pangea net - intellectual property & technology

Pangea Net - Intellectual Property & Technology

An Introduction

KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbHABSIS Legal Advocates

KWR Belokonski Gospodinov

AMMC Law Litiguard

Babiaczyk Skrocki i Wspólnicy P.N.Kourtellos & Associates LLC

Bagatur Law Probst Partner

Brandi Rechtsanwälte Stratulat Albulescu

Browne Jacobson LLP UEPA advokati s.r.o.

Cancino Ayuso Valegis Advocaten

Cocuzza & Associati Wenner

DFMG Solicitors Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP

International Law Group About Pangea Net

KGA Law firm index

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Since its inception Pangea Net has distinguished itself from other legal networks through its close-knit relationships and its members’ united focus on delivering excellent client service.

As the network has grown the links between the member firms have been deepened through the creation of practice groups, allowing lawyers with similar specialisms in different jurisdictions to forge ever stronger relationships and thereby increase the benefits to clients, seeking assistance in those specialist areas, of using a Pangea Net member firm.

Given the global reach of technology, the international scope of intellectual property rights, and the increasingly multi-jurisdictional nature of IP disputes, the IP and Technology Practice Group of the Pangea network enables clients to obtain seamless multi-jurisdiction support and implement consistent world-wide strategies through accessing the network’s formidable expertise and resources.

This brochure contains a summary of each member’s IP/Technology practice, along with contact details for their IP & Technology experts.

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ABSIS LEGAL is a Spanish law firm founded in Barcelona that offers national and international clients Intellectual Property (IP) and Technology

(IT) law services. We provide IP and IT legal advice to private and public corporations, manufacturers and distribution companies, banks, administrations

and public bodies among others.

About our IP/Technology practice

• Advice in respect of legal matters concerning image rights protection.• Legal advice on disputes between identical or similar trade marks and defending their

rights in cases of disputes in relation to trade marks and domain names. • Legal services for preparing trademarks and patents applications and oppositions.

• Legal advice on issues concerning copyrights, patents and designs and drafting licensing agreements and assignments of rights. We have extensive practice and experience in IP services

which allows us to guarantee our client’s protection and rights. • Our IT lawyers have experience in software and licensing legal matters, e-commerce law, mobile devices

and data protection.• Drafting legal reports for our national and international clients in relation to Spanish IP law and defending

our clients in legal proceedings of IP.

ABSIS Legal Advocates

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Mª Teresa de Gispert Pastor (00) 34 935319100 | [email protected]

Mª José Ripoll Pareja (00) 34 935319100 | [email protected]

Maria Navarro Blanch (00) 34 935319100 | [email protected]

Spain

Antonio Muñoz de Gispert (00) 34 935319100 | [email protected]

One of our partners is a member of the WIPO Domain Name Panelists and President of one of the Jury Sections of the Spanish association called ‘Autocontrol de la publicidad’ resolving trade mark and designs advertising issues. This partner is also a member of the General Legislation Commission of the Spanish Justice Ministry.

AMMC Law

Contact DetailsChristophe Maillard

+352 26.27.22.22 | [email protected]

Luxembourg

AMMC Law is an independent Luxembourg law firm providing comprehensive high-level legal services. Our team has a proven track record in advising global clients across a wide range of sectors (including hotels and leisure, energy and telecommunications) from emerging businesses to Fortune 500 companies. We achieve our goal by developing close and long-term relationships with our clients to facilitate pragmatic legal solutions in a global context.


• Covers the full spectrum of IP rights as well as data protection rights.• Experienced team in the legal aspects of IP/IT protection, with a knowledge of the technology involved.• An important part of our practice involves software & web services agreements (transfer, licensing, exploitation and other transactions).• Our team includes litigation lawyers bringing efficiency to the protection of your intangible assets.

Babiaczyk, Skrocki i Wspólnicy have been active in the market of legal services since 1993. During that time we have gained a reputation as one

of the best Polish law firms, specializing in advising large and medium-size enterprises. Intellectual Property and Technology are one of the key focuses of

the firm.


• Our lawyers are experienced in advising in relation to patent and trademark disputes, licensing issues, software development, systems integration and rebuilds, IT disputes,

e-commerce, mobile devices, cloud computing, hosting solutions as well as data protection personal data processing and cyber security.

• We are regularly involved as trademark and patent law experts in significant negotiations and court disputes.

• We have close relationships with the most highly regarded patent and trade mark attorneys.• We make sure that we learn all about the specifics of the client’s activity and gain a deep

understanding of its expectations – this is why we are able to propose practical legal solutions, fine-tuned to the client’s objectives and needs.

