About

Provided by Uría Menéndez

A transparent market is essential to avoid abuses and allow players to compete on their merits. Intellectual property rights are a key asset for competitiveness and form the basis for success in all sectors of the economy.

What sets us apart is our close relationships with clients, built on a wealth of experience and a thorough understanding of the technical, practical and commercial problems that arise in their regulatory environments and when pursuing their long-term strategies.

We are known for our role in developing doctrine through academic publications that have been accepted and relied upon by courts, as well as for our rigorous analysis and innovative approach to delivering solutions.

Receiving commercially savvy advice is vital for the most innovative and efficient companies – it can prove to be the difference in difficult cases and plays a key role in monetising R&D&I and designing new business strategies.

We advise clients spanning the main strategic sectors on a broad range of matters: pharmaceuticals, chemicals, automobiles, electronics, cosmetics, textiles, defence, services (telecommunications, software, media, banking and finance, public works), food and beverages, farming (plant varieties) and commerce (e-commerce, consumer goods and retail).


Chambers Review

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Intellectual Property - Spain

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Uría Menéndez attracts attention for standout copyright expertise, benefiting from key partners in the Madrid office who often advise on sensitive administrative proceedings or civil litigation. The law firm possesses a broad patent litigation client base that extends across the life sciences, telecoms and retail sectors. It drafts policies to ensure the protection of trade secrets and pursues related unfair competition claims against competitors. Uría Menéndez earns further praise for activity in disputes concerning the protection of plant varieties.

Work Highlights

  • Uría Menéndez represented the NH Group in EUR2 million judicial proceedings before the Spanish Supreme Court, against the CMO EGEDA.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Ingrid Pi
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Ingrid Pi
1
Band 1
Ingrid Pi deftly handles a broad range of IP work, attracting considerable praise from market commentators for her patent litigation experience.

Ingrid addresses problems with the greatest guarantees of success.

What stands out is her proactive and strategic approach, availability and personal commitment, as well as her clear and concise communication.

Ingrid is an incredibly hard worker, consistently demonstrating exceptional attention to detail. She is also able to design sophisticated and well-grounded strategic defences.

Montiano Monteagudo
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Montiano Monteagudo
1
Band 1
Montiano Monteagudo is a respected trade mark litigator with experience in invalidation and revocation actions. He also assists with cases linked to unfair competition and advertising law.

He is probably the best trade mark lawyer in Spain, retaining excellent technical knowledge.

Montiano knows how to be pragmatic in decision-making, always for the benefit of his clients.

Montiano Monteagudo makes the difficult easy.

Carles Vendrell Cervantes
5
Carles Vendrell Cervantes
5
Band 5

Carles Vendrell Cervantes maintains his ranking in recognition of his activity in copyright infringement litigation. He is also sought after by clients for his expertise in collective management negotiations.

His communication with us is fluid and he helps us to understand the legal direction of the case despite its complexity.

Carles Vendrell Cervantes is always agile and solution-oriented.

Francisco Javier Garcia Perez
U
Francisco Javier Garcia Perez
U
Up and Coming

Francisco Javier Garcia Perez assists clients with trade mark infringements and unfair competition mandates.

Francisco Javier Garcia Perez adapts perfectly to the needs of his client, which he puts at the centre.

Ranked Lawyers at
Uría Menéndez

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Spain

Intellectual Property: Copyrights

Carles Vendrell Cervantes
5
Carles Vendrell Cervantes
5
Band 5
Intellectual Property: Patents

Ingrid Pi
1
Ingrid Pi
1
Band 1
Intellectual Property: Trade Marks

Montiano Monteagudo
1
Montiano Monteagudo
1
Band 1
Francisco Javier Garcia Perez
U
Francisco Javier Garcia Perez
U
Up and Coming