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Verena von Bomhard
Partner, Alicante
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Verena is a partner in our Alicante office, which she founded in 1996. The office deals primarily with Community Trade Marks and Designs and is the largest focused Community Trade Mark practice of any international law firm. Hogan Lovells Alicante offers specialist trade mark and designs protection and management services and advice on the enforcement of trade marks and designs in Europe, including pan-European litigation.

Verena has particular expertise in the enforcement of marks or families of marks with a reputation in the European Union, in dealing with registered and unregistered prior rights from numerous EU countries and advising on complex defence strategies in CTM oppositions and cancellations, in managing large portfolios and in ADR.

REPRESENTATIVE EXPERIENCE
  • Appeal to the ECJ concerning functionality and distinctiveness of a three-dimensional trademark
  • Appeal to the ECJ on an opposition matter concerning earlier national rights other than trademarks (Article 8(4) CTMR)
  • Taking over management in Europe of one of the largest trademark portfolios in the FMCG area
  • Handling numerous cases before the European Court of First Instance, including successfully enforcing the CITI name on behalf of Citibank on the basis of dilution and misappropriation
  • Managing the CTM portfolio and handling CTM conflicts of numerous multinational companies such as Anheuser Busch, Citigroup, Deutsche Telekom, E. & J. Gallo Winery, Fox Entertainment, Estee Lauder Group, Lego, Levi Strauss & Co., Mars, Incorporated, PepsiCo/Frito-Lay, Research in Motion, Yum! Restaurants


Hogan Lovells Publications
15 January 2012 "Intellectual Property Newsletter - January 2012." IP Alert, Hogan Lovells

15 January 2012 "Intellectual Property Newsletter - January 2012." IP Alert, Hogan Lovells

15 October 2011 "Intellectual Property Newsletter - October 2011." IP Alert, Hogan Lovells

15 July 2011 "Intellectual Property Newsletter - July 2011." IP Alert, Hogan Lovells

01 July 2010 "Intellectual Property Newsletter - July 2010." IP Alert, Hogan Lovells

PRACTICES
Intellectual Property
Designs
Trademarks and Brands
INDUSTRY SECTORS
Food, Beverages, and Agriculture
Luxury Goods
Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology
EDUCATION
Ph.D., University of Munich, 1995 Second State Exam, Bavaria, 1994 First State Exam, University of Munich, 1989
MEMBERSHIPS
  • INTA
  • ECTA
  • PTMG
  • GRUR
LANGUAGES English German Spanish