Mr Luis Baz > Elzaburu > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile

Elzaburu
Torre de Cristal
P.º de la Castellana, 259 C, 28th floor
28046 Madrid
Spain
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Work Department

Intellectual Property – Trade marks and copyright.

Position

Partner. Head of the Trademark Department

Career

Industrial Property Attorney, 1992. European Trade Mark Attorney (Authorized Representative before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), 1995. Specialist in copyright and trademark law and domain names and Internet infringement. Five years in private practice as a member of the Legal Division of a leading group of companies in the communications field. Visiting Professor, Magister Lvcentinvs, Alicante University, teaching the “Contentious-Administrative Appeals and Distinctive Signs” unit in the course on Trademarks, 1999-2002, and the “Procedural Aspects of Patent Law” unit in the course on Patents, 2002. Visiting Professor at the IE Business School, Madrid, participating in programmes dealing with intellectual and industrial property law, the legal system regulating telecommunications, and entertainment industry law. Member Trademark Office Practices Committee of INTA. With the firm, 1995.

Languages

Spanish and English.

Memberships

ALADDA (ALAI); AIPPI, ASIPI.

Education

Comillas University – ICADE, Madrid (Law Degree and Master in European Community Law).

Lawyer Rankings

Spain > Intellectual property: Trade marks

Elzaburu‘s large and versatile IP group is frequently involved in the largest and most high-profile trade mark disputes, though it also handles prosecution work through specialist partner Luis Baz. Legal and business head Javier Fernández-Lasquetty and anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy expert Juan José Caselles also play central roles in the practice. Enrique Armijo provides essential support in unfair competition cases. Up-and-coming partner Carlos Morán and associate María Cadarso are also active in major trade mark disputes. Honorary partner Antonio Castán retired from the firm in 2023. The firm is widely acknowledged as a leader in the protection of rights at all levels, with extensive experience in acting before the higher courts, including the Supreme Court.