• The fully comprehensive nature of the services we perform is our strongest asset.• Our lawyers are fluent in English, German and Russian. We are therefore also able to prepare documents for our clients in these languages.• At the beginning of 2016 we started a new project involving the creation and operation of an internet portal as a source of legal information for practitioners in the field of IP and new technologies, available from June 2016 at www.prawoITechnologia.pl.

Babiaczyk Skrocki i Wspólnicy

Contact DetailsMaciej Olejniczak +48 61 84 41 724 | [email protected]

Babiaczyk, Skrocki i Wspólnicy for many years have regularly ranked high on the list of the best law firms in Poland. This confirms our sound position as one of the leaders in the market.

Dr Michał Matuszczak +48 61 84 41 733 | [email protected]

Poland

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BagaturLaw

Contact DetailsM. Çağrı Bağatur

+90 532 322 32 32 | [email protected]

Babiaczyk, Skrocki i Wspólnicy for many years have regularly ranked high on the list of the best law firms in Poland. This confirms our sound position as one of the leaders in the market.

In 2007 – 2008, we were the first law office to join the National Quality Movement in Turkey and Europe. Our

approach for providing excellent quality services to our clients has been awarded with

the ‘EFQM Committed to Excellence’ and ‘EFQM Competency in Excellence’ certificates. We are

also one of the founders of Ethics and Reputation Society in Turkey.

We are a third generation Istanbul based law firm providing services and delivering tailored solutions to our national and international client base in advocacy, consultancy, projects, enforcement and mediation. Among the top three key focuses of our firm are innovative technology projects.


• A strong team of 28 people which extends over offices in Istanbul and Adana.• Our close solution focussed partnerships with patent and trade mark attorneys we have worked with for a great many years enables us to provide clients with the excellent client service experience they require.• Bayer, Monsanto, Eczacıbaşı Baxter, Multi, Shell and Diaverum are among our multinational multi-sector clients.• Our IP/Tech practice deals with a wide range of matters including advertisement, data protection and privacy, new product development and deployment, e-commerce, entertainment and media, payment systems, social media, telecommunications, value added services, IP based transactions, domain name disputes and IP litigation as well as advice relating to copyright and all the other IP rights.

Turkey

BRANDI Rechtsanwälte is a mid-sized law firm with six offices in the heart of Germany. With more than 75 lawyers, BRANDI serves companies and institutions in all relevant fields

of law including intellectual property and information technology.

About our specialist group - Intellectual Property & IT law

• 11 out of our 75 lawyers are focused and specialised in all relevant aspects of intellectual property and information technology, and have developed a strong reputation and a loyal client base including

Claas, Miele, arvato and other national and international clients. • Our law firm is a full service provider offering legal support in all relevant areas including corporate law,

banking & financing, employment law, administrative law and international law; with offices in six German cities we are among the Top 50 law firms by size. • In addition to this, BRANDI provides legal support in attaining trademark protection, in pursuing trademark infringement on behalf of trademark owners and defending clients in trademark disputes, both with national and international trademarks.• Located in the heart of Germany’s furniture manufacturing region, BRANDI supports designers and manufacturers in design matters including the registration of designs and pursuing infringement of such designs. • BRANDI maintains a close relation to several patent lawyers specialised in different areas of expertise; court claims are regularly represented by BRANDI’s attorneys together with patent lawyers.• The IT law team of BRANDI supports numerous large providers of IT solutions including data centre operators, many SAP implementation partners and software providers. Furthermore, BRANDI performs comprehensive negotiations for our clients regarding contracts for the introduction of new software solutions and other IT matters. • BRANDI advises German and foreign corporations with respect to all data protection questions. Our lawyers can act as data protection officers for our clients (Wortmann, Tamaris, Clarion Events, Toyoda Gosei Meteor) as well as support in-house data protection officers in legal matters (Claas, Takko, Fressnapf). • Besides giving legal advice in privacy matters, BRANDI is able to conduct data protection audits and technical evaluations including forensic investigation in collaboration with state-certified IT experts.

BRANDI Rechtsanwälte

Contact DetailsKevin Kruse (IP)

+49 (0)521 96535 820 | [email protected]

Declan Cushley +44 (0)20 7337 1042 | [email protected]

Alex Watt+44 (0)20 7337 1008 | [email protected]

Sebastian Meyer (IT) +49 (0)521 96535 812 | [email protected]

Our law firm is an “excellent Full-Service Provider” recognized by Legal 500 and, according to Juve, “the top address par excellence” in our region. In the area of IP/IT, BRANDI is described as one of the leading law firms by Legal 500.

