Team • Olivier ROCHER

Olivier ROCHER - Partner

Practice areas

Patent prosecution
Patent Litigation
Unfair Competition
Contracts
Strategy
Audit

Olivier ROCHER

Partner

European Patent Attorney | French Industrial Property Attorney | UPC Representative

FRANCE

After beginning his career as a research engineer, then as a project manager in a company designing and manufacturing missiles, Olivier ROCHER joined LAVOIX in 2007. He has been a partner since 2012 and member of the Executive Committee since 2019.

Technology areas

Education

  • “Patent Litigation in Europe”, 2017
  • Master in Intellectual Property, 2016
  • Graduate from the Center for Industrial Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), 2009

  • Engineer, Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (SUPELEC), Paris, 1999

Professional experience

Olivier is involved in drafting new patent applications, monitoring patent grant procedures in France and abroad, and carrying out studies on patentability, validity and freedom to operate.

He also works on disputes (infringement seizures, infringement actions, opposition procedures), in particular on essential patents related to telecommunications standards. His primary fields are: software, electronics, aeronautics, telecommunications, electrical energy conversion and imaging systems.

He is also a trainer at the CEIPI (Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies) to prepare for the European qualifying exam.