Edouard Fortunet

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Edouard Fortunet co-leads the Firm's global brand protection & enforcement group.

On the litigation front, he has focused on high-stakes copyright, trademark, design, and unfair competition litigation leading matters for national and international clients before French and EU Courts. In addition to trying cases, Edouard advises clients on brand strategies worldwide and covers the full spectrum from the creation, protection, and enhancement to the enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights.

In the transactional area, Edouard is an experienced intellectual property lawyer. He has been involved in the IP aspects of numerous initial public offerings (IPOs) and several complex French and international M&A transactions over the past decade. He routinely carries out multijurisdictional projects and works closely with clients to successfully design, structure, and implement technology and commercial transactions to achieve high-stakes business objectives.

Edouard has solid experience in assisting businesses in a variety of sectors that includes tech, energy, life sciences, entertainment, and retail.

Edouard is a member of APRAM (Association of Trade Mark and Design Law Practitioners [board member] [president of the "IP in the Economy" Commission]), INTA (International Trademark Association), AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), and AIDV (International Wine Law Association).

Experience

  • DBG Technology acquires All Circuits S.A.S. for CNY 730 millionJones Day advised DBG Technology Co., Ltd. in the CNY 730 million acquisition of All Circuits S.A.S. from IEE S.A. and Hiwinglux S.A. (both pertaining to Aerospace Hi-Tech Holding Group Co. Ltd., a China-based public conglomerate).
  • Framatome acquires Segault SAS and Velan S.A.S. for €192.5 millionJones Day advised Framatome, a world leader in nuclear energy, in its acquisition of Velan S.A.S. and Segault SAS, the French subsidiaries of Velan Inc., a world-leading manufacturer of industrial valves, for a purchase price of €170 million, and the transfer of an intercompany loan of €22.5 million, for a total of €192.5 million.
  • Resonance leads $15 million Series A financing of DeepIPJones Day advised Resonance as lead investor in the $15 million Series A financing of DeepIP, a French startup that develops an AI assistant for drafting patents.
  • Société Générale sells Société Générale Equipment Finance's (SGEF) activitiesJones Day advised Société Générale in the sale of the professional equipment financing businesses operated by Societe Generale Equipment Finance (SGEF) to Groupe BPCE.
  • CastorDoc sells Company to CoalesceJones Day advised CastorDoc, a French company that developed an AI-driven metadata management solution and is now known as Coalesce Catalog, in connection with the sale of the Company to Coalesce, a U.S. company specializing in data management and analysis.
  • Orano and XTC New Energy create two JVs dedicated to production of batteries for electric vehiclesJones Day advised Orano in the context of the setting-up of two joint-ventures dedicated to the production of critical materials for batteries for electric vehicles, together with Chinese group XTC New Energy.
  • Revaia and Bpifrance lead €27 million Series B financing of FASSTJones Day advised Revaia and Bpifrance in connection with the €27 million Series B financing of FASST, a major player in the digitalization of insurance product distribution to insurers, mutuals and brokers across Europe.
  • Amolyt Pharma acquired by AstraZenecaJones Day advised Amolyt Pharma, a global, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in developing therapeutic peptides for rare endocrine and related diseases, in its $1.05 billion acquisition by AstraZeneca.
  • Partech Partners leads €37 million Series B financing of CintooJones Day represented Partech Partners as lead investor in the €37 million Series B financing of Cintoo, the leading provider of cloud-based Reality Data management and collaboration solutions.
  • Silver Lake Waterman, Eurazeo, Partech Partners, Eight Roads, F-Prime, and Serena Capital participate in $54 million Series C financing of OdasevaJones Day advised Silver Lake Waterman, the lead new investor, and Eurazeo, a new investor, as well as historical investors Partech Partners, Eight Roads, F-Prime and Serena Capital in connection with the $54 million Series C financing of Odaseva, the leading enterprise data security platform for Salesforce, along with new investor Crescent Cove.
  • Euroclear invests in IZNESJones Day advised Euroclear in its investment in IZNES, a pan-European funds marketplace based on blockchain technology.
  • Silicon Mobility sold to IntelJones Day advised Silicon Mobility SAS in the acquisition of the company by Intel Corporation.
  • Arverne Group combines with Transition to publicly list on Euronext Paris the future French leader in geothermal and low-carbon lithium to drive energy transitionJones Day advised Arverne Group SAS, a French company ("Arverne"), in its business combination with Euronext listed Transition SA to create the future French leader in geothermal and low-carbon lithium production.
  • BNP Paribas, Bryan Garnier, and Natixis complete €141 million capital increase of CarbiosJones Day advised BNP Paribas, Bryan Garnier, and Natixis in connection with the €141 million capital increase with shareholders' preferential subscription rights of Carbios, a biotech company specialized in the development and industrialization of biological technologies used for plastic and textiles recycling.
  • CNCM secures integrity of Credit Mutuel GroupJones Day advised Confederation Nationale Du Credit Mutuel ("CNCM"), the central body of Credit Mutuel Group, a large network of French cooperative banks, in carrying out its public service mission in relation to Credit Mutuel Arkea's ("CMA") unprecedented initiative to split away from its parent group.
  • Optium Capital leads Series A financing of BeFCJones Day advised Otium Capital in leading the €16 million Series A financing of BeFC, a French start-up company providing a sustainable paper-based biofuel cell and ecofriendly microelectronics.
  • Uniphore Technologies acquires HexagoneJones Day advised Uniphore Technologies, a provider of conversational artificial intelligence and automation, in the acquisition of Hexagone, which fuses voice, visual, and text-based data to provide AI-derived insights to help better understand human behavior.
  • Électricité de Strasbourg forms JV with ErametJones Day advised Électricité de Strasbourg, an energy provider in Alsace (France), in the formation of a joint venture with Eramet, one of the leading French actors in the mining and metallurgy industries, to develop and use joint capabilities for the extraction, refining and production of lithium from geothermal resources, with a targeted annual volume of 10,000 tons of lithium corresponding to the volume necessary to produce c.250,000 batteries for electric vehicles per year).
  • Swile and Groupe BPCE to combine to create global leader in employee benefitsJones Day advised Swile, a worktech unicorn, in the acquisition of Bimpli, a subsidiary of Groupe BPCE and leader in employee services and benefits in France.
  • Ansys acquires automotive simulation channel partner DYNAmoreJones Day is representing Ansys, Inc. in the acquisition of the DYNAmore business (“DYNAmore”), a Stuttgart, Germany-headquartered company who has historically distributed Ansys’ LS-DYNA crash test simulation software to virtually all major European car manufacturers.
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    June 2025 Commentary

