Simon Christiaën

*Attorney is a member of a French separate legal entity, Rimôn Electa Law S.E.L.A.S. and not Rimôn P.C.

Simon Christiaën is a Patent/Intellectual Property Law, Litigation & Dispute Resolution attorney, UPC Representative and Arbitrator at the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center with over 30 years of continuous experience, exclusively in law firms specializing in IP law and IP departments of business law firms. He has a particular focus on patent law/prosecution and complex patent and design patent litigation. Simon has a deep background in infringement actions and ex parte/inter partes preliminary injunctions in an international context, actions for invalidity, revocation and to claim ownership, unfair/parasitic competition actions, opposition procedure before the INPI and EUIPO, IP/IT due diligences, F-T-O, prior art searches and patentability/legal validity studies, IP prosecution and portfolio management, software/IT (including SaaS, ERP, MES) contracts and issues.

Simon represents clients and operates in all industry and economic sectors, including mechanical engineering, manufacturing electronics, mechatronics, robotics, railway, automotive and aeronautic engineering, industrial design, construction, buildings, scientific and medical equipment and devices, computer technology, Internet, AI, multimedia, entertainment and sport, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies, life sciences, e-health, para-pharmacy, food, agro-food and mock meat, energy, cosmetic, hygiene, beauty and luxury products, insurance and financial services.

Simon graduated from Grenoble II University (UPMF, CUERPI) and holds a Ph.D. in private international intellectual property law awarded with distinction cuma sum laude and two specialty Certificates including ‘patent law.’ He is teaching intellectual property law at the Lefebvre Dalloz Compétences, a training organization in Paris La Défense.