Our IP/Technology team is ranked in Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, World Trademark Review and Managing Intellectual Property Magazine

and is acknowledged as “a worthy alternative to a big City law firm”; Chambers and Partners, as well as “a growing force in the City, where it often

has the edge on more established players thanks to its sophisticated commercial mindset and meticulous approach” ; WTR.

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We are a law firm with a track record of delivering tailored solutions to our national and international client base – including blue chip corporates, major retailers and manufacturers, insurers and public sector entities. Intellectual Property and Technology are key focuses of the firm.


• A 21 strong team (including 11 partners), which extends over offices in London, Birmingham and Nottingham and has extensive experience assisting a premium client portfolio including: Bestseller, Camelot, Mace, Lloyds Banking Group, and PZ Cussons.• Close relationships with patent and trade mark attorneys we have worked with for over a decade, which enables us to give clients what they need – a truly integrated, exceptional client service experience. • Brands specialists who have worked with many world-famous companies to enforce and exploit their trade marks including recent litigation for Roger Bullivant, Moët Hennessy and The London Taxi Corporation.• Patent experts that are regularly involved in significant patent disputes, including recently a complex case about X-ray scanning devices and a Court of Appeal case for Kennametal, as well as skilled at negotiating high value R & D agreements and complex licensing arrangements.• Technology and IT lawyers experienced in advising in relation to software development, procurement of hardware, software and systems, licensing issues, systems integration and rebuilds, IT disputes, e-commerce, mobile devices, outsourcing, cloud computing as well as data protection and cyber security.• Part of a top 50 full service law firm (with 101 partners and over 400 other fee earners) ranked 1st in 26 areas of law in Legal 500, that is committed to a true partnership approach with our clients, as building long-lasting relationships is at the heart of what we do.

Contact DetailsDeclan Cushley

+44 (0)20 7337 1042 | [email protected]

Alex Watt+44 (0)20 7337 1008 | [email protected]

Mark Daniels+44 (0)121 237 3993 | [email protected]

Bonita Trimmer +44 (0)121 296 0675 | [email protected]

Our law firm is an “excellent Full-Service Provider” recognized by Legal 500 and, according to Juve, “the top address par excellence” in our region. In the area of IP/IT, BRANDI is described as one of the leading law firms by Legal 500.

Our IP/Technology team is ranked in Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, World Trademark Review and Managing Intellectual Property Magazine

and is acknowledged as “a worthy alternative to a big City law firm”; Chambers and Partners, as well as “a growing force in the City, where it often

has the edge on more established players thanks to its sophisticated commercial mindset and meticulous approach” ; WTR.

England

Browne Jacobson LLP

Cayad, S.C. ‘Cancino Ayuso Abogados’ is a civil partnership established in Mexico in 2003 for the express purpose of providing a comprehensive

range of legal advisory services to both Mexican and foreign clients under a service philosophy which has the commitment to deal with such clients’

affairs successfully and properly. We serve the aeronautic, aerospace, banking, entertainment, hospitality, food and healthcare industries, among others. Our main

practice areas are: aviation, civil, commercial, corporate, telecommunications, real estate, intellectual property and entertainment law.


• We offer legal advice in negotiations, technology, content protection and administrative and judicial litigation, in order to prevent any possible future conflicts with third parties.

• Our services deal with a wide scope of matters ranging from trademark and patent prosecution, to IP related transactions. We prosecute trademark protection domestically as well as internationally, relying on

a well-established network of IP agents and professionals. • Over the years, we have gained vast experience in developing and advising on strategy, structure,

negotiations and the protection of all kinds of copyrights, especially for television, motion pictures and other advertising campaigns. • We have counselled biotech and health services start-ups (domestic and foreign) as to the protection of their intellectual assets whether through patent, utility model, trade secrets, industrial designs, trademark or copyright registration, as well as through proper contract negotiation and drafting. • We negotiate and draft contracts in general (provision of services, non-disclosure agreements, licenses, franchise, distribution, etc.). • Elaboration and negotiation of agreements with authors, writers, talent, producers and licensees. • Agreement negotiations with publishers and record companies.

