Bird & Bird

Intellectual Property

Cintia Bernhardt is counsel in Bird & Bird's Intellectual Property department in the Madrid office.

With more than 14 years of experience, Cintia provides strategic and client-oriented advice in relation to the management and enforcement of intellectual property rights and new technologies, focusing on the life science, telecommunications & media, fashion and e-commerce industries.

Her work includes representing clients in patent, trade secrets, trademarks and copyright litigation before the Spanish courts. She has also a vast experience in drafting and negotiating contracts involving IP rights and new technologies.

Cintia teaches in many universities and private entities such as Universidad Europea de Madrid, AENOR and Universidad Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona).

She is also the author of several articles on Intellectual Property published in specialized publications and co-author of the books "Defensa corporativa y compliance" and "Tecnologías disruptivas" both published by Thomson Reuters in 2019.

Prior to joining Bird & Bird in 2023, she was a senior associate at a Spanish law firm.

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