French Industrial Property Firm

in cooperation with HOFFMANN EITLE Patent- und Rechtsanwälte PartmbB

French excellence and German leading practice in Intellectual Property

Firm profile

A firm focused on your business goals

A primary purpose of your continual technological development efforts is to achieve a competition edge which ensures your sustained success. A primary purpose of Cabinet Catania is accordingly to make every effort to assist you in that essential process, by bringing all our energy and expertise in the field of industrial property at the service of your valuable technical projects.

With a cutting-edge approach

Cabinet Catania is built around the forward-thinking idea that higher standards of services arise from the encounter of the prominent French and German practices relating to industrial property. This idea has been realized through Olivier’s pioneering experience in Paris and Munich, in which the respective traditions of two of the most reputable French and German intellectual property firms have been passed to him.

Aimed at offering more advanced services

Cabinet Catania is devoted to providing leading-edge services, which combine the own assets of the French and German practices, especially in terms of quality, efficiency, responsiveness, customization, attentiveness to your needs, and time management. These services include, in particular:

Drafting, filing and prosecuting patent applications
Development of patent strategies
Patent opposition proceedings
Pre-litigation and litigation
Legal opinions on specific issues, such as patentability and freedom-to-operate studies
Transfers and constitutions of rights, such as assignments and contractual licensing
Re-establishment of rights

The Founder

Olivier Catania

Professional Qualifications
French Patent Attorney
European Patent Attorney

Legal Education
LL.M. in International Law
CEIPI Diploma in Patents

Scientific Education
Ingénieur Grande Ecole ParisTech
M.Sc. in Image and Industrial Vision

Ongoing Experience in Munich
10 years at Hoffmann Eitle
MIP Firm of years 2015-2017, category "German patent prosecution"

Past Experience in Paris
5 years at Cabinet Beau de Loménie
MIP Firm of years 2014 and 2017, category "French patent prosecution"

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Specific strengths

In addition to his typical background of a Patent Attorney, Olivier has an unusually valuable international and litigation-orientated profile, acquired by

Experience: he combines the best of complementary expertises from two of the most reputable and distinguished intellectual property firms in France and Germany. Also, he has a strong experience in EPO opposition and appeal, with Hoffmann Eitle being one of the most active firms in these proceedings.

Education: he passed a Master of International Law in order to further increase his expertise in ever more frequent multinational situations. In addition, he has in-depth knowledge of the French Codes of Civil Law and Civil Procedure, obtained through academic courses in Paris.