Cancino Ayuso

Contact DetailsHoracio Ayuso +52 (55) 5239 0202 | [email protected]

Ricardo Cancino+52 (55) 5220 0101 | [email protected]

José F Camarena +52 (55) 5240 0202 | [email protected]

Mexico

Our IP team has successfully counselled Fortune 500 companies as well as trailblazing start-ups. Members of our team teach IP Law at the top ranked universities in Mexico and serve as advisors and contributors for organizations such as WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University.

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Cocuzza & Associati

Contact DetailsStefania Sansò

+39 02-866096 | [email protected]

Alice Montefusco+39 02-866096 | [email protected]

Giacomo Gori +39 02-866096 | [email protected]

We approach each matter with a clear focus on our clients’ objectives and with

a technical understanding of the business involved. Our objective is to relate to the legal

and business environments in which our clients make their decisions. Giacomo Gori, head of the IP

department at Cocuzza Associati, is a member of AIPPI and INTA and his legal opinions are frequently

published in the main trade journals.

Italy

Our IP team has successfully counselled Fortune 500 companies as well as trailblazing start-ups. Members of our team teach IP Law at the top ranked universities in Mexico and serve as advisors and contributors for organizations such as WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) and the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford University.

We are a law firm based in Italy, able to offer assistance to Italian and foreign clients, primarily corporate entities engaged in a great variety of business sectors. Founded in 1993, we developed rapidly in response to the changing needs of the market for legal services, in particular that of modern business enterprises striving to find a balance between professionalism, efficiency and interpersonal relationships on the one hand, and specialization and the need to cover a wide range of services on the other.


• Cocuzza & Associati assists its clients in the protection and use of intellectual property rights. The assistance covers trademarks, patents, designs, utility models, know-how, trade secrets and unfair competition. • Cocuzza & Associati deals with all issues connected to drafting and negotiating transfer, license, distribution, franchising, merchandising, sponsorship, advertising and technology transfer agreements. • Cocuzza & Associati offers assistance and support on internet-based intellectual property rights, including those related to websites, multi-media products, on-line services, software and copyright digital distribution. • Cocuzza & Associati assists clients in litigation and arbitration in IP and IT cases. • Thanks to well-established networks of international partners, Cocuzza & Associati offers outstanding expertise on a global scale. • Cocuzza & Associati also supports its clients in all matters related to trademark and patent registration leveraging on consolidated relationships with patent and trademark agents.

DFMG Solicitors is a Dublin, Ireland based law firm. The Intellectual Property Department is a standalone, award winning and key part of the firm.

• The Department is headed by Patricia McGovern assisted by three other solicitors together with trainees, interns and support staff. Patricia and two of the

other solicitors are also Irish trade mark agents and Community trade mark and design attorneys.

• As trade mark agents as well as solicitors, the department manages trade mark and design portfolios for clients. We are involved in brand clearance, trade mark and design prosecution,

opposition, invalidity and cancellation actions before the Irish Patent Office and EUIPO and the exploitation of trade marks and designs.

• We have an extensive litigation practice which includes the litigation of patents, trade marks, copyright and designs, anti-counterfeiting issues and IT issues. We are currently involved in litigation

representing the Irish distributor of Sandoz in the Irish part of a worldwide battle with GSK concerning the use of the colour purple on inhalers.

• The Department also deals with data protection issues, all types of IT contracts, e commerce issues including internet trading, domain name disputes, advertising law, franchising, media and entertainment, the IP aspects of

the employment relationship and competition law in so far as it interacts with IP. • The firm has won many awards for its IP practice including the Managing Intellectual Property Irish IP firm of the year in 2008 and 2015. Patricia is a former Chair of both the Irish Law Society IP Committee and its Business Law Committee. She was also one of the three members of a Government appointed group tasked with reviewing copyright law in Ireland. She lectures and writes extensively on IP related issues.• The client base consists of many household names such as IKEA, BMW, Philip Morris, Gilead Sciences and Northern & Shell.

DFMG Solicitors

Contact DetailsPatricia McGovern

+353 1 6376614 | [email protected]

I.L.G. have worked with clients in a wide variety of industries including automobile, textile machinery, IT and ITES, defence equipment

manufacturing, chemicals, paper, hospitality, fashion and jewellery design. We pride ourselves on offering creative solutions

to most complex legal and techno-legal issues.

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International Law Group

Contact DetailsSwatti Singh

+91 9999806705 | [email protected] Khosla

+91 9871697771 | [email protected]

I.L.G. have worked with clients in a wide variety of industries including automobile, textile machinery, IT and ITES, defence equipment

manufacturing, chemicals, paper, hospitality, fashion and jewellery design. We pride ourselves on offering creative solutions

to most complex legal and techno-legal issues.

