Enrico PRIORI

French Managing Partner
European Patent Attorney
Industrial Patent Attorney (French)

enrico.priori@atoutpi-laplace.com
+33 (0)1 41 48 45 48

Education(s)

  • Post Graduate Certificate for Patents from the "Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle" (CEIPI Patents)
  • Doctorate in electronics, PhD thesis on laser physics from the Politecnico di Milano (2003)
  • Engineer, graduated from the "Ecole Centrale Paris" (1998)
  • Electronics Engineer, graduated from the Politecnico di Milano (1999)

Professional experience and skills acquired

Enrico has an in-depth knowledge of the research world. Before joining the field of Industrial Property, Enrico prepared a PhD thesis in laser physics at the Politecnico of Milan after which he worked for the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA Saclay).
Enrico started his career as a Patent Attorney in 2003. After 10 years in a parisian IP firm, Enrico joined Marks & Clerk France in 2013, first as a team leader, in charge of training young engineers, then as a partner, before becoming Managing Partner in 2021.

Enrico has acquired significant skills including:

  • Patent drafting and prosecution ;
  • Patent ability, freedom-to-operate and infringement analysis ;
  • Patent infringement ans patent validity disputes.

Very involved in the profession, Enrico is active in French Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorney (CNCPI - member of the Advisory Council and the Ethics and Best Practices Commission) and in the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI - member of the French group's Steering Committee). These participations allow him to directly follow evolutions of the Industrial Property Law.

Technical fields

His technical expertise is very diverse, but mainly lies in the following fields: applied physics (optics, nanotechnologies, sensors); electronics; medical imaging; telecommunications, space in particular.

Languages

Italian (native language) - French - English