Andrea Dufaure

Practice Areas

Andrea assists clients in the tech and entertainment sectors (video game publishers, media service providers, imaging and production companies) in their trademark, copyright and unfair competition disputes before French courts.

As both an American and French citizen, she is qualified to practice law in Paris and New York.

Andrea regularly speaks at trademark and games industry conferences across Europe such as More Than Just a Game in Paris or London, and the Games Industry Law Summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Andrea delivers a course on IP Protection of Video Games at the Sorbonne University (2021).

Andrea is also active in the pro bono field. She has been assisting Café Joyeux (a coffee-shop chain which employs staff suffering from mental disabilities) for several years in their trademark disputes.The AOS team has been shortlisted for the 2021 Pro Bono Trophies, organised each year by the Paris Bar to highlight lawyers and student lawyers’ commitment to pro bono causes, as a result of their work. Andrea is also involved in various diversity initiatives for the AOS Paris office.