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Vincent GILBEY
Partner, European Patent Attorney
Office : Paris, Geneva
vgilbey@bdl-ip.com
+33 (0)1 44 18 89 00
Qualifications
- French Patent Attorney
- Diploma from CEIPI (Patents, Trademarks and Designs)
- European Patent Attorney
- UPC Representative
- Master in Intellectual Property Law
Fields of expertise
- Patents
- IP litigation
- IP management
- IP strategy
Sectors
- Aeronautic/space
- Civil engineering
- Medical devices
- Hydraulics
- Mechanics/Physics
- Metallurgy
– Graduate from the École Nationale Supérieure d’Arts et Métiers.
– Master of Science in Structural Engineering (University of Cardiff – United Kingdom).
– Graduate from the CEIPI in « Patents » and « Trademarks and Designs ».
– Master’s degree in Intellectual Property Law (University of Strasbourg – CEIPI).
Vincent GILBEY is a European and French Patent Attorney and a Representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). A partner at Beau de Loménie, he is based in Paris.
Vincent began his career as a patent Attorney at a Paris based IP firm, before joining Beau de Loménie in 2013, and became a partner of the firm in September 2026.
With his background as a general engineer, Vincent’s expertise extends to all issues related to obtaining, optimising the value of, and defending patent rights, as well as freedom-to-operate analyses in France and overseas for companies of various sizes, from individuals to international groups. His professional involvement also covers follow-up and support actions for pre-litigation and litigation proceedings before national courts and the UPC, as well as opposition proceedings and appeals before the European Patent Office-EPO.
Vincent currently co-heads the firm’s Mechanical Engineering Patent Department alongside Didier Intès and Jacques Verrue. The department comprises around thirty professionals who advise French and international companies of all sizes, particularly in the automotive, aeronautics and aerospace industries, as well as in the fields of mechanical engineering, energy, high technology, consumer products and medical devices.
Languages : French, English