About

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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

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Intellectual Property - Spain

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Band 2

What the Team is Known For

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, such as Germany. The law firm is well known for representing clients from the life sciences, media, food and drink, and technology industries.

Work Highlights

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  • Hogan Lovells represented Yum! in infringement proceedings related to their Pizza Hut brand in the EU Trademark Court, in which a EUR48,000 per day penalty was imposed on the infringers.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ana Castedo
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Ana Castedo
1
Band 1
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 has great knowledge and experience in IP, as well as a high analytical capacity, team coordination during litigation and strategic vision.

Ana is a very dedicated and thorough lawyer who invests in understanding the business.

Imogen Fowler
4
Imogen Fowler
4
Band 4
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.
Burkhart Goebel
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Burkhart Goebel
5
Band 5
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.
Inmaculada Lorenzo
5
Inmaculada Lorenzo
5
Band 5
Inmaculada Lorenzo represents clients from the healthcare sector in patent disputes as well as validity issues and regulatory mandates.

Inmaculada shows great attention to detail and to the coordination of people during procedures.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Spain

Intellectual Property: Patents

Ana Castedo
1
Ana Castedo
1
Band 1
Inmaculada Lorenzo
5
Inmaculada Lorenzo
5
Band 5
Intellectual Property: Trade Marks

Imogen Fowler
4
Imogen Fowler
4
Band 4
Burkhart Goebel
5
Burkhart Goebel
5
Band 5