Property International Study Centre (CEIPI), 2008
Institut Catholique d'Arts & Métiers (ICAM), Engineer’s degree, 2006
