Nicolas E. Seckel (of Counsel)
Email: nseckel@whda.com
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Graduate Degree in Engineering Ecole Centrale Paris , France , 1989 (Concentration in Biotechnology, Medical Devices)

LL.B. University of Grenoble , France , 1992

Diploma in International Intellectual Property Studies CEIPI, University of Strasbourg , France , 1996

LL.M. Georgetown University , 1997

Admitted to bar (New York, 1998)

Admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, 1998

Qualified to practice before the French Patent Office, 1996; European Patent Office, 1998

Languages:
French; German

Prior Affiliation:
Cabinet Courtassol & Associates, Bordeaux , France Cabinet Metz-Patni, Strasbourg, France

Author:
"Challenges to Attorney-Client Privilege in Discovery Procedures in a Lawsuit in the United States ", Echanges ASPI, No. 56 (1999) (in French); "The Doctrine of Equivalents in the United States ," Echanges ASPI, No. 61 (2000) (in French).

Representative Technologies and Specialties:
Biotechnology, therapeutic methods, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, plant patents, plant variety protection, combustion processes, optical films, polymers; also, design and trademark law.