PRACTICE & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Caroline de Mareüil-Villette is one of the two co-founders of ICOSA and ICOSA Europe, two IP firms focused on Life Sciences (Biotech, Chemistry, Medtech).

A graduate from Sorbonne University in Chemical Process Engineering and Organic Chemistry, Caroline is a European, French and Belgian patent attorney.

Caroline de Mareüil-Villette has a renowned expertise in strategy and valuation of the assets of Intellectual Property. She assists a wide range of clients, including startups and investors, in audits of Intellectual Property and in “due diligence” regarding rising funds.  In addition, Caroline trains CEOs and R&D directors and managers to raise awareness of IP issues and good practices in order to prevent actions likely to penalize the protection of an invention.

A member of AIPPI and co-President of the IP Valuation committee of the Licensing Executive Society (LES), Caroline de Mareuil-Villette has also developed an international network of correspondents and patent agents with whom she works closely.

Caroline de Mareüil-Villette built her career at the IP valorization subsidiary of the French National Center for Scientific Research. Then, she joined a Monaco-based firm specializing into cosmetics active ingredients where she created the Patent & Contract Department.

After living three years in Princeton, NJ (USA), she worked for a middle-sized Paris-based IP firm. She then joined one of the major French IP law firm in 2004 where she created a department dedicated to Financial Valuation of Patents, Software & Trademarks.

As of today, Caroline de Mareüil-Villette teams advised over 500 French start-ups from the healthcare sector is the protection and the valuation of the Intellectual Property assets, thus making ICOSA as one the remarkable players of the French healthcare industry.

DILPOMA

  • Master’s in Chemistry with honors from the University of Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie)
  • Graduated in Contract Law from CNAM (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers).
  • Graduated from the CEIPI (Center for International IP Studies)

MEMBERSHIP

  • Licensing Executive Society (LES)
  • AIPPI
  • Association of Experts in Business Valuation (A3E)

PUBLICATIONS

  • “Détenteur d’application mobile : êtes-vous sûr d’en être propriétaire ?” – Collection guide annuaire Décideurs 2016
  • “La reconnaissance du capital immatériel : un outil pour la croissance” – Revue Française de Comptabilité : Février 2016
  • “Licences de brevets et de marques : aspects clés d’une réussite aux Etats-Unis” – Collection guide annuaire Décideurs 2015