Iñigo Pradera
Madrid Office
+34 91 522 74 20
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Position at H&A:
Head of the Chemistry and Biotech department
Profession:
Biochemist and Biologist
European Patent Attorney
Spanish Patent Attorney
Qualifications:
- Graduate in Biology, specializing in fundamental and health biology, University of Navarre (2000).
- Graduate in Biochemistry, the University of Navarre (2001).
- M. Sc. in Biotechnology by Aliter Business School (2002).
- “Patent Litigation in Europe”. Centre d’Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle (CEIPI). Université de Stasbourg.
- European Patent Attorney.
- Spanish Patent Attorney.
- Spanish Patent and Trademark Attorney.
Languages:
Spanish, English, French.
PUBLICATIONS
One Year of the Unitary Patent System from a Spanish Perspective
1st June: the dawn of a new era in the European patent system.
Is really the unitary patent going to be more advantageous?
1 de junio: comenzó la nueva era en el sistema de patentes europeo
¿Va a ser realmente más ventajosa la Patente Unitaria?
¿Estamos más cerca de la patente unitaria y el tribunal unificado de patentes?
Las plantas y animales obtenidos por procedimientos esencialmente biológicos no son patentables
“Sociedad de consumo y agricultura biotecnológica” (2006) University of Almeria Editorial.
“Agricultura Transgénica y Medio Ambiente. Perspectiva Legal” (2009), Reus Editorial.
EXPERIENCE
Iñigo joined H&A in 2012 as Head of the Chem/Pharma and Biotech department and he is a qualified European patent attorney (EQE 2010).
He started his career as quality analyst in the agrifood industry in a company devoted to high-quality duck-derived products. He started his career in IP as a patent consultant in 2002.
His practice is mainly focused on the pharmaceutical and biotechnological field, where his main tasks are related to drafting and prosecution work, as well as to the preparation of patentability, infringement and freedom-to-operate reports.
Iñigo is also experienced in the prosecution of SPCs and has extensive experience in inter partes proceedings both before the Courts in nullity and infringement cases and in opposition proceedings before the EPO.
He is specialized in patents from the fields of small molecules, pharmaceutical formulations, polymorphs, dosage regimes, diagnostic methods, animal models, microbiology, tissue engineering, antibodies, molecular biology and genetic engineering.
Iñigo has been a speaker at different Spanish universities and in patent-related forums. He has been featured for his professional work in specialized publications as Managing IP.