India

We are an Indian based law firm. Our services include conducting searches; assisting in the registration of IP rights in the Indian Intellectual Property offices; handling post registration aspects including enforcement of IP Rights through civil and criminal proceedings; IP licensing and IP advisory and transactional work.


• A team of 5 lawyers and patent agents, we pride ourselves in serving the IP needs of businesses of a variety of sizes and organisational structures with accuracy and a swift turnaround time. • Expertise in handling patent cases relating to all areas of technology. Our patent services includes the filing and prosecution of patent applications; pre-grant and post-grant proceedings; the initiation of and defence against opposition and revocation/cancellation proceedings; the maintenance of granted Patents; assignment and licensing and portfolio advice and management. • Provide a full range of trademark related services including the filing and prosecution of applications including applications under the Madrid treaty; responding to office actions; opposition proceedings; dispute resolution and litigation, advice on infringement and passing off; drafting of licenses, assignments, registered user agreements, franchise agreements and the management of trademark portfolios. • Involved in various aspects of copyright law including obtaining appropriate protection and registration and enforcement for various literary, artistic and cinematographic works both in the physical and digital contexts; enforcement; publishing, licensing, transfer of ownership and assignment of copyright. • Involved in filing and prosecution of design applications; cancellation proceedings; drafting of licenses and assignments; pursuing civil and administrative enforcement actions.

We are a French full service firm based in Paris and Marseille which has existed for over 60 years. Besides the classic sectors of business law, we

have developed experience in other areas of law such as sports law, media law, public business law, new technologies, defence and aeronautics.


• Copyright matters with special focus on the entertainment sector (co-production agreements distribution agreements, financing, acquisition of rights and infringement).

• Trademarks, designs and models: licensing agreements, assignments contracts, litigation and trademark oppositions; we have set up relations with industrial property experts for

trademark applications.• Data protection (advice prior to conception of projects involving processing of personal data and

follow up) and cyber security.• Various fields of IT (e-commerce, intellectual property in the digital sector and innovation, outsourcing

contracts, software, SaaS contracts). • Defamation matters, e-reputation.

• Franchising agreements.

KGA

Contact DetailsSophie de Marez Oyens (+33) 1 44 95 20 00 | [email protected]

Together with our office in Vienna, KWR has a team of more than 40 lawyers specialising in different legal areas, including a leading IP Practice.

France

Our IP/IT team is ranked in Legal 500 (intellectual property, media, culture, sport and leisure) and in Chambers and Partners.

Patrick Boiron advises important Hollywood studios and major artists. Karine Riahi is recommended for her great expertise in the audiovisual production business.

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Patrick Boiron (+33) 1 44 95 20 00 | [email protected]

Karine Riahi (+33) 1 44 95 20 00 | [email protected]

KWR Belokonski Gospodinov

Contact DetailsNikolay Belokonski

+359 2 971 55 33 | [email protected] Stoyan Gospodinov

359 2 971 55 33 | [email protected]

Together with our office in Vienna, KWR has a team of more than 40 lawyers specialising in different legal areas, including a leading IP Practice.

Bulgaria

We are a Bulgarian law firm and part of the leading Austrian law office KWR. We have a strong international practice and have advised local and international clients in all aspects of business law, including intellectual property, copyright and related legal areas, which fall within the scope of our core business activities. About our IP/Technology practice

• Our Bulgarian IP team is led by 2 partners and is supported by close cooperation with lawyers of counsel for each specific project.• We are registered IP and patent lawyers licensed to represent local and foreign clients before the Bulgarian Patent and IP Office (representation allowed only by licensed lawyers).• Representation of multinational companies (retail trade companies; industrial equipment producers, software developing companies, etc.) in procedures before the Bulgarian Patent and IT Office on protection of their trademark interests, including attachment and injunction procedures, imposition of distraints etc.• Conducting specialized IP due diligence.• Representation of local and international clients before the supreme courts in IP and copyright issues – successfully represented one of the most famous Bulgarian pop and rock bands in a major law suit in all court instances.• Representation of numerous local clients (e.g. export wine producers) in trademark issues and IP procedures.

KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH

Contact DetailsBarbara Kuchar

+43 (1) 24500 3145 | [email protected]

Arno Cichocki + 43 (1) 24500 3115 | [email protected]

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KWR Karasek Wietrzyk Rechtsanwälte GmbH is one of the leading law firms in Austria serving clients across all areas of business law. Intellectual Property and

Information Technology are core focus areas of KWR.