    Two U.S. Courts Address Fair Use in Generative AI Training Cases

    May 2025 Commentary

    Revolutionizing EU Design Protection: Key Changes Under the New Designs and Models Regulation

    May 2025 Commentary

    U.S. Copyright Office Issues Guidance on Generative AI Training

    May 2025 Commentary

    UK Court Rules on Reverse Engineering of Mainframe Software

    MAY 2025 Commentary

    CJEU Ruling on Asymmetric Jurisdiction Clause Validity—Towards (un)Certainty?

    March 2025 Commentary

    CJEU Grants Jurisdiction Over Foreign IP Infringement Cases

    FEBRUARY 2025 Commentary

    Court Grants Summary Judgment in AI Copyright Clash, Rejecting "Fair Use"

    February 2025 Commentary

    Copyrightability of AI Outputs: U.S. Copyright Office Analyzes Human Authorship Requirement

    FEBRUARY 2025 Commentary

    CJEU Ruling: Impact of Trademarks on Joint Liability of Suppliers and Producers

    FEBRUARY 2025 Commentary

    European Commission's AI Code of Practice and Training Data Summary Template
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    Additional Publications

    • 2024
      Intellectual Property Rights in France Overview, Practical Law Country Q&A
    • 2024
      Intellectual Property Transactions in France Overview, Practical Law Country Q&A
    • 2024
      Terminating Licences of IP Rights (France) 2024
    • 2024
      Terminating Licenses of IP Rights QC Chart (France)
    • December 15 2020
      IP in business transactions: France overview (Thomson Reuters)
    • December 15, 2020
      Patents, trade marks, copyright and designs in France: overview
    • February 2020
      Participation to the drafting of 2 Chapters of Thomson Reuters IP in Business Transactions Global Guide

    Additional Speaking Engagements

    • 30 mars 2017
      Les rendez-vous de la propriété intellectuelle - 1er volet : Gestion des créations de salariés
    • 17 novembre 2016
      Atelier AFJE "Négocier un contrat de cession d'actions pro-vendeur"

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