Elli Velissaropoulos

Elli has been active in the field of intellectual property since 2012 and joined Novagraaf France in 2023. She assists French and international clients of all sizes with all aspects of industrial property rights. Elli is Head of the Customs Monitoring Practice at Novagraaf France.

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Elli began her career in Greece as a lawyer in Athens-based law firms and then spent more than six years at a pan-European industrial property firm before joining Novagraaf.

Elli studied law at Panthéon-Assas University (Paris II) and holds a Master’s degree (Master 2) in European and International Intellectual Property Law from CEIPI.

She has been a French industrial property attorney specialising in trade marks, designs and models (INPI) since 2018 and is a representative before the EUIPO.

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Elli is a member of APRAM, the Association of Trade Mark and Design Law Practitioners (Association des Praticiens du droit des marques et des modèles).

Expertise

• Her areas of practice include trade marks, designs and copyright. She is involved both in the creation and valorisation of intellectual property rights (filing, portfolio evaluation, contracts) and in their enforcement (cease-and-desist letters, opposition proceedings, pre-litigation procedures, negotiations and administrative litigation).
• Elli oversees customs monitoring activities for the firm’s clients and coordinates the resulting actions. She works closely with customs authorities and delivers training sessions to enhance the effectiveness of their interventions.
• Trademarks
• Designs
• Copyright
• Global rights protection and enforcement strategies
• Customs monitoring
• Offline anti-counterfeiting