8 December 2010 - Michel Vivant joins law firm Gide Loyrette Nouel:

On 3 December 2010 Michel Vivant, Professor at the Sciences Po Law School (Paris), joined the Intellectual Property and Technology practice (IP-TMT) at Gide Loyrette Nouel as Senior Counsel.

Holder of advanced postgraduate degrees (and the higher French agrégation degree in Law), a doctorate in Law, and an honorary doctorate from the University of Heidelberg, Michel Vivant joined the Institut d’Etudes Politiques (Sciences Po) in Paris as a professor in 2007 and is currently in charge of the Intellectual Property specialty on the master's course in economic law. He was previously Dean of the Law and Economics Faculty and Vice President at Montpellier 1 University where he founded and supervised the Droit des Créations immatérielles master's programme. He is also an arbitrator and, in particular, acts as an OMPI arbitrator for domain names.

Michel Vivant specialises in intellectual property law (copyright, patent law, trade mark law, etc.), new technologies law, IT law, Internet, e-commerce, international and European law.

The six partners in the Paris IP-TMT Department are delighted to welcome Michel Vivant whose arrival will "add to the glowing reputation of our team of around thirty lawyers and bring our clients all the benefits of Professor Vivant's considerable experience."

"I have always endeavoured to keep a decidedly practical approach to law and am delighted to be joining this high-profile team in my capacity as counsel and arbitrator," adds Michel Vivant.