Navigating trademark matters in Spain and Portugal with H&A.
While the European Union framework has taken over a large part of trademark matters in EU Member States, including Spain and Portugal, it is still vital to have reliable local councils in place for needs that come up frequently and have to be dealt with at national level.
For instance, national or international applications (WIPO) designating national jurisdictions, conflictive with your prior rights, need to be confronted at national level -via opposition- before each trademark office.
Likewise, remember that the European Union Trademark Regulation (EUTMR) has not established a court system, therefore leaving disputes involving EU trademarks to national courts functioning as EU courts.
Areas of Specialization
H&A experience and know-how
H&A’s trademark group has a vast experience in representing domestic and international clients before Spanish and Portuguese instances, both at administrative (before each Trademark Office -OEPM and INPI respectively- or Customs Authorities) and judicial level (up to the Supreme Court). Being Spanish and Portuguese ports some of the most sensitive gates of entry for counterfeit products in the EU, having a fluent and direct communication with customs authorities is key for an efficient and effective brand protection.
H&A’s attorneys-at-law and IP agents benefit from being proficient in prosecution specifics, which gives them a global strategic perspective that helps them prevail in most litigation cases, many of which are won or lost because key aspects during the prosecution stage are ignored by some lawyers. That simply does not happen at H&A.
With respect to Spain, the fact that H&A’s team has at least one professional speaking each of Spain’s official languages fluently, proves to be key when facing conflicts that involve trademarks in official languages other than Spanish (Galician, Basque and Catalan).
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