Areva - Reference Document 2016

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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS, PATENTS AND LICENSES

11.2 Intellectual property

11.2.2. TRADEMARKS

AREVA owns several corporate trademarks. The best known are the AREVA brand name, the figurative mark and the semi-figurative mark . These trademarks designate all of the group’s operations and are protected in all countries in which the group conducts its operations. The communication program undertaken to support and accompany the group’s development is based on the deployment of these trademarks. Actions taken in this regard – advertising, websites, brochures, sponsorships and press relations – help strengthen the group’s brand awareness in France and abroad and position AREVA as a leading brand in the energy sector. With respect to the

trademark defense policy, in particular on the Internet, the Arbitration andMediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has emphasized the well-known nature of the AREVA brand. Protection of AREVA’s trademarks is accompanied by initiatives to protect and defend the domain names necessary to its operations. Specific names or distinctive signs of products and servicesmarketed by the AREVA group are also protected by registered trademarks (e.g. the , Manuela and Sogefibre marks).

11.2.3. LEGAL ACTIVITIES

In 2016, AREVA entered into several research and development and partnership agreements in international markets for which balanced and profitable intellectual property strategies were devised in the interests of the group as well as of its partners.

AREVA endeavors to preserve its intellectual property rights in all agreements with third parties, particularly joint property regulations, license agreements and technology transfer agreements, to optimize the management of its intellectual property and prevent its unauthorized use. To protect its intellectual property rights, AREVA’s policy is both proactive and reactive.

11.2.4. IN 2017

The group intends to pursue, strengthen and organize its intellectual property initiative to support the growth of its research and development efforts and the development of new partnerships, in keeping with the group’s industrial and

marketing strategies, andwith the goal of making intellectual property a fundamental tool of the group’s strategy.

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