Carolina Pina is a partner in the Intellectual Property Department and co-head of the Telecommunications & Media practice area at Garrigues, where she has pursued her professional career following her time at several law firms in London, where she specialized in intellectual property. Carolina is also a renowned expert in image and media rights-related issues.
Carolina is a regular speaker at national and international seminars and conferences, including most notably the New York Bar Annual Conference on Image Rights and the International Trade Mark Association Annual Meeting on Ambush Marketing in San Diego. She is also a member of the editorial board of Revista Aranzadi de Derecho de Deporte y Entretenimiento.
She teaches on the Centro de Estudios Garrigues Master’s Degree in Sports Law, on the Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property at Alicante and on the Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Carolina also collaborates with other institutions such as the Spanish Professional Football League, the Spanish Digital Economy Association (ADIGITAL), and is a member of the Foundation for Research in Law and Business (FIDE). Editor of Wolters Kluwer trade mark's blog.
DIRECTORIES:
Legal 500. 2018
Leading Lawyer. Intellectual Property:
- Copyright
- Patents
- Trademarks
Chambers Global 2017
Spain, Intellectual Property: Copyrights
Band 1
“An incredibly accessible lawyer who is easy to talk to and to negotiate with," and a client states: "She has been consistently impressive since I first started working with her."
Spain, Intellectual Property: Patents & Trade Marks
Band 2
Chambers Europe 2016
Spain, Intellectual Property: Copyrights
Band 2
"Knowledge of everything related to our sector and her quick responses."
Spain, Intellectual Property: Patents & Trade Marks
Band 2
Spain, Sport
Band 2
“She is incredible in intellectual property.” She advised FIFA on the enforcement of its trade marks in Spain and across Europe.
Spain, TMT: Information Technology
Band 4
"Is a good communicator."
Best Lawyers 2017 ranked in:
- IP
- Media Law
- Sports Law
- Entertainment Law
Managing Intellectual Property 2017 – IP Stars
Trade mark star - Spain
World Trademark Review 2016
Silver Band
Individuals: enforcement and litigation
Degree in Law from Universidad de Alicante, Master’s Degree in International and Comparative Law from City of London Polytechnic and postgraduate studies in Public Affairs Management from ICADE. Harvard University. International Seminar digital Transformation at RCC-Harvard.
She is a member of the Madrid Bar Association, an Industrial Property Agent, a Partly Qualified Trade Mark Agent in the UK and an Arbitrator at the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Carolina has co-authored various books, including "The Marketing of Image Rights in Professional Sports"(*) in El Deporte Profesional (Editorial Bosch), "Commercial Communication Law" (*) in Estudios sobre la Ley General de la Comunicación Audiovisual (Editorial Aranzadi), "The Right to One’s Own Image of Professional Sportsmen and Women" (*) in El Deporte en la Jurisprudencia (Editorial Aranzadi), "The protection of image rights and trademarks in online gaming" (*) in El Juego online (Editorial Aranzadi), "The commercial exploitation of image rights in the sports and entertainment industries" (*) an article published in Revista de Derecho del Deporte y del Entretenimiento (Editorial Aranzadi).
She has also penned numerous noteworthy articles such as "Rental Intellectual Property Rights" and "Sponsorship of Sport Events and Ambush Marketing", both published in the European Intellectual Property Review (Sweet & Maxwell), "Image rights. A comparison between European and American Law" (*) and "Ambush Marketing", published in Revista de Deporte y del Entretenimiento (Aranzadi) and "Gossip magazines: The right to one’s own image – The decision on Caroline von Hannover" (El País). (*) The Collaborative Enonomy and information society service providers", in "Cuadernos de Derecho para Ingenieros. Economía Colaborativa. Iberdrola". La Ley, Walters Kluwer (2018).
Finally, her essay "From Dadaism to Mash up" won the 2009 International Prix Monique de la Union International des Avocats 2009 for the best essay.
(*) Originally published in Spanish please see Spanish CV for details.
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