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Antonio CASTÁN

Antonio CASTÁN

Degree:

  • Law Degree (Comillas University - ICADE, Madrid).
  • Admitted 1985, Madrid.

Professional Profile:

  • Coordinator of our Firm's Litigation Group, has been practicing in the Spanish courts since 1985.
  • His professional background has always centred on civil and criminal litigation in the fields of IP, copyright and unfair competition.
  • Professor at the Comillas University - ICADE School of Law, where he has held the Chair in Procedural Law since 1986.
  • Visiting Professor, Magister Lvcentinvs, Alicante University, teaching the "Actions and Procedures" unit in the course on Copyright since 1996.
  • A frequent participant in national and international conferences on IP matters and author of numerous publications.

Practice Areas:

  • Patents and Utility Models
  • Trademarks and Tradenames
  • Copyright
  • Litigation

Languages:

  • Spanish, English.

Partnerships of which a member:

  • AIPPI, ALAI, INTA.

Seniority in the firm:

  • Since 1997.

Collaborations

27.03.13

Distinction between well-known character and prestige of a trademark within the context of an infringement action. Judgment of the Spanish Community Trademark Court of 4 April 2012

Author: Antonio Castán

Source: ELZABURU's Annual Review of European intellectual and industrial property case law, 2012, p.28-30


27.03.13

Identificaton of the user of an IP address in civil proceedings concerning copyright infringement. Judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 19 April 2012, Bonnier (C-461/10)

Author: Antonio Castán

Source: ELZABURU's Annual Review of European intellectual and industrial property case law, 2012, p.49-51

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Press Apearances

22.10.10

PRESS ROOM: Judgment raises more questions than it answers

Author: Antonio Castán

Source: Expansión