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Provided by Manuel Lobato
Intellectual Property: Patents; Life Sciences: Patent Litigation
Manuel Lobato is an experienced lawyer at Bird & Bird's Intellectual Property department in the Madrid office.
He is recognized for his specialization in Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Law. He has acted in several multi-jurisdictional pharmaceutical patent and Supplementary Protection Certificate cases in Spain. He has, therefore, extensive experience in patent litigation before the Spanish courts.
He also assist clients in drafting technology transfer contracts in pharma, electronics and defense sectors. He also advices universities, public institutions and private biotechnology entities on issues of ownership of research results.
Manuel has also an academic profile. He has taught Commercial Law and Intellectual Property for 30 years (at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Universidad Pública de Navarra) and he is author of several monographs, like Commentary to the Trade Mark Act (Civitas, 2nd edition 2007) and is editor of The pharmaceutical patent (IDEI 1997).
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Manuel is indispensable. A specialist in all senses of the word, with a complete view of the issues we have, which allows us to consider solutions that reduce risks.
He is among the best lawyers in the field and his experience is supported by his delivery.
Manuel is very knowledgeable, skilful and a good litigator.
He stands out for his proactive defence and does not wait for problems to arise; instead he anticipates them, implementing preventive strategies that effectively protect our company's interests.
Manuel is very skilful and a good litigator with practical strategies.
Manuel is excellent.
Manuel is indispensable. A specialist in all senses of the word, with a complete view of the issues we have, which allows us to consider solutions that reduce risks.
He is among the best lawyers in the field and his experience is supported by his delivery.
Manuel is very knowledgeable, skilful and a good litigator.
He stands out for his proactive defence and does not wait for problems to arise; instead he anticipates them, implementing preventive strategies that effectively protect our company's interests.
Manuel is very skilful and a good litigator with practical strategies.
Manuel is excellent.