CATALÀ | CASTELLANO

Practice Areas

Espacioblanco

We have experience counseling and litigating in the following areas:

• Patents, Utility Models and Supplementary Protection Certificates
• Trademarks and other distinctive signs including Trade Names and Domain Names
• Designs in their different modalities of protection
• New varieties of Plants
• Copyrights and other Intellectual Property modalities
• Unfair Competition and Advertising
• Protection of Free Competition (Antitrust)
• Protection of personal data
• Technology Transfer
• Commercial Distribution

Our services include:

• Preventive consulting provided in legal memorandums, etc
• Framing of strategies for the protection of Immaterial Goods according with the Competition rules
• Negotiation and drafting of contracts on transactions regarding Immaterial Goods, Technology transfer and Commercial Distribution
• Extrajudicial and judicial actions as well as arbitration procedures relating to Patents and other Immaterial Goods, Unfair Competition, Advertising, Competition and Commercial Distribution

We have represented our clients before the Court of Justice of the European Communities, the Supreme Court of Spain and the lower courts including the civil, criminal and administrative courts. Likewise, we have handled incidents and participated in administrative and arbitration proceedings heard before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), European Patent Office (EPO), Office of Harmonization for the Internal Market (OHIM), Spanish Patent and Trademark Office (OEPM), Competition policy authorities and the regulatory authorities for advertising and the protection of personal data.