Alain started his career as a research and development engineer and later became a production engineer in industry. As project manager, he coordinated development of new products combining mechanical and electronic.

He has been working in IP since 1996, first within the Thales Group and later with Marks & Clerk France. He has significant experience in:

• Obtaining rights with the identification of patentable elements, new patents application and defense,  in France and abroad, and also management of patents portfolios;
• Rights exploitation with "freedom to operate" analysis, participation in licensing talks and support in infringement cases.

Alain has also advised several start-ups and individual inventors as they sought to protect their innovations. He also advised a business angel in the evaluation of a technology for which an investment was intended.

His technical expertise lies mainly in the following fields: mechanical, fluids mechanics, thermodynamics and electronics.