Maître Ismay MARÇAIS has been a lawyer at the Paris Bar since 2006. Holder of a DEA in contract law, she has developed her sense of rights negotiation and her expertise in contracts for the exploitation of artists' rights at Warner Music France, NINJA TUNE, SONY BMG) .

Her practice is particularly recognized in business law and intellectual property law  in Paris in the fields of art, music and cinema.

Maître Ismay MARÇAIS also practices trademark law in the luxury and creative industries sector.

Education

2016 Diploma Art Profession Law and Ethics – Institute of Art and Law

2016 Visiting Scholar at Queen Mary University (LLM Program)

2004 Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession

2003 Entrance exam for the CRFPA (IEJ University Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas)

2002 EA in Contract Law (University of Nantes)2

The Firm

ART AVOCATS mainly deals with complex cases involving the acquisition of rights or the defense of the rights of collectors, artists and art galleries before civil and criminal courts, as well as cases in music law and cases in trademark law in the music and luxury sectors (creators, perfumes, etc.) .

We intervene in the protection of your rights (trademark filing, INPI opposition, etc.).

Our expertise is particularly recognized in the following complex litigation areas : 

• action for seizure and counterfeiting
• criminal proceedings for fraud, breach of trust, artistic forgery and counterfeiting of works of art, criminal seizure of works of art
• civil action to annul a sale in cases of artistic forgery and counterfeiting 
• trademark action (luxury sector and creative industries)
• action to recover rights (enforcement measures on film catalogues, …)

Expertise

• Art

• Music

• Movie theater

• New technologies

• Brands

• IP Asset Valuation