Degree:

• Law Degree, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM).

Practice Areas:

• Legal and technical assistance and counselling concerning filing and prosecution of Trademarks abroad (direct trademarks abroad, international trademarks, European Union trademarks and Community Designs).
• Administrative defense of Distinctive Signs and other Intellectual Property rights before the Intellectual Property Office of the European Union (EUIPO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and before National Trademark Offices worldwide.
• Assistance and legal counseling in the prosecution of Distinctive Signs from its filing to its granting: drafting of opposition writs, cancellation and nullity actions  before the Intellectual Property Office of the European Union (EUIPO) and before National Trademark Offices worldwide.
• Assistance in extrajudicial conflict resolution including negotiation and trademark coexistence agreements worldwide.
• Drafting of strategies for the protection and defense of Intellectual Property rights internationally. 
• Preparation and supervision of lawsuits concerning infringement of Intellectual Property rights worldwide.
• Drafting of lawsuits before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).

Training:

• Preparation of the open exams for the Ministry of Justice in the category of Judicial Secretary (Lawyer of the Administration of Justice), C.E.F.
• Master's Degree in Intellectual Property and New Technologies Law, Universidad Internacional de La Rioja.
• Private International Law course, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM).
• Specialized Seminar focused on Chinese legislation and practice on Intellectual Property rights, Madrid Chamber of Commerce.
• Seminar focused on Protected Designations of Origin and Geographical Indications and their degree of protection in the European Union according to EUIPO and WIPO regulation and practice, Mercantile Department of the Universidad de Alicante.

Professional Career:

Since joining UNGRIA´s Madrid office in 1999 and, for more than 20 years of experience in the Intellectual Property field, she has focused her professional activity on legal and technical advice and assistance regarding the filing and prosecution of trademarks abroad. Similarly, she has specialized in the administrative defense of Distinctive Signs and other Intellectual Property rights before the Intellectual Property Office of the European Union (EUIPO), World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and before National Trademark Offices worldwide, as well as in the development of strategies for the protection and defense of Intellectual Property rights internationally and the drafting and supervision of legal actions  before the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in Luxembourg.

Languages: Spanish, English, French

In UNGRIA since: 1999