Cabinet Camus Lebkiri

What Cabinet Camus Lebkiri does

Cabinet Camus Lebkiri is a French intellectual property law firm founded in 2007 by Olivier Camus and Alexandre Lebkiri, both qualified French and European Patent Attorneys, structured as a SARL with €10,000 of capital and operating without external investors. The firm operates across three French locations — a Paris headquarters at 25 rue de Maubeuge (75009), a Grenoble office, and a Cergy-Pontoise bureau — and provides a comprehensive suite of IP advisory and prosecution services: patents (Brevets d'inventions), trademarks (Marques), industrial designs (Dessins et modèles), software IP (Logiciels), domain name management (Noms de domaines), IP-related contract negotiation (Contrats), and IP valuation (Valorisation). The patent team includes 8 European Patent Office representatives, 10 Industrial Property Counsel (Conseils en Propriété Industrielle), and 14 CEIPI graduates, complemented by PhDs in physics, microelectronics and other technical fields, which supports specialization across mechanics, physics, electronics, microelectronics, IT, telecommunications, nuclear, and optics. The firm offers customized training and IP awareness programs and supplements its legal practice with UESim, a proprietary online cost simulator that compares unitary patent validation costs against classic European patent validation, launched in connection with the June 2023 entry into force of the European unitary patent regime.

The firm serves innovative companies with technical innovations requiring patent protection, corporate brand portfolio managers across sectors such as cosmetics, aeronautics, defense and security, medical equipment, IT, electronics and video, and R&D-driven organizations needing contracts for technology transfer, licensing, and collaboration. Its go-to-market is sales-led, with direct B2B professional services engagement to corporate clients across France and Europe, supplemented by participation in industry events such as APinnov (organized by AP-HP to promote hospital innovation and medical technology transfer, with partners in both 2023 and 2024). Pricing is quote-based with no publicly disclosed rates, and revenue is generated through professional services fees for filings, prosecution, oppositions, freedom-to-operate studies, contract drafting, and IP valuations. The firm is not a software or technology business but rather a specialized professional services practice whose principal proprietary technology is the UESim simulator, a customizable cost-comparison tool rather than an AI-driven system.

The firm has been recognized across five categories in the DECIDEURS 2020 ranking by Leaders League (general patents, physics/mechanics/construction, electronics/telecoms/IT, chemistry/biotech/life sciences, and trademarks/designs/models), and a notable disclosed client engagement is its representation of Echosens in medical technology patent litigation. Revenue, headcount and pricing data are not publicly disclosed, limiting external triangulation; the firm presents as a stable, founder-owned boutique IP practice with selective product and vertical expansion rather than rapid scaling.

Name

Cabinet Camus Lebkiri

Legal name

Cabinet CAMUS LEBKIRI

Website

https://camus-lebkiri.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cabinet Camus Lebkiri is a French intellectual property law firm founded in 2007, providing patent, trademark, design, software, domain name, contract and IP valuation services to innovative companies across technical sectors from offices in Paris, Grenoble and Cergy-Pontoise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Intellectual Property Law Services

NAICS

Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services (5416), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Patent Prosecution & Portfolio Management (BPAHAMAA)

Keywords

• Intellectual property services
• Patent prosecution
• Trademark registration
• Industrial property law
• IP valuation

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Professional IP Services: Professional services firm providing intellectual property acquisition, management, valuation and defense services. Revenue generated through service fees for patent filings, trademark registrations, design protections, software protection, domain name management, contract negotiation and drafting, and IP valuation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Cabinet Camus Lebkiri is a French intellectual property law firm providing acquisition, management, valuation, and defense of patents, trademarks, designs, software rights, domain names, and related IP contracts. It serves corporate clients through drafting patent and trademark applications, freedom-to-operate studies, oppositions, licensing and assignment contracts, and IP financial valuation. The firm complements legal services with the proprietary UESim cost simulator and customized IP training programs.

