Álvaro Bourkaib
About
Provided by Álvaro Bourkaib
Practice Areas
Partner. He has extensive experience in intellectual and industrial property, advertising and unfair competition, with a focus on new technologies and technology transfer.
Álvaro Bourkaib’s practice includes the advisory, contractual and litigation aspects of the protection and transfer of intangible assets. He designs innovative strategies for protecting and transferring those rights, thanks to his interdisciplinary knowledge of authors’ rights, neighboring rights and sui generis database rights; trade secrets; and patents, trademarks, designs, plant varieties and mask works.
He provides multijurisdictional, multicultural, crossborder advice, and has worked for international firms.
Career
He lectures in several masters and postgraduate courses on intellectual property and technology transfer at universities and higher education centers, including ICADE, Universidad Carlos III, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and IE Business School. He also regularly participates in international conferences on intellectual property and new technologies.
Publications
He is the author of distinguished publications on intellectual property and new technologies.
Personal
Bachelor of Laws (2003) and Bachelor of Business Administration and Management (2004), Universidad Pontificia Comillas-ICADE, Madrid.
Chambers Review
Europe
Álvaro Bourkaib's reputation in the field sees him rise to the top tier in the rankings. He has established a solid standing for his experience handling copyright issues arising in diverse contexts, including the launch of new IT products and the negotiation of M&A transactions.
Álvaro Bourkaib rises a tier in the IT rankings this year as a result of strong market support. He assists clients with a range of IT issues including artificial intelligence tools, technology transfer and e-signature matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"On top of his solid legal knowledge, he understands the business issues and concerns from day one. He always brings to the table innovative solutions and arguments."
"He's impressive technically as well as very structured and commercial."
"We have found in Álvaro Bourkaib an invaluable help for the legal interpretation and approach for our technology."
"On top of his solid legal knowledge, he understands the business issues and concerns from day one. He always brings to the table innovative solutions and arguments."
"He's impressive technically as well as very structured and commercial."
"We have found in Álvaro Bourkaib an invaluable help for the legal interpretation and approach for our technology."
