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With attorneys from six different jurisdictions and a team of multilingual paralegals, we render high-level European and Spanish IP services to our clients, both global players and small enterprises.
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Our services
Our attorneys make our clients’ business priorities their own, and this drives us to provide legally sound, commercially oriented and cost-effective solutions that make our clients’ lives easier.
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Our philosophy to searchingis one of simplicity
While it is easy to say "no" we thrive in assessing the "what ifs" and "maybes" - looking beyond the purely legal issues to provide a clear path to launch.
Our approach to searching
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EU Trademarks
The EU trademark (EUTM) was introduced in 1994 and the first applications could be filed on 1 April 1996. It allows protecting a trademark for all 27 Member States of the European Union, accounting for almost 500 million people.
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Approach to searching
Our approach is to provide business savvy recommendations balanced by legal risks and commercial reality. While it is easy to say ``no`` we thrive in assessing the ``what ifs`` - looking beyond the purely legal issues to provide a clear path to launch.
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Other News
We regularly provide brief updates on legal developments and recent case law emanating from the EU courts in Luxembourg. We also inform about upcoming events and conference participation involving BomhardIP members.
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BASMATI – or: Back into the Past?
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2023 GC practice in retrospect (Part 2)
15 January, 2024
Our Team
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Verena von Bomhard
Dr. iur, PartnerVerena von Bomhard has been involved with EU trade marks from the very beginning, having founded her former firm´s office in Alicante in early 1996.PROFILEGiles Corbally
PartnerJohannes Fuhrmann
Dr. iur, LL.M., PartnerGiles is a Partner at BomhardIP with over 25 years of experience in trade marks. His principle focus is on EU Trade mark and Design prosecution and enforcement.Johannes has been working as a lawyer in Alicante since 2011, specializing in EU trade mark and design law. He has handled all kinds of proceedings before the EUIPO.PROFILEPROFILE -
Inmaculada González López
Dr. iur, LL.M., Of CounselInmaculada González is an of Counsel at BomhardIP. She has over 20 years’ experience in counseling, litigation and contractual law concerning Intellectual Property rights, including trade marks, patents, and copyright.PROFILERemedios Amorós
Of CounselAltea Baltanás
JuristRemedios is Of Counsel for the Spanish department at BomhardIP and has over 13 years of experience advising both startups and multinationals in the prosecution and enforcement of their Intellectual Property rights.Altea Baltanas is a jurist at BomhardIP and assists across the full range of the legal questions we deal with.PROFILEPROFILE -
Sarah Bettio
ParalegalSarah is a Paralegal at BomhardIP. She has 14 years of experience in EU, IR and national trade mark and design related matters, in trade mark portfolio management as well as multijurisdictional trade mark clearance.PROFILEMiguel Cantó
IT SupportCarmen Delgado Ladrón de Guevara
Head of AccountsMiguel is in charge of the server, network and security management, as well as being responsible for maintaining the integrity of all computer workstations and associated software.Carmen is the Head of accounts. She has been linked to the world of brands since 2011. She has extensive experience in accounting and invoicing procedures.PROFILEPROFILE -
Laura Devesa Santacruz
ParalegalLaura is a Docketing clerk and Paralegal in BomhardIP. She is our expert for the management of IP databases.Michaela Diezel
ParalegalAlena Fischer
LL.M., Senior AssociateMichaela has 18 years of experience in EU trademark and design related matters, including all kinds of proceedings before the EUIPO, in TM portfolio management as well as multijurisdictional trademaerk clearance.Alena is a Senior Associate at BomhardIP. She has been active in TM law since 2011. She advises clients on complex and multijurisdictional TM matters and handles all kind of proceedings before the EUIPO.PROFILEPROFILEPROFILE -
Aurora Franco Quintana
Senior ParalegalAurora is a Senior Paralegal at BomhardIP and has been involved in trade mark and design work since 2017.PROFILESofia Hamouda
AssociateIryna Iakubovska
Member of the Billing TeamSofia has been handling EU trade mark and design matters since concluding her legal studies in 2015. She is an Associate at BomhardIP.Iryna joined BomhardIP in 2016. She is part of our Billing Team and manages high volume customer billing and the status of accounts, dealing with diverse e-billing platforms.PROFILEPROFILE -
Rita Lopes
ParalegalRita assists with the preparation, filing and prosecution of European and International trademark applications, portfolio maintenance, and availability searches for trademarks.PROFILEAnnemarie Malkmes
Senior AssociateMaría Montero
ParalegalAnnemarie is a Senior Associate at BomhardIP. She handles all kinds of proceedings before the EUIPO and assists clients comprehensively in the field of EU trade mark and design law.Maria Montero is a paralegal at BomhardIP, where she handles all types of EUIPO proceedings with a focus on designs as well as international design.PROFILEPROFILE -
Inmaculada Mora
Jurist / ParalegalInmaculada works in the Spanish law department at BomhardIP, where she assists in the management and legal support in Spanish IP matters before the SPTO and Spanish courts.PROFILEMónica Mula
IP Records AdministratorEkaterina Okuneva Vlasova
ParalegalMónica is a Docketing clerk and handles our IP database and various trademark related matters at BomhardIP.Ekaterina assists with various trade mark and design related matters, including all kinds of proceedings before the EUIPO and worldwide portfolio management, as well as trade mark clearance.PROFILEPROFILE -
Jurgita Oleskeviciute
Senior ParalegalA large part of Jurgita’s experience has been in providing paralegal support to trade mark attorneys. She assists with various trade mark matters, including filing, prosecution and portfolio management.PROFILEBernard Platteau
LL.M., AssociateKrystel Poizac
Secretary and Personal assistantBernard is an Associate at BomhardIP. He is involved in all kinds of trade mark and design proceedings before the EUIPO, including absolute grounds refusals, oppositions, and cancellations.Krystel is in charge of handling incoming calls, visits, sorting and distributing post/mailings, managing attorney’s agendas and organization of business trips and events.PROFILEPROFILE -
Christina Prehn
Paralegal ManagerChristina Prehn is a Paralegal Manager at BomhardIP. She has 17 years of experience in EU trade mark and design related matters, including all kinds of proceedings before the EUIPO.PROFILEJosé Antonio Sanz
Office Manager and Head of HRÁlvaro Sentamans
Data analyst and programmerJosé Antonio’s functions include the management of our contractual relationships with external providers, the development and supervision of our financial protocols.Álvaro’s work consists of preparing analytical reports of different kinds, as well as providing IT solutions for all kinds of problems related mainly to the financial management of the firm.PROFILEPROFILE -
Encarna Soto Rodríguez
Senior ParalegalEncarna is a Senior Paralegal at BomhardIP. She has been involved in EU trade mark work since 1996 and Community design work since 2003.PROFILEDaria Stajer
AssociateMichael Thewlis
ParalegalDaria handles all kinds of trade mark and design proceedings before the EUIPO and generally advises and assists our clients in the field of EU trade mark and design law.Michael is a Paralegal at BomhardIP, where he handles all types of EUIPO proceedings with a focus on trade marks as well as international registrations.PROFILEPROFILE
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Our Clients
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