European Technological Sovereignty Package

The European Commission released on June 3, 2026 its long-awaited "Tech Sovereignty Package" A strategic ...

🏆 Proud to share our recognition in the latest World Trademark Review’s WTR 1000 ranking !

Momentum Avocats has been recognized as "an excellent firm with very experienced practitioners who possess ...

Proud to be recognized in Chambers and Partners Europe 2026! 🏆

We're delighted to announce that Momentum Avocats has been distinguished in the prestigious Chambers Europe ...

CNIL enforcement action : overview 2025 & priorities 2026

The French Data Protection Authority - CNIL – has just published: its enforcement report for ...

ROUND TABLE

Our partner Julie Carel had the pleasure of speaking at the PERIFEMDAY roundtable on augmented ...

📌 Entry into force of the JONUM regulatory framework : France opens a three-year experimental period for games based on blockchain-based assets under the supervision of the French Gambling Authority. 🕹️

On February 6, two texts relating to ‘JONUM’ (games based on “monetizable digital assets”) introduced ...

French Gambling Authority launches its dedicated portal for crypto gaming offers (JONUM) – ANJ (Autorité Nationale des Jeux)

🚨 If you are already offering a crypto gaming service in France, now is the ...

Supervising Digital Platforms: Where Do We Stand Two Years into the DSA Era?

Since 17 February 2024, the Digital Services Act (DSA) has introduced new rules for online ...

Jean-Sébastien Mariez ranked by Chambers 2026 in France

🙌 Very proud to share that our TMT practice has been ranked in Chambers and ...

DSM DIRECTIVE

📚Laura Godfrin and Jean-Sébastien Mariez have authored a guest post for The IPKat on two ...

AI Adoption Among SMEs and Mid-Sized Companies – One Year After the AI Summit 🤖

Yesterday, Julie Carel and Hermien van der Vynckt had the pleasure of representing Momentum Avocats ...

IRPI-N Intellectual Property Review No. 98

📰 In the latest issue of the journal *Propriétés intellectuelles* (No. 98) published by the ...

“Influencers” Act

🚨 On December 18, 2025, a draft decree implementing Article 5(II) of the Influencers Act ...

Environmental Scoring: Adapting Distribution Contracts to Product Data Disclosure

✨ As the European Union strengthens its measures against #greenwashing, the Competition Authority has reiterated ...

Towards a European market for training data licenses?

Last week, we had the pleasure to organize our third breakfast with RELX featuring Axel ...

Rising Star (IP STARS) – Laura Godfrin

✨ Thrilled to be named a “Rising Star” again this year by IP STARS (Managing ...

DRAFT Digital Omnibus: simplification of the AI Act

The European Commission published two draft Regulations on November 19, 2025: the Digital Omnibus (available ...

“Influencers” Act

🚨On November 28, 2025, the decree implementing the “Influencers” Act of June 9, 2023 (No. ...

DRAFT Digital Omnibus: simplification of Digital EU rules

The European Commission published two draft Regulations on November 19, 2025: the Digital Omnibus (available ...

📢 French crypto gaming legal framework – ‘JONUM regime’ – under European Commission review.

The 'JONUM regime' was adopted in France in 2024 and creates an experimental regulatory framework ...

EU ITECHLAW

Momentum Avocats' partners Julie Carel and Mariez JeanSébastien were in London for the EU Itechlaw ...

VIDEO GAMES AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

HOW TO PROTECT GAMEPLAY MECHANICS The protection of gameplay mechanics under intellectual property law is ...

IA ACT

🚨 On August 2, key provisions of the AI Act concerning general-purpose AI (GPAI) models ...

IRPI-N Intellectual Property Review No. 96

📰 In the latest issue of the journal *Propriétés intellectuelles* (No. 96) published by the ...

Jean-Sébastien Mariez ranked by Chambers in France

🎉So proud of this well-deserved Chambers and Partners ranking!🏆True team achievement reflecting our collective excellence ...

JULIEN CANLORBE WILL BE SPEAKING at the IRPI’s annual morning sessions

As every year, our partner Julien Canlorbe will be pleased to speak at the IRPI ...

IRPI-N – Matinées d’actualités

📣 As he does every year, our partner Julien Canlorbe will have the pleasure of ...

