Francois Painchaud

Partner at Robic, LLP - Helping cutting edge Companies innovate better and faster. Licensing, tech transfers, investments, corpo law. Believe in what you do!

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

#LESI2018 Know how: Request to limit confidentiality obligation to "short term" in NDA = red light says T. Stamatiadis @ROBICCanada @LESIntl

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

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[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

Congratulations! Proud to say that it is a "good" record amidst a pandemic year.

[Société de recherche sur le cancer @SRC_CRS]

Research is the key 🔑
We are proud to announce that the Society is awarding 80 research grants: an all-time record! Congratulations to all the researchers!
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#outsmartcancer #researchgrants #researchcancer

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

If you need to be convinced about meeting in Venic for the next annual conference of @LESIntl # #LES2022 Regardez « intervista_3_ok_5.mp4 » sur #Vimeo https://t.co/jVBKZzrzPY

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

@LESIntl @ROBICCanada @BergeronVincent This "LESI2021 conference was simply great and yes "international"! What valus did you get out of it?
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@LESIntl @LESUSACanada @LESFrance2 @ROBICCanada

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

@LESIntl @EPOorg Great achievement to EPO and LESI!

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

Check out my latest article: Certificate of Supplementary protection (CSP) in Canada https://t.co/9qnccNocD1 via @LinkedIn

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

Congratulations to @UmanoMedical at developing a new bed! https://t.co/MDooU1JcAR

[Natalie Raffoul @RaffoulNatalie]

Yes! But we can't manufacture products when #intellectualproperty rights are owned by foreign entities! We need to own #madeinontario #madeincanda #patents!! How come only 2% of SMEs in Canada hold patents? How come BlackBerry is still Canada's #1 patent filer? #onpoli #cdnpoli

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

I agree that when countries are playing by the rules, a "COVID Open license" model works but... when the #TrumpAdministration cheats, then countries such as Canada, Australia and others must not stay in the sidelines. Compulsory licensing in this situation may just save lives!

[IAM @IAM_Alerts]

Covid-19 or not, people in rich countries are not entitled to free IP, argues @patentology's Mark Summerfield in this week's IAM Saturday opinion. https://t.co/yDJOLv5a4V

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

@RobHarrison_EU It total craziness by a madman!

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

It is quite regrettable but necessary!

[Fiona Nicolson LESI @FionaLesi]

So sorry to have to announce this- but sadly inevitable given the current circumstances-hope you and your families all stay safe and well @LESIntl

[Sébastien Diaz @DiazSebastien]

Avec tous les festivals et tournées musicales annulées : chères radios commerciales d’ici, c’est le temps de vous montrer solidaires. Oubliez donc Pink et Katy Perry pour un bout et faites tourner nos artistes d’ici. Et je dis ça de même... ça peut juste être meilleur! 😉❤️

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

Go #3M Canada! Stay strong.

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

It is in times like these that we can differentiate the good from the bad; Trump and the Trump administration you are not entering in the "good" category. When you hit your friends, they remember. Who was there to assist the US with 9-11 (in Gander), who…https://t.co/iSdlVXbdB1

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

It is in times like these that we can differentiate the good from the bad; Trump and the Trump administration you are not entering in the "good" category. When you hit your friends, they remember. Who was there to assist the US with 9-11 (in Gander), who…https://t.co/iSdlVXbdB1

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

Smart people are awesome when they put their mind to good things! https://t.co/nuGuhKJg6L

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

Always at the center of things ...for the last 20 years!

[Francois Painchaud @fpch]

Happy to see this group expand year after year!

[Fiona Nicolson LESI @FionaLesi]

Great photo just received of ⁦@LESIntl⁩ delegation attending recent EUIPO TM5 meeting &reception in Tokyo - many thanks to Junko Sugimura ,Chikako Hashimoto & Akiko Tomishige for attending ⁦@YMC_LESI⁩ ⁦@danacolors⁩