• We advise in all matters related to industrial property rights, including trademarks, designs, patents (contentious), domains, trade dress, product piracy, know-how, copyright

law, personality rights and unfair competition. • We are also active in non-contentious IP matters and leverage the capabilities of KWR´s

commercial department for all kinds of license, acquisition and joint venture agreements with an IP background.

• In the area of IT law we advise in relation to all kinds of software agreements, wearable devices, e-commerce, data protection issues and cyber security.

• The firm has also set a strategic priority in the area of know-how protection also in terms of publications and speaking engagements (PTMG conference, seminars, academic conferences).

• Barbara Kuchar, being one of the most renowned IP-Lawyers in Austria, heads the KWR IP/IT-Team. • We act for national and international blue chip clients such as Intersport, Reckitt Benckiser, L’Oréal, Nike and Converse, BIC, Prada, LVMH Moët Hennessy, Monster Energy, Accor Group, De’ Longhi Kenwood, Daiichi Sankyo, Gull + company, Sport 1, various German publishing houses and start ups.• We are active members of various professional associations such as INTA (unfair competition committee), PTMG, ICC, AIPPI, LIGA, GRUR, LES and ECTA.

The KWR IP Team is continuously recommended by international directories such as Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners where Barbara Kuchar is referred to as an “excellent trade mark litigator”; Chambers Global, 2015.

WTR 2016 ranked Barbara Kuchar in the gold section of leading individuals in Austria: “Barbara Kuchar is applauded for her in-depth knowledge, flexibility and delicacy of communication”.

Litiguard

At Litiguard it’s all about the client.

A big promise, we know.

We keep it.

Belgium

Litiguard is a young yet experienced, pro-active and client-driven boutique law firm, with a blend of business lawyers and litigators. With offices in both Antwerp and Brussels in Belgium, we offer each client a tailor made personal hands-on legal service.


• We advise and represent clients in a wide range of often complex and cross border - litigation and ADR matters.• Our clients include famous brands, multinational corporations, national corporations as well as a number of high net worth individuals.• We specialise in technology and IT with lawyers understanding the needs of software developers and IT-system suppliers, and the risks they face. We have a multiple skills team of lawyers, IT professionals and forensic auditors available to move in fast in case of any issue relating to data protection and cyber security.• We also have an anti-fraud team which specialise in assisting clients to deal effectively with counterfeiting and are ideally placed to do so; the harbor of Antwerp being a very important turntable in that battle.

Contact DetailsGerrit van Gassen (Partner)

+ 32 (0) 486 97 27 57 | [email protected] Dirk De Maeseneer (Partner)

+32(0)495 50 54 17 | [email protected]

P. N. KOURTELLOS & ASSOCIATES LLC is an independent and dynamic law firm - one of the new generation of law firms in Cyprus, breaking ground

and rethinking the practice and substance of law. Established primarily as a multi-service commercial law firm based in Limassol, Cyprus; the firm has rapidly

grown in size, encompassing associates in various business areas and expanding its practice to all business and commercial areas of law.


• We provide legal assistance and support to a Media and IT Group based in Canada with affiliated companies based in Cyprus. The Group provides communications solutions and

advanced communication structures and equipment.• We have been instructed in respect of litigation involving the electronic disclosure of

information and the appointment of an IT and database expert to conduct an electronic data search under the supervision of the court, in respect of a well-known Forex trading platform, IP rights are a

core element of these proceedings.• We have handled litigation proceedings concerning intellectual property issues ranging from patent,

trademark and copyright infringement allegations to patent/antitrust claims.• A member of the firm has advised Microsoft on a range of communication policies and compliance issues in connection with Cyprus’s electronic communications regulatory framework and the regulation of Voice over IP services.• We provide assistance with filing national, European and international patent applications and the validation of patents in Cyprus.• We provide trademark and design registration and renewal services.

P. N. Kourtellos & Associates LLC

Contact DetailsMrs Ioanna [email protected]

Ranked experts in Chambers & Partners for TMT matters. Our lawyers work for premium Swiss and international clients in IP, Technology,

Data Protection, Media, Telecommunication and Unfair Competition. Clients appreciate our responsiveness, our focus on solutions tailored to

their needs and the quality of our services.

Cyprus

We have been instructed in litigation proceedings involving a well-known Forex trading platform in which an order for electronic disclosure has been made, the first of its kind in Cyprus!