Chambers Ranked in France 2025 – Jean-Sébastien Mariez

🎉So proud of this well-deserved Chambers and Partners ranking!🏆True team achievement reflecting our collective excellence ...

ITechLaw & INTA 2025

🛬 Back in Paris after an incredible California journey to meet the Tech and IP ...

JULIE CAREL named 2025 laureate of the Choiseul “Future of Law” ranking

🥁 Our partner Julie Carel has been selected as one of the 40 talents featured ...

Generative AI and Data Monetization: Squaring the Circle?

A look back at the breakfast event we had the pleasure of organizing with RELX, ...

Alix, Clara et Eve join our internship team

MOMENTUM AVOCATS is delighted to welcome the new promotion of trainees/student lawyers for January 2025 ! We ...

julie Carel took part in a panel discussion on EU regulation of online advertising and the opportunities offered by PETs

💡As Privacy Enhancing Technologies (#PETs) open up new possibilities for strengthening personal data protection, is ...

Parody and IP – Contribution by JULIEN CANLORBE to APRAM

💡 During the annual APRAM-Universities morning event organized by APRAM – the Association of Practitioners ...

Momentum Avocats joins Chambers and Partners

Momentum Avocats joins Chambers and Partners 2025 and thanks its clients for their continued trust.🏆A ...

INTERNSHIP OFFER

IP / IT INTERNJanuary – June 2026 Momentum Avocats is looking for a law student ...

Our partner Julie Carel was at WAICF

WAICF - World AI Cannes Festival was the finisher line of the AI marathon week ...

Momentum Avocats is thrilled to announce the promotion of Laura Godfrin to Counsel! 🎉

Before her promotion to Counsel, Laura joined Momentum Avocats in 2021 as a Senior Associate. ...

AI & Trust – Discussion led by Jean-Sébastien Mariez

AI, innovation and trust… thank you all for coming to Momentum Avocats' invitation for a ...

Momentum is growing, Momentum is moving

 The team is expanding, and Momentum Avocats is taking up residence just a stone's throw ...

Momentum joins the Renaissance Numérique think-tank

🧠 The entire Momentum Avocats team is delighted to be joining Renaissance Numérique and contributing ...

THE IMPACT OF DORA ON ICT service providers : what CLOUD AND SAAS SERVICE PROVIDERS need to anticipate

If you provide information and communication technology services (ICT service provider) such as cloud computing ...

Swearing-in ceremony of our new associates

🎉⚖ The entire Momentum Avocats team is delighted to celebrate the swearing-in of Inès Lalet ...

Alice Raynal joins the firm

Momentum Avocats is delighted to welcome Alice Raynal who joins our team of 10 lawyers ...

Second-hand digital game market: Laura Godfrin and Jean-Sébastien Mariez analyze a landmark ruling by the French Supreme Court in The IPKat

In The IPKat, Laura Godfrin and Jean-Sébastien Mariez discuss the very recent ruling of the ...

New Practices in Trademark Law – Training by Julien Canlorbe at the IRPI

On 20 November, our partner Julien Canlorbe will be pleased to lead a full-day training ...

Inès Lalet joins the firm

Momentum Avocats is delighted to welcome Inès Lalet, who joins our team of 10 lawyers ...

Raphaël Gentilleau joins the firm

Momentum Avocats is delighted to welcome Raphaël Gentilleau, who joins our team of 10 lawyers ...

Contribution to Editions Dalloz on the CJEU ruling of January 30, 2024 (Case C-118/22)

In the latest Dalloz IP/IT issue, you'll find our commentary on the CJEU ruling of ...

Julie Carel will be at the ITechLaw European Conference in Munich this week

✈ Our partner Julie Carel is heading to the European Conference of ITechLaw Association in ...

Contribution by Laura Godfrin to Editions Lamy Liaisons on the ruling handed down by the Cour de Cassation on June 5, 2024 in an Oxford case

Laura Godfrin, attorney-at-law, deciphers the decision handed down by the Commercial Chamber of the French ...

Julien Canlorbe contributes to the Trademark and Distinctive Signs Chronicle in issue No. 93 of the journal Propriétés intellectuelles.

📰 Featured in the latest issue (No. 93) of the journal Propriétés intellectuelles published by ...

