Yves Lapierre (civil servant)

Yves Lapierre is a French civil servant, who was the directeur général (chief executive officer) of the French National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI, standing for Institut national de la propriété industrielle in French), the national intellectual property office of France, in charge of patents, trademarks and industrial design rights, from 2010 to 2016.[1][2][3]

Lapierre graduated from the École Polytechnique and received a PhD in Physics. Prior to becoming head of the INPI, he notably worked at the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA, English: Atomic Energy Commission) and at AREVA's subsidiary Technicatome (TA), from which he resigned as CEO in 2010.[2][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Le comité de direction, mars 2012" [The Steering Committee, March 2012] (in French). inpi.fr. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Yves Lapierre est nommé Directeur général de l'INPI" [Yves Lapierre is appointed Executive Director of the National Industrial Property Institute] (in French). INPI. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Remerciements à Yves LAPIERRE" [Thanks to Yves LAPIERRE] (in French). INPI. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  4. ^ Houzelle, Chantal (5 November 2010). "Yves Lapierre Un « manager du défi » à la tête de l'Inpi" [Yves Lapierre A "challenge manager" at the head of Inpi]. Les Echos (in French). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Areva TA change de patron" [Areva TA changes boss]. La Tribune (in French). 9 February 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2022.

Further reading

Government offices
Preceded by Head of the French National Institute of Industrial Property
2010–2016 		Succeeded by
Romain Soubeyran


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