Defending your innovation, Protecting your rights

Specialized IP/IT legal services since 2014

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Sergio Miralles

Founding partner

Reasons to trust Intangibles

We are not, and never will be, the largest law firm by number of offices or lawyers.

Our objective is quite different, we provide a personalised senior service in complex matters.

What we do

Strategic legal advice on intellectual property, technology and digital rights.

At Intangibles, we work to ensure that your company’s innovation is protected, valued, and well defended. Since 2014, we have been assisting creative, technological, and digital businesses with the legal management of their most important assets: intangibles.

We offer a specialised, personalised service with direct contact with senior solicitors, without intermediaries or standard responses. We handle complex, sensitive matters that cannot be resolved through a general legal approach.

Reasons to trust Intangibles

We are not, and never will be, the largest law firm by number of offices or lawyers.

Our objective is quite different, we provide a personalised senior service in complex matters.

What we do

Strategic legal advice on intellectual property, technology and digital rights.

At Intangibles, we work to ensure that your company’s innovation is protected, valued and well defended. Since 2014, we have been supporting creative, technological and digital businesses in the legal management of their most important assets: intangibles.

We offer a specialised, personalised service with direct contact with senior solicitors, without intermediaries or standard responses. We handle complex, sensitive matters that cannot be resolved through a general legal approach.

Our areas of work

Intellectual property and copyright


We protect what makes your brand unique: content, visual identity, design, software, artistic or technical work. If you are looking for a copyright lawyer, lawyer specializing in copyright, or an expert in intellectual property, you are in the right place.

Trademark and patent registration


>We handle trademark registration in Spain and internationally, and offer advice on disputes arising from misuse.

We also handle patents, utility models, know-how, and assignment or license agreements. If you need a patent solicitor or patent attorney, we will accompany you from start to finish.

Technology and digital law


Drafting and negotiation of technology contracts: software, SaaS, licences, platforms and IT developments.
We provide legal advice to start-ups and innovative companies from the initial idea to the product launch.

Protection of personal data


Compliance with the GDPR and the LOPDGDD, preparation of legal documentation, audits and defence before the AEPD. We specialise in complex projects involving biometric data, artificial intelligence, and advanced privacy.

Transfer of technology and know-how


We advise on public-private partnership projects, university spin-offs, patents and technology agreements.

Litigation and dispute resolution


Legal representation in judicial, administrative and arbitration proceedings relating to intellectual property, copyright, unfair competition or trademark registration.

News of interest

Multa de 1.200 millones de euros a META por violar la normativa del Reglamento de Protección de Datos (¨RGPD¨). 

La decisión (adjunta) de la Autoridad de Control de Protección de Datos Irlandesa (¨DPC¨) ha impuesto a Meta una multa de 1.200 millones de euros por violar la normativa del Reglamento de Protección de Datos (¨RGPD¨).

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La Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (en adelante, ¨AEPD¨) ha emitido recientemente una resolución sancionando a una entidad, con motivo del incumplimiento tanto del Reglamento General de Protección de Datos (en adelante, ¨RGPD¨), como de la Ley de Servicios de la Sociedad ...

Nuevos criterios de implementación en la Guía de la AEPD sobre cookies:

La AEPD ha establecido nuevos criterios establecidos en la guía actualizada sobre el uso de cookies de del 7 de julio de 2023. Os destacamos las principales novedades.

New information technologies and disruptive regulations (#1)

The digitalization process that our society has embraced, as with any new technology, brings great opportunities and benefits but also risks and challenges.  One such challenge is how to regulate new digital technologies to allow their development and use within the constitutional/political values and legal framework of a given jurisdiction. 

Normativa de Ciberseguridad , la NIS II.

En el mundo digital actual, la seguridad cibernética es fundamental. La Directiva NIS I, aprobada en 2016, marcó un hito, pero su aplicación planteó también incongruencias en la aplicación en los diferentes estados miembros.

Estrella Galicia VS Estrella de Castilla T-384/22

“Estrella de Castilla applied for registration of its trademark with the EUIPO and it was opposed by Estrella Galicia. The opposition was upheld and Estrella Galicia files an appeal. 

