Jean-François Journault
P. Eng., Lawyer, Senior Patent Agent
Quebec
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Jean-François Journault is a software engineer, lawyer and patent agent whose practice focuses primarily on patents and industrial designs in the fields of mechanical and computer-implemented inventions. Jean-Francois specializes in drafting and prosecuting patent and industrial design applications, as well as drafting opinions on patentability, validity, infringement and freedom to manufacture.
He is regularly called upon to advise clients on the development of customized intellectual property strategies, taking into account their size, business objectives, stage of development and field of activity.
He has nearly fifteen years’ experience in the patent field and the combination of his technical knowledge and experience enable him to give his clients sound advice on how to enhance the value of their technologies using intellectual property tools.
- Member of the Québec Bar (2010)
- Bachelor in Civil Law (LL.B.), Université Laval (2009)
- Bachelor in Software Engineering (B. Eng.), Université Laval (2006)
- Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec
- Computer science
- Industrial machinery
- Software
- Telecommunications
- Emerging Technologies
- Financial Technologies
- Industrial Design - counsel
- Drafting and Prosecution of Industrial Design Applications
- Validity, Infringement and Freedom to Operate Opinions
- Patents - Counsel
- Due Diligence
- Portfolio Management
- Drafting and Prosecution of Patent Applications
- Validity, Infringement, Freedom to Operate and Patentability Opinions
- Strategic Planning
- International Patent Portfolio Management
- Patents - Fields of Science and Engineering
- Dispositifs médicaux
- Medical Devices
- Computer Science
- Simple Mechanics
- Electronics
- Telecommunications
- Computer Engineering
- Software
- Tesla Motors: Copy Us if You Want
- What You Don’t Know About Mario Bros. and Copyright
- Apple versus Samsung: A Patent War of Titanic Proportions
- Amazon’s Patent: The Last Click
- One-click? Not so Fast – Amazon.com Goes Back to the Patent Office
- Financial Support for Green Technology Patents
- New Era for Domain Names
- AMAZON.COM: Business methods are patentable in Canada
- Business software alliance monitors software use
- Failure to meet journalistic professional standards can result in defamation
- Protection par dessin industriel – De la mécanique aux technologies émergentes (ROBIC, décembre 2020)
- Technologies axées sur la valorisation des données: Regard stratégique sur les risques et opportunités en matière juridique et de propriété intellectuelle (Licensing Executives Society (USA & Canada), Novembre 2019)
