Training
Graduate in Law from Barcelona University in 2008.
Master in International Studies from Barcelona University in 2011 (thesis on “Una Patente para la Unión Europea” – One patent for the European Union).
Later she took a Master in Intellectual Property and the Information Society at ESADE Faculty of Law, in 2012-2013.
Professional Experience
After a period of work experience with Grau & Angulo in 2012, Julia joined the office in 2013.
Earlier she did work experience in the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
Areas of Activity
Trade marks, patents, designs, unfair competition and domain names.
Publications and Lectures
- CJEU interpretation regarding scope of protection of PDOs
International Law Office (January 2022) - Community design courts find infringement of well-known GHD hair straighteners
International Law Office (April 2020) - CJEU: bad faith must be assessed at the time of filing of the trademark application
World Trademark Review (September 2019) - Offering goods or services online may be decisive in determining territorial jurisdiction
International Law Office (August 2019) - EU Trademark Court rules on use of well-known trademarks to sell smell-alike perfumes
International Law Office (May 2019) - Appeal court stresses importance of drawings for defining a patent’s scope of protection
International Law Office (July 23 – 2018) - World Trademark Review
General Court finds no likelihood of confusion between SOL marks; annuls Board of Appeal’s decision (March) - General Court upholds AQUALOGY mark
World Trademark Review (April 2016) - Barcelona Commercial Courts adopt Mobile World Congress protocol
International Law Office (February 2016) - Sephora fails to prevent registration of mark consisting of two undulating lines
World Trademark Review (December 2016) - IP in business transactions: Spain overview
Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (July 2015) co-authored with Dalia Ferrando - Patents, trademarks, copyright and design in Spain: Overview
Practical Law, Thomson Reuters (July 2015) co-authored with Dalia Ferrando
Languages
Spanish, English, French, Italian and Catalan.
Professional Associations
Member of the Barcelona Bar Association.
