The Lawyer for Innovators
and Tech.
Your intangible creations (Software, Data, Patents) are your most valuable assets. Take advantage of the expertise of a lawyer with extensive experience in complex contractual matters (CNRS, Industry) to protect and leverage your innovation.
Expertise
- Intellectual Property
- Computer contracts
- GDPR & Data Compliance
- Defense
Beyond the law: technical understanding
Scientific background (CNRS)
With 10 years of experience as a lawyer at the National Centre for Scientific ResearchSébastien Drillon has mastered the complexity of innovative projects (Biotech, Materials, AI). He can interact with your R&D teams to turn your inventions into legal assets.
Academic Excellence (CEIPI)
Author of a thesis on software protection and lecturer at theUniversity of StrasbourgSébastien Drillon not only follows case law, he comments on it in the leading legal journals (Jurisclasseur, Dalloz).
Our Areas of Intervention
Securing the life cycle of innovation
Software & patents
Protection of source code, patentability of computer-implemented inventions, software infringement proceedings.
Learn moreComputer contracts
License, Assignment, Maintenance (TMA), Integration, SLA. Negotiation of technology transfer contracts and consortia.
Learn moreGDPR & Governance
Compliance, Outsourced DPO, Security Audit. Transforming the regulatory constraint into an asset of trust.
Learn moreTrademarks
Filing strategy, brand defense, CGV/CGU market sites, Marketplaces and responsibility of hosting companies.
Learn moreAI & Big Data
Algorithm supervision, database protection (Suici generis law), AI Act compliance and data ethics.
Learn moreBlockchain & Crypto
Smart Contracts, NFTs, ICOs. Expertise recognized by a doctrinal publication Dalloz on "Territory of Trust".
Learn moreYour files are treated with the rigour of the practitioner and academic
Unlike automated platforms, Drillon Avocat produces legal doctrine. Your files are handled with all professional rigour.
Contact the authorLatest Publications
JurisClasseur No 4221
"Protection of software by patent invention" — The reference for technical patentability.
Dalloz IP/IT
"The Blockchain Revolution: Redefining Trusted Third Parties" — Legal Anticipation of Smart Contracts.
Intellectual Properties No. 60
"Abuse of a dominant position in the standardisation process" — Competition law and technological standards.
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Motivated by excellence
Sébastien Drillon has more than 10 years' experience in negotiating different types of contracts with SMEs and major groups, acquired when he was a lawyer at the national scientific research centre.
In constant contact with researchers in the field of materials and biotechnology, this experience allows him to now have a high level of expertise in intellectual property and negotiation.
At the same time, he pursued a thesis on the protection of software by patent invention, which he supported at CEIPI in 2012, giving him a clear competence on issues relating to software and more generally digital.
In an effort to share his knowledge, he is present at the University of Strasbourg (CEIPI, UFR Mathematical-Informatique) and at the University of Haute-Alsace and regularly publishes in journals (Jurisclasseur, Propriétés Intellectuelles, RTD Com).
Sébastien Drillon today brings to his clients all his expertise in intellectual property and more generally in business law.
The areas of intervention of the firm
In Based in Strasbourg, serving Alsace, the firm assists companies in protecting their assets, contracts and disputes.
Intellectual property law
Copyright, patent law, software law, trademark law, design law, database law, new technology law).
Contract law
Negotiation and drafting of different types of contracts (research contract, service contract, confidentiality agreement, licensing and assignment contract, know-how agreement, co-ownership settlement, co-existence agreement, consulting contract, etc.).
Business law
Commercial law, competition law, distribution law.
Disputes
Infringement, unfair competition.
CONSULTATIONS
Information, advice, strategy development
AUDIT
Trademarks, patents, designs, domain names, software, databases
DRAFTING OF CONTRACTS
Assignment, licence, coexistence agreement, confidentiality agreement, condominium settlement, exemption contract, research contract, consortium agreement, service contract, equipment transfer agreement, CGV-CGA...
PRE-LITIGATION
Formal notice, seizure-infringement, coexistence agreements
LEGAL ACTION
Infringement, unfair competition, domain name advocacy, general law
PRIOR ART SEARCH AND ANALYSIS
Trademarks, patents and designs
FILINGS AND RENEWALS OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Trademark, patent, design, software
PROTECTION AND DEFENCE OF WORKS
Literary, cinematographic, musical, plastic etc...
CEIPI
Speaker on software protection.
UNIVERSITY OF STRASBOURG
Lecturer in intellectual property as part of the Master's degree in Computer Science and Computer Science.
Responsible for work directed in the law of obligations.
HIGHER NATIONAL INFORMATICAL ECOLE FOR INDUSTRY AND ENTERPRISE (ENSIIA)
Intellectual Property Education Officer.
PROTECTING SOFTWARE
17 Nov 2013 – JurisClasseur Paper 4221.
INVENTIVE STEP
16 Sept 2014 – JurisClasseur Paper No 4494.
RELATED CLAIMS IN INFRINGEMENT PROCEEDINGS
05 March 2015 – JurisClasseur Paper #4650.
ABUSE OF A DOMINANT POSITION: A REAL ISSUE IN THE STANDARDISATION PROCESS
Jul 2016 – Intellectual Properties, No. 60, Doctrine, p. 292.
THE BLOCKCHAIN REVOLUTION: REDEFINING TRUSTED THIRD PARTIES
Article to be published in the journal Dalloz Intellectual Property and Digital Law.
On our first appointment we will discuss your case, but also, in a matter of transparency, the question of fees, which will be the subject of an agreement.
Fees may take two forms:
- a lump sum fee:This method of invoicing is usually proposed for standard files, for which it is possible to determine in advance the due diligences to be performed, and thus, to determine a lump sum total amount which will correspond to the assumption of all the diligences performed in the file.
- Hourly fee:An hourly rate is agreed on the first appointment and will be applied for all the stages to be performed in the file. The time spent in the file will be charged to the real, based on the agreed hourly rate.
Result fee
This Fee is a complementary Fee, which adds to one of the two fees mentioned above (facility or past time). This is a percentage granted to the lawyer on the gains obtained in the proceedings or on the savings achieved by the result obtained by the lawyer. The terms and conditions of the profit fee will be determined under a fee agreement, so that you can have a clear vision of what you are committing to.