For more than 100 years, Novagraaf has been passionately supporting French, European and international wine and spirits professionals, including representing wine estates, distilleries, merchants, cooperative wineries, unions and companies across the wine and spirits sector.
Across the Novagraaf Group, we work with national and international wine and spirits producers, distributors and retailers to ensure the protection and defense of their intangible assets through patent, trademark, design, domain names and copyright law. From our dedicated office in Bordeaux, France, we also provide specialist local support to French wineries, unions and merchants.
Please get in touch if you have any questions about how IP rights could support your wine or spirits business.
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