Contacta con nosotros

Los datos personales recogidos a través de este formulario serán tratados por INTANGIBLES LEGAL, S.L.P. con la finalidad de dar respuesta a la consulta realizada a través del mismo por el usuario. La base legal para dicho tratamiento se encuentra en el interés legítimo por parte de INTANGIBLES LEGAL, S.L.P. de atender a las consultas recibidas. Los interesados tienen la posibilidad de ejercitar los derechos de oposición, acceso, rectificación, supresión, limitación del tratamiento y portabilidad de los datos, solicitándolo por escrito a INTANGIBLES LEGAL, S.L.P.., Plaza Francesc Macià 3, 5º 1ª 08021 Barcelona o por correo electrónico dirigido a info@intangibles-law.com.

Sergio Miralles

Sergio es socio fundador de INTANGIBLES. Cuenta con más de veinte años de experiencia en el ámbito de la propiedad industrial e intelectual y las tecnologías la información (IP/IT), trece de los cuales como responsable del Departamento de IP/IT en España de Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Inició su carrera profesional en Uría y Menéndez. Es miembro del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Barcelona desde el año 1995.

Sergio tiene una dilatada experiencia en prácticamente todas las áreas de la IP/IT. Lleva años asesorando y representado a compañías multinacionales en litigios de patentes, marcas, propiedad intelectual y competencia desleal, entre otras áreas. Asimismo, asesora regularmente en relación con cuestiones contractuales y regulatorias y ha participado en numerosas operaciones de M&A transnacionales.

Formación

Sergio estudió la Licenciatura de Derecho en la Universidad de Barcelona, cursando parte de su formación en la Università degli Studi di Bolonia gracias al programa “Erasmus”. En 1995 completó con calificación de “merit” estudios de postgrado en materia de propiedad industrial (LL.M. in IP) en el Queen Mary and Westfield CollegeUniversity of London (Reino Unido) gracias a una beca de “La Caixa/British Council”.

En el año 2011 Sergio obtuvo el Diploma de Estudios Avanzados (DEA) en la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) tras defender un trabajo de investigación sobre cuestiones jurídicas de las secuencias genéticas.

Publicaciones, conferencias y actividades docentes

Sergio es autor de diversos artículos y ponente en numerosas conferencias y seminarios. Desde hace años combina su trabajo con la docencia. En concreto, ha colaborado como profesor asociado en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona y actualmente participa como docente en programas de master de IP/IT de la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, de ESADE y de la Universidad de Navarra.

Idiomas

  • Español/Catalán
  • Ingles
  • Italiano

Asociaciones profesionales

AIPPI (miembro de junta directiva Grupo español) y Consulegis.

Contact us

The personal data collected through this form will be processed by INTANGIBLES LEGAL, S.L.P. with the purpose of responding to the inquiry made by the user through the same. The legal basis for such processing is found in the legitimate interest of INTANGIBLES LEGAL, S.L.P. to address the inquiries received. Users have the possibility to exercise their rights of opposition, access, rectification, deletion, limitation of processing, and data portability by submitting a written request to INTANGIBLES LEGAL, S.L.P., Plaza Francesc Macià 3, 5º 1ª 08021 Barcelona, or by email addressed to info@intangibles-law.com.

Sergio Miralles

Sergio is founding partner of INTANGIBLES. He has twenty years’ experience in intellectual property and information technologies (IP/IT), thirteen of them as head of the IP/IT Department in Spain for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He started his career in Uría y Menéndez. He has been a member of the Barcelona Bar Association since 1995.

Sergio has a vast experience in almost all areas of IP/IT. As far as litigation is concerned, he has advised and represented multinational companies in patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition proceedings. He has also been involved in a number of multijurisdictional transactions and deals. He regularly advises on contractual and regulatory matters, including data protection.

Studies

Sergio obtained his Law degree from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB). He studied part of his degree at Università degli Studi di Bolonia  through the EU Erasmus programme. Having completed his Law degree, Sergio was awarded with a La Caixa/British Council scholarship. He read his LL.M. in IP at Queen Mary and Westfield CollegeUniversity of London United Kingdom) in 1995 with the qualification of merit.

Sergio obtained a Diploma in Advanced Legal Studies in 2011 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) after defending a research paper on legal issues related to gene sequences.

Publications and seminars

Sergio is the author of several articles and a speaker at numerous conferences and seminars. For years he has combined his work with teaching. Specifically, he has collaborated as an associate professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and currently teaches in IP/IT master’s programs at the Autonomous University of Madrid, ESADE, and the University of Navarra.

Languages

  • Spanish / Catalan
  • English
  • Italian

Professional Associations

AIPPI (board member of the Spanish Group) and Consulegis.