Nationality French Occupation Patent lawyer | Name Pierre Veron Role Lawyer | |
Born 20 July 1947 (age 76) ( 1947-07-20 ) Roanne, Loire, France | ||
Pierre Véron (born 20 July 1947) is a French lawyer and specialist in the field of patent litigation.
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Professional career
After his call to the Bar in 1969, Véron founded, in 1971, the business law firm Lamy, Véron, Ribeyre & Associés in Lyon, France. Véron joined the Paris Bar in 1996. In 2001, he established Véron & Associés in Paris and Lyon, a law firm devoted exclusively to the practice of patent litigation. Véron’s experience in cases involving large French and international entities led him to be the first to appear before a French court to plead cases relating to a European patent (1990), a nanotechnology patent (2003) and the infringement of a molecular biology patent (2007). Since 2007, Véron has served as an expert with the European Commission for projects involving the European Union patent court. In 2010, he was featured as the Lawyer of the Year for France in the American publication Best Lawyers, in the Practice Area of Intellectual Property Litigation, cementing his reputation as an authority in this field. Since 2006 he has been featured as one of the most highly regarded patent lawyers in the world in the Who's Who Legal ranking.