GAMES BASED ON “MONETIZABLE DIGITAL ASSETS”: FRANCE ADOPTS A NEW REGULATORY FRAMEWORK UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE GAMBLING AUTHORITY

Designed to pave the way for increasingly popular games based on digital assets such as ...

AI Act Series #4 AI Regulatory Sandbox

How the AI Act enables real world testing of innovative AI systems ? The European ...

THE EU DIGITAL SERVICES ACT IS NOW SIGNED INTO LAW: HOW TO APPROACH COMPLIANCE?

The much-anticipated Digital Services Act appears to be the new EU regulation milestone that will ...

NFT-PROOF COPYRIGHT : FRENCH MINISTRY OF CULTURE’S ADVISORY BODY (CSPLA) ISSUES 20 RECOMMENDATIONS

On July 12th, the French Superior Council of Intellectual Property (the Conseil supérieur de la ...

Julien Canlorbe and Julie Carel had the pleasure of discussing the legal issues surrounding NFTs and the metavers with members of the “Union des marques”

Summer Read in BLIP!, the Intellectual Property Blog

Jean-Sébastien Mariez and Laura Godfrin present the essential information on the DSA and the compliance ...

Workshop : join Jean-Sébastien Mariez and Laura Godfrin on July 7th at the FEVAD

Join us to understand the impact of the DSA on marketplaces and anticipate the compliance ...

Looking back at a year of novelty on Trademarks and Designs law

During the IRPI's annual news mornings, Julien Canlorbe presented the French and European legislative and ...

NEW EDPB 5-STEP CALCULATION METHODOLOGY TO HARMONISE GDPR FINES IN THE EU

On May 16th, 2022, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB) unveiled its new provisional Guidelines ...

[MUST READ] “Intellectual property litigation in the whirlwind of procedural rules”, with the contribution of Julien Canlorbe, Momentum Avocats

In the latest issue of Dalloz IP-IT, Julien Canlorbe's contribution regards the new procedures before ...

“NIS2”:WITH THE NEW CYBERSECURITY DIRECTIVE, BRUSSELS BROADENS THE SCOPE OF COMPANIES AND SERVICES THAT WILL HAVE TO FACE STRICT CYBERSECURITY REQUIREMENTS IN EUROPE

On May 13th, the EU Council and the European Parliament struck a deal on the ...

[MUST READ] Interview of Jean-Sébastien Mariez in the Journal du net

Interview on the key provisions of the Digital Services Act and the compliance approach imposed ...

On June 7, join us at the International Cybersecurity Forum

Jean-Sébastien Mariez will have the priviledge to speak at the inaugural edition of the Trust ...

Our team recognized in the 2022 edition of the Legal 500 (Legalease) France

Our team was recognized accross four practice areas : CopyrightTrademarks and DesignsData Privacy and Data ...

Article by Jean-Sébastien Mariez in Le Monde du Droit

Final push for the DSA: in Le Monde du Droit, Jean-Sébastien Mariez alerts on the ...

WIPO RELEASES WHITE PAPER ON BLOCKCHAIN AND IP ECOSYSTEMS

On February 15th, 2022, the Blockchain Task Force established by the World Intellectual Property Organization ...

The newspaper Le Point reveals its ranking of the best law firms

Momentum Avocats is ranked among the best for its practices in : Industrial property lawCopyright ...

Jean-Sébastien Mariez takes part in the professional days of the Information and Communication Technologies LLM of the University of Poitiers

Jean-Sébastien Mariez shares his point of view on the regulation of platforms and recent or ...

IP STARS (Managing IP) ranks Momentum Avocats for its Trademark Contentious Practice

A great recognition of our team's commitment and expertise.

MICA REGULATION MOVES FORWARD : WHAT IMPACT FOR THE NFT ECO-SYSTEM ?

On March 14th, 2022, the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) of the European Parliament ...

ONE STEP TOWARDS THE EU DATA SINGLE MARKET

The Proposal for a Regulation on harmonised rules on fair access to and use of ...

[MUST READ] Issue 82 or the IRPI’s Intellectual law review

The quarterly case law column dedicated to trademark law, with contributions by Julien Canlorbe, Momentum ...

WITH THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE SO-CALLED “FRENCH DSA” BILL, ONLINE PLATFORMS ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH A NEW SET OF OBLIGATIONS TO COMBAT HATEFUL CONTENT, “WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE ESTABLISHED ON THE FRENCH TERRITORY”

The Law No. 2021-1109 of 24 August 2021 “comforting the respect with the principles of ...

