Speaker Bio
Elia Sugrañes is a Spanish Patent and Trademark Attorney and European Trademark and Design Attorney, director of SUGRAÑES. She studied law in Barcelona (1992-1996) and completed her IP specialisation with a Master's degree in Alicante in 1996 just when the EUIPO (OHIM at that time) started operating. She has now 25 years of experience in IP law, mainly in advising clients on IP decision-making, strategies, trademark and domain name prosecution and consultation and related legal matters. She is a member of the International Bureau of FICPI, and previously acted as Special Reporter for Trademarks and Designs, and previously as chair of CET1, as well as Vice-President of EUCOF.