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Strong practice in Spain offering a full IP service which covers the following areas:

Trademark, Design and Copyright Prosecution, Enforcement: We help our clients to establish, maintain and enforce trademark and design on a global basis, advising on practical and strategic ways to work within local, regional and international registration regimes. With regard to copyright, we know each industry and business model has different priorities for protection, use, exploitation and enforcement of copyright material. We assist our clients in mapping existing copyright protection, identifying ways to maximize copyrighted material and enforcing or defending copyright.

Trademark, Patents, Trade Dress, Design, Copyright and Unfair Competition Litigation: We are market leaders in trademark, trade dress, design, Copyright and Unfair Competition dispute litigation. We litigate in all instances at national level and also before the European Courts (General Court and European Court of Justice). We are also very strong in sophisticated information society services litigation.

We have extensive experience handling all kinds of infringement cases before civil, criminal and administrative tribunals, and can assist with international enforcement, including through a fixed-fee pre-litigation enforcement program.

Unfair competition: We have extensive experience in unfair competition litigation cases. 

Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property - Spain

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie leverages the excellent reputation of copyright experts in Madrid to attract key international media clients seeking to acquire rights to distribute content in Spain. The team is particularly well versed in handling mandates for US-based media clients. It earns praise for its handling of anti-counterfeiting mandates, with experience in the coordination of criminal investigations in Spain. Its wider trade mark and design practice advises both on civil infringement actions and on oppositions or cancellations filed with the EU or Spanish IP agencies.

Work Highlights

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  • Baker McKenzie assisted Siemens with the review of the intellectual property assets of Bunt Planet.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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1
José María Méndez
1
Band 1
José María Méndez has established an excellent reputation for his work on behalf of international media companies seeking to produce and distribute content in Spain.

José María is extremely responsive and practical in his advice. He's incredibly attentive to client needs.

We have been thrilled with José María's knowledge, leadership and guidance.

José María is very precise and has the ability to negotiate.

2
Cristina Duch
2
Band 2
Cristina Duch garners notable praise for her handling of contentious trade mark and design mandates. She represents multinational fashion or food and drinks companies in infringement actions, oppositions and registrations.

Cristina is an excellent lawyer.

Her strengths are that she's very personable, very constructive in her assistance, and has a good temperament when managing litigation.

5
Maria Dolores Garayalde
5
Band 5
Maria Dolores Garayalde regularly assists clients with design, trade mark and unfair competition mandates.

The professionalism and attention that Maria Dolores gives us is excellent.

Maria Dolores is always impeccable from a technical point of view and her advice is very practical, efficient and easily understandable to simplify our decision-making.

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Spain

Intellectual Property: Copyrights

1
José María Méndez
1
Band 1
Intellectual Property: Trade Marks

2
Cristina Duch
2
Band 2
5
Maria Dolores Garayalde
5
Band 5