Ana Donate and Carlos Morán have been appointed partners of Elzaburu, a firm in which both were already associate partners.
Ana Donate has a Law degree from the Universidad de Madrid and joined the firm in 1998 after several years in an international law firm. She is an Industrial Property Attorney, European Trademark Attorney since 1999, a member of AIPPI and authorised representative before the EUIPO.
Ana is an expert in the direction and management of large portfolios of industrial property rights, as well as in the definition of international protection strategies. She specialises in proceedings before the SPTO, EUIPO, WIPO and in foreign jurisdictions, with special emphasis on the defence of well-known trademarks.
Carlos Morán holds a Law degree from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and has been a practising lawyer since 1996. He joined the firm in 2001 after five years of experience in a prestigious law firm specialising in intellectual property.
He is a member of Elzaburu’s Litigation group, is a member of the AEDC and AIPPI, among other associations, and has been an associate professor of Industrial and Competition Law at the Carlos III University of Madrid and ICADE. His area of specialisation is a trademark, patent, industrial design, designations of origin, unfair competition and advertising litigation.