Legal defence and Litigation

LEGAL DEFENCE AND LITIGATION: protecting your intangible assets

When it comes to innovation and creativity, specialised legal defence is just as crucial as protecting your assets from the outset. At PADIMA, we understand that a solid legal strategy is essential to safeguarding your industrial and intellectual property (IP) rights against infringements, disputes and other types of conflicts. Our legal team takes a holistic and strategic approach to protecting your intangible assets, defending your rights while transforming legal challenges into opportunities.

Why is it essential to have an expert IP legal team?

Industrial and intellectual property covers a wide range of rights, including patents, trade marks, industrial designs, copyrights, and trade secrets. A legal team specialising in these areas offers you:

• In-depth knowledge of legislation: IP laws are complex and constantly evolving. Our team stays up to date on the latest national and international regulations
• Proactive strategies: not only do we react to problems, but we also help you prevent conflicts through IP audits, risk analysis and monitoring strategies.
• Strong and effective defence: in the event of litigation, you need a team with in-depth knowledge of judicial and administrative procedures.
• International experience: in a digital world and globalised world, IP protection requires an international approach. We provide expert advice and represent you in proceedings anywhere in the world.

Legal defence and litigation services at PADIMA: turning problems into opportunities

PADIMA’s Legal Department comprises a team of lawyers with extensive experience across all legal areas related to Industrial and Intellectual Property. Our mission is to design the best strategy to defend your rights, with a practical, preventive and proactive approach:

• Administrative actions: managing opposition, invalidity and revocation proceedings before IP offices and authorities worldwide.
• Investigation and securing of evidence: conducting thorough investigations into infringements or attacks on your IP rights, and securing solid, admissible evidence for use in legal proceedings by implementing specific measures.
• Out-of-court dispute resolution: prioritising amicable and efficient resolution of disputes through negotiation, mediation and other alternative out-of-court procedures. We can represent you in negotiations with infringing parties to reach favourable agreements and avoid costly litigation.
• Legal action: initiating and defending civil and criminal legal actions to protect your IP rights, seeking compensation for damages, precautionary measures and the cessation of the infringing activity. Our international network of collaborators allows us to do this anywhere in the world.
• International strategy: coordinating and designing litigation and out-of-court dispute resolution strategies anywhere in the world, thanks to our network of international collaborators.
• Anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy measures: implementing effective programmes to detect and combat the sale of counterfeited products that infringe your trade mark, design or patent rights; we work closely with customs and law enforcement authorities to seize pirated products.
• Expert reports: drafting and defending expert reports in industrial and intellectual property matters, providing solid technical and legal analysis as evidence in legal proceedings.