Axel Doucerain

Axel Doucerain is the founding partner of ATLANTIP, an intellectual property practice based near Nantes in western France, where he works as a trademark and design attorney (conseil en propriété industrielle). At the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025, ATLANTIP was recognised as Trademark Law Firm of the Year in France, an award that reflects the firm's dedicated focus on brands, designs and the wider field of industrial property.

Mr Doucerain established ATLANTIP as a specialist firm advising clients across the full range of intellectual and industrial property. Its work spans trademarks, patents, designs and models, internet and domain-name matters, copyright, anti-counterfeiting, contracts, litigation and IP strategy, together with strategic monitoring and the audit and valuation of intangible assets. Operating from Saint-Herblain in the Nantes area, the firm offers regional clients access to expertise that is often concentrated in Paris, while serving businesses well beyond its immediate area both in France and internationally.

Trademark law lies at the heart of the award-winning practice. A trademark is frequently a company's most visible and valuable asset, embodying its reputation and the goodwill it has built with customers, and protecting it requires careful attention at every stage, from the clearance and registration of new marks to their maintenance, enforcement and defence against infringement. ATLANTIP advises clients on building and managing trademark portfolios, on protecting designs and models, and on securing rights in the digital sphere through domain-name strategy, giving businesses a coordinated approach to safeguarding their brands across both traditional and online markets.

Anti-counterfeiting and enforcement form a natural extension of this work. Mr Doucerain assists clients in confronting counterfeiting and in pursuing the contentious and contractual measures needed to protect their rights, and he combines this with economic-intelligence and monitoring services that help businesses detect threats to their brands early. This preventive dimension, alongside the capacity to litigate and negotiate when rights are challenged, allows the firm to support clients throughout the life cycle of their intellectual property rather than only at the point of registration or dispute.

Mr Doucerain has been recognised individually in the IP STARS rankings published by Managing IP, an indication of the professional standing he has achieved in the industrial-property field. He is noted for his ability to advise on all aspects of intellectual and industrial property, from trademarks, patents and designs to internet matters, contractual questions and anti-counterfeiting, and for supporting clients on both a French and an international basis. This breadth, delivered through a focused boutique, gives clients a single trusted adviser who can see the connections between the different rights that together make up a modern brand.

Through ATLANTIP, Axel Doucerain has built a practice that pairs specialist trademark and design expertise with a strong regional presence and an international outlook. The Corporate INTL Global Awards 2025 recognition as Trademark Law Firm of the Year in France affirms the firm's standing in a competitive field and the confidence its clients place in its counsel. For companies and creators seeking to protect, manage and defend their brands and designs, whether in France or across borders, the firm offers experienced, strategically minded advice grounded in a deep understanding of industrial property and the commercial value it protects. By combining registration, portfolio management, monitoring and enforcement within a single specialist practice, the firm gives clients a consistent and joined-up strategy for protecting the brands and designs on which their commercial identity depends.