Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
French
Biography
Melvina Valerii is the partner leading the Intellectual Property and Information Technology practice at CLEACH Avocats. She has more than 15 years of experience advising French and international companies on a broad range of IP and IT matters, including experience gained as an in-house jurist with ALTANA before qualifying as a French lawyer.
Her practice covers both intellectual and industrial property matters, including trademarks, patents, designs, copyright, and related rights. Melvina advises clients on the protection, valuation, and commercial exploitation of intellectual property assets, developing tailored strategies to support business growth and risk management.
She also advises on new technologies, data protection matters, due diligence exercises, and intellectual property issues arising in corporate transactions and acquisitions. Her experience combines strategic advisory work with contentious matters, enabling clients to navigate complex intellectual property challenges across multiple jurisdictions.
Year joined firm: 2019
Her practice covers both intellectual and industrial property matters, including trademarks, patents, designs, copyright, and related rights. Melvina advises clients on the protection, valuation, and commercial exploitation of intellectual property assets, developing tailored strategies to support business growth and risk management.
She also advises on new technologies, data protection matters, due diligence exercises, and intellectual property issues arising in corporate transactions and acquisitions. Her experience combines strategic advisory work with contentious matters, enabling clients to navigate complex intellectual property challenges across multiple jurisdictions.
Year joined firm: 2019
Client feedback
"Consistently delivers high quality work. She is extremely attentive, proactive, and clear in her communication. She makes a genuine effort to understand the specific needs of our mutual clients and provides thoughtful, well reasoned guidance that goes beyond standard or routine advice. Her professionalism and client oriented approach greatly enhance the overall quality of the service we receive."
"She is very clear and straightforward as of what their client interests and needs, what they require from us and in her communication skills, and as a result we receive timely and accurate responses."
Recent Matter / Case Highlights
- Advises a sovereign state on the protection and preservation of trademarks associated with the state, including strategic support in pre-litigation proceedings.
- Represents a Brazilian perfume company in defending an international portfolio of trademark filings relating to newly launched fragrances that became the subject of multiple challenges by a major participant in the global perfume industry.
- Represents a company in defending its right to use a brand name incorporating the name of a watchmaker who subsequently left the business to establish a competing enterprise.
- Represented a ready-to-wear clothing company in a dispute against a luxury fashion brand involving allegations of scarf counterfeiting.
Key Practice Areas
- Copyright and related rights
- Intellectual property
- Intellectual property litigation and contentious matters
- Trade marks
- Trade mark protection and enforcement
- Brand management
- Intellectual property strategy
- New technologies and data protection
Sector Expertise
- Fashion and luxury goods
- Government and public policy
- Industrials
- Media
- Publishing
Education / Alumni
- Master II in IP/IT, Aix-Marseille III University, 2009
- Diploma of Juriste Conseil en Entreprise (DJCE), Aix-Marseille III University, 2009
- Master I in Business Law, Panthéon-Assas University, 2008
Association / network memberships
- UMICC Legal Committee
- INTA (International Trademark Association)
Address:
Tel:+33 1 53 75 00 43
Email:Contact this practitioner
Website:https://cleach.com/en/avocat/melvina-valerii/
43 rue de Courcelles, 75008 Paris
France