Product overview

Cabinet Camus Lebkiri is an intellectual property law firm offering a comprehensive suite of IP services organized as distinct practice areas. The core offerings include patent services (Brevets d'inventions), trademark services (Marques), industrial designs (Dessins et modèles), software protection (Logiciels), domain name management (Noms de domaines), contract negotiation (Contrats), and IP valuation (Valorisation). The firm also provides a proprietary cost simulation tool (UESim) for unitary patent cost analysis and professional training services (Formation) to complement its legal counsel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brevets d'inventions (Patents) Patent filing, prosecution, and defense services including prior art searches, patentability studies, drafting applications, and freedom-to-operate analyses across national, regional, and international procedures, for innovative companies across mechanics, physics, electronics, microelectronics, IT, telecommunications, nuclear, and optics.
• Marques (Trademarks) Trademark registration, monitoring, and enforcement services including trademark filing strategies, opposition proceedings, and international portfolio management across cosmetics, aeronautics, defense, medical equipment, IT, electronics, and video sectors.
• Dessins et modèles (Designs) Industrial design protection services including prior art searches, filing strategies, registration procedures, and enforcement of design rights for companies seeking to safeguard the visual appearance of their products.
• Logiciels (Software IP Protection) Software intellectual property protection services including patent protection where technical effects exceed normal computer interactions, copyright protection, and software-specific contract negotiation.
• Noms de domaines (Domain Names) Domain name acquisition, monitoring, and dispute resolution services including naming strategy consultation, availability searches, and pre-litigation support.
• Contrats (Contracts) Contract negotiation and drafting services including confidentiality agreements, licensing, assignment, collaboration agreements, and pre-litigation/litigation support for IP-related disputes.
• Valorisation (IP Valuation) Financial valuation of industrial property rights using proven methods including historical costs, comparables, and future revenue approaches, supporting transactions, licensing, and IP financial reporting.
• UESim (Unitary Patent Cost Simulator) Online cost simulation tool for unitary patent validation decisions, allowing clients to compare costs between classic European patent validation and unitary patent options.
• Formation (IP Training) Customized training programs including university-level IP education, bespoke legal seminars, best practices training for specific technical domains, and IP financial evaluation workshops.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• AP-HP (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 June 2024Cabinet Camus Lebkiri is a partner of APinnov 2024, an event organized by AP-HP to promote hospital innovation and encourage the transfer of medical technologies. The event brings together more than 500 participants including project leaders, industrialists, business incubators, IP consultants and public/private funders. Experts Alexandre Lebkiri and Noémie Bardel participate, with Bardel serving as an APinnov jury member.
• AP-HP (Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2023Cabinet Camus-Lebkiri was a partner of the 19th AP-HP Technology Transfer Meeting - APinnov 2023, which took place at the Paris Ile-de-France Chamber of Commerce and Industry. More than 600 participants including project leaders, industrialists, business incubators, IP consultants and public/private funders attended for discussions and meetings. Experts Alexandre Lebkiri and Noémie Bardel were in attendance.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cabinet Regimbeau: Major French IP firm offering patents, trademarks, designs and IP valuation; highly comparable in service mix, client segment (innovative mid-market French companies), and full-lifecycle IP coverage.
• Lavoix: French and European IP law firm with patent, trademark, design and IP strategy practices; comparable as a French-headquartered full-service IP firm competing for similar innovative-company mandates, though larger and with broader geographic reach.
• Casalonga: Historic French IP firm covering patents, trademarks, designs, and litigation; directly comparable as a long-established French boutique IP practice serving similar technical-innovation clients.
• Plasseraud IP: Leading French IP law firm with full-service patent, trademark, and design practices; directly comparable in service breadth, French-headquartered positioning, and technical-domain coverage, making it the closest domestic competitor for mid-market French innovators.
• Beau de Loménie: French IP law firm with patent, trademark and design practices; comparable in offering, French-headquartered boutique positioning, and mid-market innovative-company client base.

Broad incumbents

• Hogan Lovells: Global law firm with a significant IP practice serving multinational clients on patents, trademarks and IP strategy; comparable on IP capability but embedded in a much broader global legal platform, competing primarily for large multinational mandates.
• Marks & Clerk: Large UK-headquartered IP firm with significant French office presence offering patent, trademark, and IP strategy services; comparable in service lines but materially larger and broader geographically, competing for the same enterprise IP mandates.
• Bird & Bird: International law firm with a substantial IP practice covering patents, trademarks, designs and IP litigation; comparable on IP services but operates as part of a much broader full-service international legal platform, competing at the enterprise end of the market.
• Novagraaf: European IP service provider with offices across multiple jurisdictions, offering patents, trademarks, designs and IP management; overlaps on full-service IP offerings and competes for European filing mandates, but at much greater scale.

Others

• INPI France: French national patent and trademark office; not a direct competitor but a critical counterpart — its examiners, filing systems, and policy framework shape the demand environment for private IP firms like Camus Lebkiri, and Alexandre Lebkiri's prior role there provides a notable connection.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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