A leading practitioner in the WTR 1000, Marine is an anti-counterfeiting expert who leverages her extensive experience with Renault and Bic to manage global IP enforcement and trade mark prosecution.
Service Areas
Prior to immigrating to Australia, Marine worked in the intellectual property (IP) department of French car manufacturer, Renault. Marine also gained valuable experience in anti-counterfeiting as an in-house lawyer for the French anti-counterfeiting group, Union Des Fabricants (Unifab). There, she represented several member companies in Customs proceedings, and lobbied at the national and international level in favour of better protection of IP rights. Marine participated in working groups such as Interpol Intellectual Property Crime Action Group and Global Anti Counterfeiting Group.
Marine has also been the anti-counterfeiting area manager at Société Bic, and travelled to South America and Eastern Europe to coordinate legal actions and investigations against counterfeiters. Marine represented Bic Company in Customs training and seminars held by the World Customs organisation.
Marine joined Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick Lawyers in 2008. She advises clients on trade marks prosecution and oppositions, and specialises in anti-counterfeiting programs including working with Customs to seize fake goods . She is also experienced in coordinating investigations and market surveys.
Marine has been recognised as a leading practitioner in the WTR 1000 for many years.
Qualifications
- LLM (Edinburgh University)
More about Marine
Countries lived in
France, Scotland, Norway, Australia
Interests
Modern and contemporary art
Best holiday
Driving the length of the Northern Territory in Australia
Favourite invention
The butter-churner
My first job was
Harvesting grapes in the Muscadet region
