Garrigues
Garrigues has a broad offering in patent prosecution and litigation, having handled complex matters such as infringement through 3D printing, AI, AdWords, ISP liability, NFTs or online exhaustion of rights, as well as advising on the management of IP assets in complex M&A deals. Carolina Pina and João Miranda de Sousa, both based in Madrid, lead a five-partner IP group that combines both legal and technical expertise, as many practitioners are qualified engineers and biochemists. Indeed, clients praise the firm for ‘combining the legal and the technical in an understandable and effective way’. In Bilbao, Mónica Arizti is head of the firm’s technical patent department, handling patent prosecution matters worldwide.
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Testimonials
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'The Garrigues patent team is very powerful. They have people with technical and scientific qualifications. The engineers are brilliant. In my experience, they provide advice that combines the legal and the technical, in an understandable and effective way. The issue I brought up was resolved brilliantly.'
'The lawyers who handled the aforementioned matter were Carolina Pina Sánchez and Cristina Mesa, as well as the engineer Borja de Carlos. They are very creative and fast. They are practical. They have a lot of accumulated experience and therefore, they provide answers that include a commercial approach and industry and market standards.'
‘The multidisciplinary knowledge of the team, ranging from engineering profiles that understand the patented subject, to lawyers with extensive knowledge of the legal regulations in this regard.’
‘Extensive knowledge of the subject, due to his extensive experience in similar cases.’
‘Specialised in drafting patents and monitoring files (patent prosecution).’
‘Our main contact is Borja de Carlos, who is a great professional, always accessible and provides appropriate solutions to our needs.’
Key clients
- Compañia de Variedades Vegetales
- Granja Camp
- Talladium
- Riverside
- Asociación Española contra el Cáncer
- Overture Life
- Grupo Cobra
- Telefónica
- Crown Food
- Cosentino
Work highlights
- Assisting Compañia de Variedades Vegetales Protegidas with the defence of a plant variety infringement.
- Defending technology company TOT regarding patent infringement relating to a complex 3G technology.
- Advised biotech company HISTOCELL SL| in the field of medical regenerative therapies.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Carolina Pina Sánchez, João Miranda de Sousa