Let’s clarify … Who owns the IP rights to software or inventions made by non-employees (including trainees) accomodated by private or public entities carrying out research

The French Ordinance of December 15, 2021 clarifies the legal framework for the assignment of ...

INHOPE’s online Hotline Training Meeting – DSA and online child abuse

Jean-Sébastien Mariez had the priviledge to share an overview of the DSA and its potential ...

YEAR ONE

[YEAR ONE] 🥳 As 2021 draws to a close, Momentum Avocats celebrates its first anniversary ...

[TALK] How to tackle #ChildSexualAbuseMaterial online

[TALK] Today, at INHOPE's online Hotline Training Meeting, Jean-Sébastien Mariez is privileged to share an overview of #DSA and its ...

[RANKING] 🏆 Momentum Avocats is proud to see the expertise of its founding partners recognized by their peer

[RANKING] 🏆 Momentum Avocats is proud to see the expertise of its founding partners recognized by their ...

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION JUST LAUNCHED A PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON ITS INCEPTION IMPACT ASSESSMENT FOR ADAPTING LIABILITY RULES TO THE DIGITAL AGE AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY

[HAVE YOUR SAY] - The European Commission just launched a public consultation on its inception impact assessment ...

Communication of IP adresses and personal data of peer-to-peer users to rightholders

[NEWS] Court of Justice of the European Union ruled today that systematic registration of IP addresses of ...

Louboutin vs. Amazon : is a marketplace operator liable for advertising third-party offers for trademark infringing products?

Does Amazon play an active role when it advertises and ships, through its own services, ...

European Commission published its modernised standard contractual clauses for data transfers

[BREAKING NEWS] Today the European Commission published its modernised standard contractual clauses for data transfers to controllers ...

EU Commission just launched a public consultation on its roadmap for the upcoming Data Act

[HAVE YOUR SAY] The EU Commission just launched a public consultation on its roadmap for the ...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION OPENS A CONSULTATION FOR A REGULATION LAYING DOWN HARMONIZED RULES ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

[HAVE YOUR SAY] European Commission opens a consultation to hear views on its proposal for a ...

EU COMMISSION JUST LAUNCHED A PUBLIC CONSULTATION DELIVERING ON ACTIONS PRESENTED IN ITS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACTION PLAN

[HAVE YOUR SAY] The EU Commission just launched a public consultation delivering on actions presented in ...

EUROPEAN COMMISSION OPENS A PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON THE TACKLING OF DISINFORMATION

[HAVE YOUR SAY] European Commission opens a public consultation on the tackling of disinformation to elaborate ...

Advertising cookies: Record-high penalties from the CNIL against Google and Amazon.

On December 7th, 2020, the CNIL (French Data Protection Authority) sanctioned the companies GOOGLE LLC ...

Mastering the new French and European Trademark Law : training by Julien Canlorbe

On November 24, Julien Canlorbe, partner at Momentum Avocats, will lead the IRPI (Intellectual Property ...

CSPLA report on virtual and augmented reality – Contribution of Jean-Sébastien Mariez

On September 30, 2020, the French Superior Council for Literary and Artistic Property (CSPLA) published ...

Personal Data and Consent: latest CJEU clarification

In its judgment dated November 11th, the CJEU provides useful clarifications on the reasons for ...

Consequences of the invalidation of the Privacy Shield – Presentation by Jean-Sébastien Mariez

On September 23, 2020, Jean-Sébastien Mariez, founding partner of Momentum Avocats, spoke at the webinar ...

Online hate – Intervention of Jean-Sébastien Mariez at Tech In France

October 22, 2020 On October 22, 2020, Jean-Sébastien Mariez, founding partner of Momentum Avocats, took ...

Online counterfeiting – Interview of Jean-Sébastien Mariez at the French National Assembly

On October 20, 2020, Jean-Sébastien Mariez, founding partner of Momentum Avocats, was interviewed in the ...

Trademark case law column by Julien Canlorbe

The IRPI publishes the 77th edition of Propriétés intellectuelles paper : it includes the quarterly ...

Commercial use of intellectual assets – contribution by Julien Canlorbe

The book “The commercial use of intellectual assets” has just been published. Based on a ...