Trademarks and Metaverse Team
LEGALINKBryan Opalko
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC
USA
Bryan's approach is to understand the client's goals; provide practical, business-oriented legal advice; and share that advice in a manner the client can understand.
Bryan has more than 24 years of experience in all areas of patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition and trade secret law, with extensive experience in patent preparation and prosecution (both utility and design) before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as well as international and foreign patent offices. He also has experience in a very wide range of technologies.
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Peter Nunn
Mishcon de Reya LLP
U.K.
Peter is a Partner in intellectual property, sports and commercial disputes.
Peter advises on all forms of intellectual property disputes, including trade mark, designs, copyright, patents, database rights and trade secrets. Peter combines this with his expertise in licensing, contractual and tortious disputes, enabling him to advise on a wide variety of claims, assessing all possible angles.
Peter is ranked in World Trademark Review 1000, being described as having "a deep understanding and a talent for making the right call".
As head of the Firm's Sports disputes practice, Peter advises sports clubs, regulatory bodies, athletes and intermediaries on all forms of dispute resolution, including regulatory, commercial and licensing issues. Recent experience includes acting on a claim by a Premier League Club against its former kit sponsor, the termination of a shirt sponsorship deal with another Premier League club, a dispute between a leading darts player and his former sponsor, regulatory investigations by the FA, and a trade mark claim against a Formula One team. Peter also advises betting companies on the protection and exploitation of rights in sports data.
Peter is a recognised expert on cross-border Customs detentions and enforcement, and has significant experience of Mishcon de Reya's award-winning Turning Losses Into Profits (TULIP®) programme, which has recovered over £300mn for its clients from counterfeiting operations.
Peter gained significant commercial experience during secondments at Cable & Wireless and the Forensic Science Service.
Through Mishcon de Reya's membership of Sport Resolutions Pro Bono Service, Peter assists individuals without charge before Sport Resolutions panels and other NGB tribunals.
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Evelina Levenson
Rittershaus Rechtsanwälte
Evelina Levenson advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property rights, in particular trade mark, copyright and design law, as well as unfair competition law in various areas, inter alia, new technologies, fashion, pop culture and consumables. Other focal points are e-commerce law and competition law.
Her practice includes the representation of clients in judicial and official proceedings before German courts and courts of the European Union as well as the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA).
Evelina is member of Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), German Association for industrial property protection and copyrights (GRUR) and LES Licensing Executives Society.
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Mutlu Yıldırım Köse
Gün + Partners
TURKIYE
Mutlu Yıldırım Köse has been with the firm since 2006 and a partner since 2017. Mutlu is both a lawyer and trademark and patent attorney specializing in intellectual property practice. Her IP practice focuses on trademarks, designs and copyrights.
She has been involved in numerous projects on all fields of IP. Her involvement includes both contentious and non-contentious matters in relation to trademarks, copyrights, designs, patents, domain names and unfair competition. She has an extensive litigation experience, counselled various domestic and foreign clients regarding their IP strategies, legal disputes, licensing and settlement agreements.
She also works in IP prosecution where supervises and drafts oppositions and appeals regarding trademark and design applications before the Turkish patent and trademark office.
She represents foreign, multinational and Turkish clients from numerous business areas including electronics, fashion, cosmetics, textile, entertainment, hotel and tourism, media and entertainment, pharmaceuticals, radio and TV broadcasting, telecoms on all aspects of intellectual property and regulatory matters.
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Havva Yıldız
Gün + Partners
TURKIYE
- Intellectual Property
- Trademarks and Designs
- Copyrights
- IP Prosecution
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J. Rafael Amador-Espinosa
Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster
Juan Rafael is an experienced lawyer with over 12 years of practice, specializing in industrial property, intellectual property, and privacy matters across various industry sectors including automotive, consumer products, pharmaceutical-veterinary industry, and information technology, among others. He has advised and represented several companies in cross-border matters in cases of intangible asset protection, technology transfer, trade secret protection, and personal data transfers.
He has been recognized as an "Associate to Watch" by the publication Chambers and Partners in Intellectual Property in Mexico, he is authorized to act as an arbitrator in copyright disputes before INDAUTOR and has been certified by the National Association of Corporate Lawyers Jalisco (ANADE Jalisco - 2023).
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Daniela Márquez-Ledezma
Ramos, Ripoll & Schuster
MEXICO
Daniela Márquez has a law degree by the Universidad Panamericana (Guadalajara Campus).
She began her professional career in the Fourth Family Court of the First Judicial District of Jalisco, as a meritorious attorney.
She was part of Torres Morante (2017-2022), where she acquired experience in civil, commercial, and family litigation, as an intern and attorney.
She joined the Firm in 2022, as part of the Corporate and Business team, oriented to the Intellectual Property area, in our offices in Guadalajara.