Industrial Property

A team of attorneys specializing in Intellectual Property advises and represents our clients in any type of legal proceedings related to the defense of their rights.

• Administrative proceedings to defend or challenge trademarks and/or trade names, patents, utility models or industrial designs before the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), as well as abroad.
• Proceedings before the Provincial Court of Madrid challenging decisions of the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office.
• Proceedings before the General Court and the Court of Justice of the European Union against decisions of the EUIPO.
• Proceedings before the Spanish Patent and Trademark Office and the EUIPO or counterclaims in civil courts, seeking the revocation and invalidation of trademarks and/or trade names or industrial designs, as well as invalidity proceedings regarding patents and utility models.
• Proceedings before criminal and civil courts for infringement of rights (trademarks and/or trade names, industrial designs,patents and utility models), recovery claims and claims for damages.
• Precautionary measures and fact-finding proceedings, precautionary briefs.

Our legal services also includes:

• Preparation of legal reports and opinions.
• Drafting and sending of cease-and-desist letters to potential infringers, including subsequent negotiations.
• Licensing/assignment agreements for trademarks, patents, industrial designs and know-how.
• Confidentiality agreements.
• Protection of trade secrets and know-how.
• Trademark infringement reports; analysis of unfair competition.
• Portfolio valuations.
• Combating piracy and counterfeiting.
• Customs seizures, both at national and EU level.