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David Fuentes

Bird & Bird

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Position: Senior Associate
Rating:
  • Rising star
Practice Areas:
Copyright & related rights
Intellectual property
Intellectual property disputes
Jurisdictions:
Industry Sectors:
Life sciences
Film & music
Media
Healthcare
Artificial intelligence
Languages:
Spanish
English
Basque
Biography

David is a Senior Associate in Bird & Bird's Intellectual Property department at the Madrid office, where he has developed a comprehensive practice encompassing copyright, patents, designs, trademarks, domain names, trade secrets, image rights, and unfair competition law. With particular expertise in copyright and related rights, David brings extensive knowledge across the full spectrum of IP & IT matters. His practice spans both pre-contentious and contentious intellectual property issues, where he advises multinational corporations and individuals on complex IP matters and represents clients in sophisticated transactions. David regularly speaks at national and international IP conferences and serves as a lecturer at several prestigious institutions, including Master's Degree in Art Market Law at Universidad Carlos III (Madrid), Master's Degree in Digital Law & AI at Economist & Jurist School, and Master's Degree in Healthcare and Life Sciences Law at Universidad de Deusto (Bilbao). He is also a prolific author, regularly publishing legal studies and articles on intellectual property matters in leading national and international publications and specialized websites. His contributions have earned him several regional and national legal awards.

Year joined firm: 2020

Association/network memberships
  • LES Spain & Portugal, 2022
  • DENAE (Asociación Española de Derecho del Entretenimiento), 2018
Address:
Paseo de la Castellana 7, 7 floor (Bird & Bird), Madrid
28046, Spain
Tel:+34917906026 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.twobirds.com/en/people/d/david-fuentes