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Dr Pavlos Neofytou [email protected]

Probst Partner

Contact DetailsJulia Bhend

+41 52 269 1400 | [email protected]

Roy Levy +41 52 269 1400 | [email protected]

Franz Probst +41 52 269 1400 | [email protected]

Ranked experts in Chambers & Partners for TMT matters. Our lawyers work for premium Swiss and international clients in IP, Technology,

Data Protection, Media, Telecommunication and Unfair Competition. Clients appreciate our responsiveness, our focus on solutions tailored to

their needs and the quality of our services.

Switzerland

We are a Swiss Zurich / Winterthur based firm advising and representing domestic and foreign corporations, organisations and individuals regarding their business activities. Intellectual Property, Technology, Data Protection, Media, Telecommunication and Unfair Competition are core areas of our practice. Our IP lawyers work for the manufacturing, high-tech and processing industry (FMCG and life-sciences) as well as the media industry and public authorities. About our IP/Technology practice

• A dedicated team focused on rendering tailored advice and providing workable solutions in national and international business matters. Lawyers who combine expertise in business, negotiation and litigation ensuring our advice takes all relevant aspects into consideration.• Technology and IT lawyers experienced in advising in relation to software development and implementation as well as licensing and maintenance, procurement of ICT hardware and services, outsourcing, cloud computing and e-commerce.• Sought after specialists in data protection, privacy, media and unfair competition law matters.• Experts with vast experience in copyright matters, tariff negotiations and reference proceedings and excellent contacts to relevant regulators and arbitral bodies in Switzerland.• Longstanding relationships with patent and trademark attorneys around the globe enable us to provide clients with an integrated service regarding trade mark, patent and design prosecution and administration.

Stratulat Albulescu provides complete legal services, of both a contentious and non-contentious nature, regarding the full range of intellectual property

matters.


• Trademarks: availability searches, development of brand strategies in adopting, protecting and enforcing a brand, including negotiating consents, undertakings of non-

infringement, sending notifications to infringers, filing, prosecution services both at national and EU level, as well as management and maintenance of registrations, litigation

and enforcement.• Design/Models: availability searches, negotiating consents, undertakings of non-infringement,

sending notifications to infringers, filing, prosecution services both at national and EU level, as well as management and maintenance of registrations, litigation and enforcement.

• Copyright and related rights: advising on prosecution of copyright and related rights, including infringement and anti-piracy related advice as well as representation in front of collective management

bodies, litigation and enforcement.• Domain names: registration, maintenance, enforcement, transfer of domain names, including representation in arbitration proceedings.• Contractual assistance: drafting and negotiating various types of agreements, including license, franchises, assignments, etc. • IT: especially software/cloud services agreements/IoTs/e-commerce/media. Other: employees’ inventions, customs enforcement of intellectual property rights, and transactional Intellectual Property in various industries arising from M&As, JVs, restructurings and divestitures.

StratulatAlbulescu

Contact Details

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Delia [email protected]

Romania

UEPA advokáti s.r.o.

Contact DetailsMgr. Ing. Petra Kutková, LL.M.

+42 (0)234 707 422 | [email protected] Mgr. Bc. Tomáš Mudra

+42 (0)234 707 424 | [email protected]

We help our clients to realise their most ambitious visions in a local and

regional environment by providing them with tailored and smooth solutions.

We are your partner for any IP transaction you encounter, however complex or novel.

Czech Republic

We are a commercially minded, multi-lingual law firm based in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, focused on delivery of highly professional, custom-tailored, complex legal solutions to a wide scope of business clients including banks, information technology companies, retailers, institutional investors, insurance companies, major manufacturers or developers. Intellectual property belongs to the core of our clients’ interests and we provide them with practical guidance in order to protect their IP rights.


• Highly professional and success-driven team of four experienced IP lawyers with experiences in providing advice to branches of leading international IT companies.• Solid track record of high profile cases and transactions, ranging from key business patent disputes to complex transfer/licensing of technical documentation and intellectual property of technology-based enterprises.• Trade mark experts with capacity to assist on all levels of trade mark protection including representation in a dispute concerning one of the internationally best-known Czech brands in connection with its further expansion in Europe.• Long-time experience in advising in regard to software implementation, data protection issues, copyright issues in digital environments, cyber security, cloud computing, licencing of technological solutions and e-commerce business.

The Netherlands law firm of Valegis has a solid reputation for business savvy and pragmatism. Our service model relies on teams of subject-matter

experts using their knowledge of the market, the players and the law to help clients get things done. Clients have access to a broad platform of legal expertise

in transactional and advisory work as well as litigation. We know your business.


