Intellectual Property and Technology

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Chambers & Partners Europe

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo's Intellectual Property and Technology Area is a leader in Spain in this area, as recognised in the most prestigious international directories.

The area is organised into three specialised groups offering comprehensive patent, trademark and copyright services in the areas of advice, contractual practice and, in particular, litigation. In addition to the typical industrial and intellectual property rights (patents, designs, trademarks, copyright...), the area also covers unfair competition, advertising, new technologies, trade secrets and personal data protection.

The size of our practice allows us to simultaneously handle a variety of highly complex and international matters.

Our services in intellectual property and technology include:

1. Industrial property:

  • Patents, models and designs.
  • Distinctive signs (trademarks and trade names) and brand protection.
  • Designations of origin and geographical indications of origin.
  • Unfair competition

2. Pharmaceutical and biotechnology law

3. Technology:

  • Protection of trade secrets and know-how
  • Transfer of intangible company assets
  • Digital business

4. Copyright:

  • Rights of authors, publishers, producers, artists, broadcasters and software and database manufacturers.
  • Protection and defence of works of all kinds, audio-visual and phonographic recordings, computer programmes, computer applications, operating systems and databases.
  • Collecting societies.
  • Rights of the user of intellectual creations.

5. Computer law

6. E-commerce

7. Personal data protection

8. Use of personal name, rights to honour and privacy

9. Leisure and entertainment law

  • Music productions and video clips.
  • Film and television productions
  • Image rights.
  • Computer games.

10. Advertising law and advertising contracts.

11. Law of franchises

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Key Contacts

Jesús Muñoz-Delgado Mérida

Partner

Sofía Martínez-Almeida Alejos-Pita

Partner

Anna Viladàs Jené

Of counsel

Acknowledgments

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Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Intellectual Property

"the service provided by Gómez-Acebo & Pombo is excellent"

Chambers & Partners Europe 2022. Intellectual Property

"the team transmits all the information in a timely manner and explains it in a transparent way to the organisation"

Chambers & Partners Global 2022. Intellectual Property

The Chambers Global 2021. Intellectual Property – Spain

The Chambers Global 2020. Intellectual Property

The Chambers Europe 2020. Intellectual Property – Sapin

"a first-class outfit, with true IP litigation specialists."

Legal 500 2020. Intellectual property: Copyright – Spain

Legal 500 2020. Intellectual property: Patents – Spain

Legal 500 2020. Intellectual property: Trade marks – Spain

Legal 500 2020. Data Privacy and Data Protection – Spain

Legal 500 2020. Intellectual Property – Portugal

The Chambers Global 2019. Intellectual Property – Spain

The Chambers Europe 2019. Intellectual Property – Spain

"The lawyers provide great support due to their good understanding of the issue, straight-to-the-point feedback and business-oriented approach."

The Chambers Europe 2019. Intellectual Property – Spain

"The team's added value is its super specialisation and its ability to attend issues of great complexity."

The Legal 500 2019. Intellectual property: Copyright

«Gómez-Acebo & Pombo is praised by clients for its 'realistic risk analysis'»

The Legal 500 2019. Intellectual property: Patents

«Gómez-Acebo & Pombo’s ‘reliable and trustworthy’ team is a key name for cross-border work and protection issues and patent enforcement are key strengths»

The Legal 500 2019. Intellectual property: Trade Marks

«Gómez-Acebo & Pombo's team stands out for its 'deep, substantive knowledge of Spanish and EU law’»

The Legal 500 2019. IP

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