Elli Velissaropoulos
Trademark Design Attorney
Paris office
Elli Velissaropoulos is a qualified Trademark and Design Attorney at Novagraaf in France. She has been practising intellectual property (IP) law since 2012, joining Novagraaf in 2023, after working first as a lawyer in several law firms in Athens, Greece, and then spending over six years at a pan-European IP firm.
At Novagraaf, Elli assists French and overseas clients with trademark and design filing projects, as well as with the defence and development of their IP rights: including: prior art searches, filing strategies, monitoring of registration procedures, renewals, pre-litigation, opposition procedures and invalidity/revocation actions before the INPI and EUIPO, customs surveillance, drafting of contracts relating to IP rights.
Achtergrond
Elli studied law at the Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II and holds a Master 2 in European and International IP Law from CEIPI.
She has been an Industrial Property Attorney (INPI), specialising in trademarks and designs since 2018, and is a representative before the European IP Office (EUIPO).
Lidmaatschappen
Elli is a member of APRAM, the Association of Trade Mark and Design Law Practitioners (Association des Praticiens du droit des marques et des modèles).
Talen
- French
- English
- Greek
Expertise
- Trademark and design registration strategies
- Trademark and design clearance searching
- IP enforcement
- IP maintenance, including renewals
- Oppositions and pre-litigation suppoer
- Invalidity and revocation actions before the INPI and EUIPO
- Customs surveillance
- IP contract drafting
Specialisme
- Designs
- Trademarks & Domain Names
- Strategy
- Agroalimentaire
- Cosmetics & personal care
- Fashion & textiles
- Luxury goods
- Pharmacie