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Managing IP recognises the ABG IP team and includes 3 Rising Stars in its rankings
The prestigious publication Managing IP has selected Marta Rodríguez, Sofia Petterson and Iain McGeoch as Rising Stars in its final issue of 2020/21. This distinction

Utility Models in Spain – Part 1
What is a utility model? If we talk about patents, trademarks or trade secrets, most people would be able to explain in a respectable way

Juan Arias at the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) World Congress
Juan Arias, Managing Partner of ABG Intellectual Property, was the European representative at the Panel Session “The Coronavirus Pandemic and Its Impact on Pharma Patent

CRISPR-Cas9: Nobel Prize in Chemistry and its patents
In the edition that has just been unveiled, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for “the development of a method for genome

ABG Intellectual Property celebrates its 17th anniversary
ABG Intellectual Property is celebrating its 17th anniversary. ABG was created by Juan Arias, Francisco Bernardo and Vicente González (RIP) and started trading on 26

The European Union’s trademark system
The European Union’s trademark system (formerly known as the “community trademark”) which has been operational since 1996, makes it possible to apply, through a single

Iain McGeoch, new associate at ABG
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Iain McGeoch as an associate of ABG Intellectual Property. Iain joined the ABG team in 2014 and

Laura Montoya joins ABG as head of our Legal Department
ABG Intellectual Property has appointed Laura Montoya to be responsible for our Legal Department. Laura Montoya started her career in Intellectual Property, in 2002. She

NANOGAP: A spinoff whose seed was the patent protecting atomic quantum clusters
Technology transfer is one of the priorities of the Spanish Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation. In fact, the transmission of scientific and technical knowledge

Protecting inventions by patent in multiple countries
LATEST UPDATE: 26 JANUARY 21 Unfortunately “worldwide patents” do not exist In today’s global market, a product may be designed in one country, manufactured in

BROMPTON CASE- Intellectual property and technical function: protection after patent expiration?
Author: Patricia Guillén The Tribunal de l’entreprise de Liège (Belgium) is hearing a dispute between the folding bike company Brompton Bicycle Ltd and one of

Financial Times ranks ABG IP in the top 10 of Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms
For the second year in a row, Financial Times has ranked us in its “Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms” ranking that was published today. This

