Uría Menéndez‘s IP team has built a strong and growing client base, featuring major names in digital platforms, media, entertainment, and telecoms. The group is well positioned to advise on both contentious and non-contentious matters involving copyright. Madrid-based life science specialist Ingrid Pi, image rights expert Carles Vendrell, and Borja Sainz de Aja, a reference for copyright-related litigation, jointly lead the department with Montiano Monteagudo, who sits in the Barcelona office, and advises clients from the pharma, tech, food, textile, and education sectors, among others, on proceedings involving the protection of a variety of IP rights, including copyright.
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IP and Unfair Competition Healthcare and Life Sciences
Career
Montiano Monteagudo is a lawyer in the Barcelona office of Uría Menéndez. He joined the firm in 1999 and became a partner in January 2006.
He focuses his practice on advising national and multinational companies on matters relating to intellectual property, unfair competition, competition law, contract law, information technology and corporate law.
Montiano regularly advises multinational pharmaceutical laboratories and other innovative foreign and domestic companies in sectors such as electronics and microelectronics, software, food, textile, homecare products, education, etc. He represents clients before regulatory bodies and courts in proceedings for the protection of patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright, know-how and other intellectual property rights.
He also counsels market leaders in the telecommunications, pharmaceutical, electronics, financial services and food and drinks sectors in litigation and non-litigation matters (issuing legal opinions) regarding unfair competition and advertising issues, including passing-off, gaining unfair advantage from the reputation of others, misleading practices, sales below cost, protection of trade secrets, misappropriation of trademarks and get-ups.
Languages
English Catalan German Italian
Memberships
- International Trademark Association
Education
- Ph.D. in Law, Universidad de Valencia, 1993
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Testimonials
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‘Their team is the best in this area.’
‘Carles Vendrell always shows exceptional willingness to attend to and resolve queries with great efficiency and speed. In addition, he is able to explain clearly all the legal aspects and make them understandable.’
‘The team is technically very good and very professional. It is one of the best firms nationwide.’
‘Technical skills, knowledge, and being up to date with the latest developments in intellectual property differentiate the team.’
‘The team at Uría Menéndez has a vision that does not focus solely on the purely legal aspect. They understand the problems of the sector and offer useful solutions for the business, with very tight response times.’
‘Their time and response capacity and the quality of their service are unbeatable. We also appreciate the human quality of the team, especially Álvaro Seijo and Carles Vendrell.’
‘The team provides up-to-date and in-depth knowledge of the subject and provides clients with essential support.’
‘The Uría Menéndez team demonstrates in-depth knowledge of the law, advising clients at all times with transparency, honesty, and a firm ethical commitment. It is worth noting their excellent availability and efficient management of the resources, as well as their effective coordination with other areas of the firm when necessary. The quality of their work is exceptional, with always clear, detailed, and professional communication, explaining precisely what will be done, how, and in what time frame.’
Key clients
- Telefónica
- Meta Platforms Ireland Limited
- Fever
- Kukuxumusu
- La Liga
- NH
- AERC
- Glovo Groceries
- Oakley
- La Liga F
- Lefebvre-El Derecho
Work highlights
Advising Lefebvre-El Derecho on copyright litigation.
Representing Kukuxumusu in an appeal before the Spanish Supreme Court in a case related to copyrights involving cartoon characters.
Acting for NH Group in litigation against a CMO claiming damages arising out of the abuse of a dominant position in the negotiation of copyright tariffs.