Jean-François Bloch is one of the company’s founders and a renowned expert in Industrial Property. Prior to joining Protéus, he was responsible for the Intellectual Property and Licensing department at ORIS Industries, the biomedical subsidiary of the French governmental agency CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique).
Jean-François Bloch received his Ph.D. in pharmaceutical science from the Louis Pasteur University of Strasbourg, France. He is also a graduate of CEIPI (International Center for Intellectual Property, Strasbourg).
Since 1993 Jean-François Bloch’s name appears on the INPI lists of persons qualified in Industrial Property and since 1997 on the list of mandated representatives of the OHMPI EEC brand. A former member of the SACEPO (Standing Advisory Committee of the European Patent Office), Jean-François Bloch is an active member of ASPI (Association of Industrial Property Specialists), of LES International (Licensing Executives Society International) and participates in the Industrial Property Committee within MEDEF (French Business Confederation). Since 1991 he taught Industrial Property at the Faculty of Science of the Universities of Paris, Nîmes and Montpellier, at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Angers and at EAP (Ecole Européenne des Affaires), covering international technology management and transfer.
Jean-François Bloch is the author of numerous articles in many areas of IP management and technology transfer. He is regularly called on by public or trade institutions to participate in the reflection on IP in biotechnologies.
jfbloch@proteus.fr