• Experienced ICT/IP staff dealing with infringements, (licence) contracts and litigation based on those contracts.

• Exceptional international network of law firms, trademark specialists and patent experts.• Acting for international brands and multinationals.

• Highly specialized in license contracts including (master) franchise relationships and known to represent international retail and franchise chains.

• Fortunate to have pre-judgment seizures possible in our jurisdiction.• Able to combine forces with corporate and employment lawyers and being a legal one stop shop.

• Offices in Amsterdam and The Hague.

Valegis Advocaten

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Tim van der Maas+31642162929 | [email protected]

Armando Mosele+31613642409 | [email protected]

Julia Nicolaescu+31624363441 | [email protected]

Netherlands

Valegis Advocaten has the ability to look at your business from a legal perspective, rather than just looking at the legal side of your business.

Wenner

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Our clients include medium-to-large sized industrials, service providers and other multinationals. We have worked

for many of our clients for years. We pride ourselves on our role as trusted advisor to our clients.

France

We are a law firm based in France primarily advising international companies across their full-range of French business law needs, in English, French, German or Italian language. Protecting IP rights is a critical success factor for many of our clients’ projects.


• Our intellectual property team works alongside our corporate and commercial lawyers to ensure our clients’ intellectual property rights are protected from the outset of a project, and defended when necessary. • Advising and building the defence strategy of world famous companies in cases regarding accusations of counterfeiting.• Defending the interests of our clients against proceedings brought by former designer employees regarding the transfer of their rights to the company, which follows specific rules under French law and the drafting of contracts accordingly. • Negotiating coexistence agreements, or dealing with administrative or judicial proceedings regarding the protection of trademarks.• Defending patents of our clients and protecting their portfolio in front of first instance tribunal and courts of appeal.

Jean-François Davené+33 1 42 66 89 00 | Jean-franç[email protected]

Carina Grigorian+33 1 42 66 89 00 | [email protected]

We are one of the Mid-Atlantic’s leading law firms based with over 150 attorneys in twelve offices throughout the United States. We advise clients on a broad range of corporate,

litigation, technology and regulatory legal issues, both in the U.S. and abroad. Our clients range from Fortune 500 companies to small and medium enterprises and start-ups. We pride

ourselves on being known for cutting to the core of legal issues without mincing words or wasting dollars, an approach we believe sets us apart from other large, full service firms.


• Our Intellectual Property & Technology Group handles a diverse array of intellectual property and technology matters for our clients, ranging from individual inventors to small businesses to governmental organizations to

large publicly held corporations, across a wide spectrum of industries and technologies. • Our attorneys work closely with clients to help them identify, protect, expand and leverage their technologies and other intellectual property assets in both domestic and foreign jurisdictions.• Key clients include: Exelon Corporation, T. Rowe Price Associates, Mattel, Inc., Percona, LLC, Cyber Reliant, LLC, Pathsensors, Inc., and the State of Maryland and its agencies.• We handle a full spectrum of litigation matters, vigorously representing clients in intellectual property infringement actions or other disputes concerning our clients’ proprietary rights. The Firm was recently recognized by the prestigious publication – Benchmark Litigation – as the Maryland Litigation Firm of the Year.• We represent clients in a host of substantive areas including: patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, licensing (including an emphasis on open source licenses), cyber security and privacy, and Internet matters.• We represent clients in a host of industries including: Aerospace & Defense, Automobiles & Parts, Chemicals, Construction & Materials, Consumer Product Manufacturing, Energy, Financial Services, Government, Health Care, Industrial Engineering, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Software & Computer Services, Technology, Hardware & Electronics, Telecommunications and Utilities.

Whiteford Taylor & Preston LLP

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USA

AboutPangea Net

Pangea Net is an international network of independent law firms founded in 2009. The member firms provide a broad range of commercial legal services which include intellectual property, IT and technology as well as corporate, foreign investment, international trade, M&A, banking, tax, anti-trust, labour and employment, construction, real estate, environmental and zoning, public procurement, litigation and arbitration.

Pangea Net stands out for the strength of the relationships forged between its members. Most firms in the network have done business together for many years prior to joining the network and our members meet on a regular basis. The members believe that their clients’ international needs are best served through a cooperation between high quality law firms in a trusted environment with people who know each other well and are fully familiar with the outstanding services all the member firms provide.

Pangea Net also stands out for its focus on international clients. The network members understand the special needs of these clients, their position in global markets and their justified demands with regard to the efficiency exercised by, and the practicability of solutions presented by, their legal counsel.

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