Yves Lapierre (civil servant) explained

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]}

Further reading

• News: Bellemare . Carole . Yves Lapierre à la direction générale de l'INPI . Yves Lapierre to become Director General of INPI . 8 October 2022 . Le Figaro . 30 August 2010 . fr.
• Web site: Gamberini . Giulietta . "La propriété industrielle oeuvre au service du développement durable" . "Industrial property at the service of sustainable development" . La Tribune . 8 October 2022 . fr . 10 December 2015.
• Web site: Yves Lapierre, directeur général de l'INPI, dans Le Grand Journal – 3/4 . Yves Lapierre, Director General of INPI, in Le Grand Journal - 3/4 . Figaro Live . 9 October 2022 . fr . 3 February 2014.
• Web site: Yves Lapierre, directeur général de l'INPI, dans Le Grand Journal – 4/4 . Yves Lapierre, Director General of INPI, in Le Grand Journal - 4/4 . Figaro Live . 9 October 2022 . fr . 3 February 2014.

External links

• Yves Lapierre at Who's Who in France

Notes and References

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