CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alliacense, a TPL Group Enterprise, today appointed Andre-Pascal Chauvin Vice President, Licensing with primary responsibility for implementing licensing programs in Europe and managing the newly established Alliacense office in Paris. Chauvin brings extensive intellectual property (IP) management experience to his new post including 18 years with Alcatel Group (now Alcatel-Lucent) where for the past seven years he served as Vice President responsible for the global IPR Strategy and Valorization Department.

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Commenting on the appointment, TPL Group Chairman Dan Leckrone said, "Our Alliacense team continues to attract world-class talent with successful track records in establishing, building, and demonstrating the value of IP Assets in technology-based industries. We're confident that Pascal will effectively spearhead the expansion of our IP licensing programs in Europe, while supporting our worldwide activities in London, Lugano, Vienna and Sofia as well as in Taipei, Taiwan and Chennai, India."

The appointment of Chauvin and establishment of the Alliacense office in Paris reflect the growing global interest in TPL's Technology Portfolios. According to Mike Davis, Alliacense Senior Vice President of Licensing, the overwhelming advantages of TPL's Technology Portfolios continue to attract major companies around the world. He noted that since January 2006, HP, Casio, Fujitsu, Sony, Nikon, Seiko Epson, Pentax, Olympus, Kenwood, Agilent, Lexmark, Schneider Electric, NEC Corporation, Funai Electric, SanDisk and, most recently, Sharp Corporation have all purchased licenses to use TPL Technology Portfolios managed by Alliacense.

During Chauvin's last 11 years at Alcatel, he served in key management positions, initially as Secretary General of Alcatel Labs, the French subsidiary of Alcatel Telecom. In developing the IPR Strategy and Valorization Department to include 15 experts in marketing, patents and negotiations, he implemented strategies to maximize the value of Alcatel's IP assets including approximately 17,000 patents and applications. Accordingly, he was instrumental in generating substantial licensing revenue, and refocusing the IP Group on business value while he also engaged several strategic litigations resulting in major benefits for Alcatel. Earlier in his career, Chauvin served as CFO for three subsidiaries of the Alstrom Group and as Deputy Director for SPIE-Batignolles Civil Engineering. Chauvin is a Board member of the Licensing Executive Society in France and regularly participates as a speaker and instructor in international licensing seminars. A former Labour Court Magistrate in the Paris area, he holds degrees in Finance and Economy from Institut Etudes Politiques de Paris.

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