With offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Alicante, Seville and Valencia, as well as desks in Brussels, China and Colombia, PONS IP manages around 10,000 protected trade marks. The firm operates a trade mark surveillance service, and handles applications, actions against counterfeits, and domain name protection issues. It frequently acts for clients in the apparel, telecoms, life sciences, automotive and pharmaceuticals sectors. Practice head Carmen González and key partner Violeta Arnaiz are vastly experienced in trade mark matters. Head of international legal affairs Isabel Cortés and emerging partner talent Ramón Moreda have ‘great technical ability and are very easy to work with’.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The brands team is excellent, very outstanding. The practice is very reliable. The services they provide have great coverage, they are integral for the proper protection of intangibles.’
‘The team is outstanding. They have great technical solvency and at the same time are excellent people. It is very easy to work with them. Isabel Cortés and Ramón Moreda stand out in the team.’
Key clients
- IFEMA
- Universitat Politécnica de Valencia
Work highlights
- Acted on behalf of public body IFEMA in an appeal before EUIPO's Second Board of Appeal against the Opposition Division's decision to reject the client's opposition to the registration of the “vivo IFEA” trade mark by Chinese telecoms giant Vivo Mobile Communication.
- Represented Mahou in opposition proceedings against EUTM no. 18023372 “Um dia em São Miguel” in class 33 (wines), requested by Portuguese winery Casa Relvas.