Mr Eduardo Castillo > Pérez-Llorca > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile
Pérez-Llorca Offices
PASEO DE LA CASTELLANA, 50
28046 MADRID
Spain
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Mr Eduardo Castillo
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Information Technology
Position
Eduardo joined Pérez-Llorca as partner in 2021. He specialises in industrial property, intellectual property and unfair competition, in particular, litigation in these disciplines. He is currently very active in patent litigation, with a focus on the pharmaceutical sector.
Career
Eduardo Castillo is specialised in industrial property, intellectual property and unfair competition, in particular, litigation in these disciplines. He was highlighted in the Chambers and World Trademark Review guides as one of the leading individuals in the area. He is a habitual collaborator in national and international legal periodicals and publications, such as Intellectual Asset Management Magazine or Comunicaciones de Propiedad Industrial y Derecho de la Competencia, published by the Instituto de Derecho y Ética Industrial (CEFI). He currently deals with patent lawsuits, mainly in the chemicals (pharmaceuticals) and biotechnological sectors.
Languages
Spanish, English and Portuguese.
Education
Master of Law from the Madrid Autonomous University in 1995.
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
Praised for its ‘phenomenal coordination‘ and ‘excellent‘ experience, the team at Pérez-Llorca regularly assists clients with the assessment of dosing regiment, second medical use, and compound patents, in addition to handling multijurisdictional disputes concerning SPCs. Eduardo Castillo, noted for his vast, longstanding knowledge of IP and unfair competition litigation within the pharma and biotech industries, and Juan Rodríguez Cárcamo jontly head up the Madrid-based team. Rais Amils is an IP litigator in Barcelona with expansive expertise in the intersection between IP right enforcement and antitrust law. Álvaro de Castro maintains an IP and unfair competition-focused practice, regularly acting in cases concerning the infringement and validity of copyrights and patents.
Spain > Intellectual property: patents
(Leading partners)Pérez-Llorca continues to build its capability in TMT and IP, and continues to provide ‘security in the approach and execution of the cases‘. In Madrid, practice head Eduardo Castillo is the standout lawyer for IP matters, focusing predominantly on patent litigation in the chemical, life sciences and telecoms sectors. Counsel and infringement specialist Álvaro de Castro handles litigation concerning the acquisition, exploitation, infringement and validity of intangible assets. In Barcelona, litigation partner Rais Amils frequently acts for innovative pharmaceutical companies. As a whole, the group typically works in multijurisdictional transactional projects and disputes.
Spain > Intellectual property: Trade marks
(Firms to watch)At Pérez-Llorca, trade marks are a key element of the firm’s broad IP and technology practice, led by the highly respected Eduardo Castillo. Rais Amills and the ‘proactive, efficient‘ Álvaro de Castro handle the bulk of the work, which encompasses litigation and transactional matters for clients in the pharmaceuticals, life sciences, entertainment and luxury goods sectors.
(Leading partners)Spain > Intellectual property: Copyright
(Leading partners)Pérez-Llorca continues to build its presence in the IP and technology market, thanks to its ‘experience, reputation and deep understanding of where industry regulation is today‘. IP litigator Eduardo Castillo and technology and intangible assets specialist Andy Ramos Gil De La Haza (who is ‘the most prominent and best games lawyer in Spain‘) lead the practice. Ramos recently assisted Fútbol Club Barcelona with the sale of Metaverse, NFT and web3 rights to Socios.com, which included an in-depth analysis of the rights that the club was entitled to offer based on previous agreements with sponsors and other third parties. Associate Diego de la Vega also plays a key role in the practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Spain > Intellectual property: Copyright
- Leading partners Spain > Intellectual property: Trade marks
- Leading partners Spain > Intellectual property: patents
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Spain
- Intellectual property: Copyright Spain
- Intellectual property: patents Spain
- Firms to watch Spain > Intellectual property: Trade marks
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- Intellectual property: Trade marks
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