Intellectual Property
Europe Guide 2024 : Spain
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Provided by Hogan Lovells
With 40 IP experts worldwide, our IP practice is one of the largest and most recognized on a global scale. We are the only firm ranked tier 1 in Chambers for IP on the global, European and Asia Pacific levels. More than half of the world’s top 100 brands named by the Financial Times in 2017 have chosen us to represent them.
In Spain, our team of 45 IP professionals, one of the largest in the country, offers outstanding bench strength and depth of expertise. In addition to our Madrid office, we operate out of Alicante, a key location home to the European Union Intellectual Property Office, which handles the registration and administration of European Union Trademarks and Designs. Further, we are the only major law firm with a dedicated European Union Trademark and Designs practice.
We handle the full range of IP issues, from the management of trademark portfolios to patent, design, copyright and trademark infringement litigation and enforcement actions. We represent national and international companies before the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office, the national courts, the EU Trademark Court and the EU Court of Justice. We also represent our clients before courts in many other European jurisdictions and in the US, as well as before the World Trade Organization.
Chambers Review
Hogan Lovells regularly assists leading global brands with trade mark management and advises on EU trade mark and designs, involving registrations, cancellation actions and the opposition of filings by competitors. Its Madrid team plays a significant role in patent and trade mark infringement cases, including those that are coordinated with offices in other European jurisdictions. The law firm is well known for representing clients from the life sciences, media, food and drink, and technology industries.
Work Highlights
- Hogan Lovells represented Mars and all of its subsidiaries in EU and Spanish trade mark matters, including EUIPO and Spanish Patent and Trademark Office matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team at Hogan Lovells has a very high ability to handle complex transnational litigation matters involving infringement and validity."
"The lawyers have an absolute commitment to clients' needs, providing great care in task planning and fulfilment."
"The team at Hogan Lovells has a very high ability to handle complex transnational litigation matters involving infringement and validity."
"The lawyers have an absolute commitment to clients' needs, providing great care in task planning and fulfilment."
Notable Practitioners
Ana Castedo is a top-ranked name in the IP practice who is best known for her handling of contentious IP mandates. She often advises on patent litigation in the telecoms and pharmaceutical sectors.
"Ana is one of the best IP lawyers I have ever met."
"She understands the technical aspects of complex patent cases."
"She takes great care of the big picture in complex cases."
German law-qualified Burkhart Goebel is based in Madrid and heads the firm's global IP practice. He assists international clients with the enforcement of their European and national trade marks.
Imogen Fowler leads the firm's Alicante office and assists major global brands with the filing and prosecution of EU trade marks. She is qualified to practise in New Zealand, Ireland, and England and Wales, and has experience in CJEU cases in which brand owners seek to defend against cancellation actions filed with the EUIPO.
Inmaculada Lorenzo represents clients from the healthcare sector in patent disputes as well as validity issues and regulatory mandates.
"Inmaculada enjoys digging into the technical aspects of the cases."
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