Intellectual Property
Global Guide 2024 : Spain
Band 2
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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.
Various team members are native German speakers and are qualified to practise in Germany. They regularly assist both German and Spanish clients with trade mark disputes that are litigated across multiple jurisdictions. Burkhart Goebel is a key contact for clients.
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."
Andreas Renck is a German-qualified lawyer based in Alicante. He is well placed to advise on cross-border trade mark disputes that involve both EUIPO oppositions and infringement proceedings filed in Germany.
Ranked Lawyers at
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