Manuel Pérez
Madrid Office
+34 91 522 74 20
Position at H&A:
Head of the Telecom, Software and AI Patents Area
Profession:
MSc. Telecommunications Engineering
European Patent Attorney
Spanish Patent Attorney
Qualification:
- MSc. Telecommunications Engineering
- European Patent Attorney
- Spanish Patent Attorney
- Diploma on Patent Litigation in Europe, Strasbourg University
- Qualified Representative before the Unitary Patent Court (UPC)
Professional Awards:
Featured in IAM Patent 1000 (2020-2022-2023-2024-2025).
Languages:
Spanish, English, French, German
ADDITIONAL STUDIES
Graduate in Telecommunications Engineering from the Sevilla’s University, (1997) with a diploma in Patent Litigation in Europe from the Strasbourg University.
PUBLICATIONS
Co-author of: “Patent Infringement Worldwide”. Ed.: 2009
Peculiarities of patents in the ICT sector: tips and key considerations
Some keys for getting your patent granted for inventions related to artificial intelligence
«Sunrise period» of the unitary patent system: what it is, how long it lasts and essential concepts
Unitary Patent: Key points for requesting unitary effect
Claims amendments before the EPO. Questions and answers
Peculiaridades de las patentes en el sector TIC: trucos, consejos y aspectos a tener en cuenta
Modificaciones de reivindicaciones ante la EPO. Preguntas y respuestas
EXPERIENCE
Manuel joined H&A in 2010 as Patent advisor, drafting and prosecuting EPO and PCT patent applications and also patent applications in Spain, USA, China and other countries. Nowadays, he is the Head of the Telecom, Software and AI Patents Area.
He is a former European Patent Office (EPO) examiner in the Telecommunications cluster in The Hague (Netherlands) and a Spanish Patent Attorney. Previously, he worked for several years in different telecommunications companies (Vodafone, Telefonica…).
He specialized in patents belonging to the following technical fields: mobile communications networks, blockchain, IoT, artificial intelligence, authentication, encryption and data transmission and processing, among others. He is also a qualified representative before the Unitary Patent Court (UPC).
At present, he is also a professor in different IP seminars and master’s degrees, as for example, the IP master’s degree “Magister Lucentinus” and the CEIPI European Patent Law training courses in Madrid and Barcelona.
He has been featured in “IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals”