Partner
- Lawyer
- EUIPO Professional Representative
Emil joined CURELL SUÑOL in 2010. He is an associate in the firm’s Barcelona office. His specialities include trademarks, copyright, designs, patents, unfair competition, domain names, and sports law. He represents clients before the Spanish courts, the Court of Justice of the EU, national and international bodies, and in settlement negotiations.
From 2008 to 2010, he worked in the IP boutique Roland & Douglas.
Emil is secretary of the Competition and Industrial Property Law Section of Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB).
He also teaches in the Course on Unfair Competition and the Course on the Law of Trademarks, Patents, and Designs of Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB).
Emil has been appointed an auditor in EUIPO’s Stakeholder Quality Assurance Panels (SQAP) for 2024-2025.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, University of Barcelona, Spain (2008) [with a semester at the University of Sheffield, UK, under the European Commission’s LifeLong Learning Programme]
- Master’s degree in Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law, ESADE Business & Law School, Spain (2011)
- Master’s degree in Sports Law, University of Valencia, Spain (2020)
- Master’s degree in International Football Law, Sports Law Institute, Spain (2021)
- Complementary main courses: “Specialised Course on Esports Law” (Complutense University of Madrid); “Fashion Law”, “Pharmaceutical Law”, and “Law of Competition, Unfair Competition, and Advertising” (Barcelona Bar); “Advanced Course on Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property” (WIPO Academy)
Memberships
- Barcelona Bar Association (ICAB)
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- European Community Trademark Association (ECTA), secretary of the Copyright Committee & member of the EUIPO-Link Committee
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- Spanish Association of Sports Law (AEDD)
Recognitions
- Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars “Rising Star” (2020 – 2023)
- Best Lawyers® 2024 – “Intellectual Property Law”
- INTA Rising Star 2022/2023
- Leaders League – rankings “Spain – Best Law Firms for Trademark Litigation” & “Spain – Best Law Firms for Copyrights”
Main publications
- “Copying Fifty Pages from Another Lawyer’s Writ Is Copyright Infringement, Confirms Spanish Court”, ECTA Bulletin, June 2024, Issue XXIX
- “Metaverse and IP Rights, Spain”, in “Sport, Fashion & Design – Trends and Legal issues”, Proceedings of the Venice Conference of 31 March 2023, AIPPI, The Skill Press, Vol. 38, July 2023
- “European Union: Slogans Seen Only as Promotional Formula Cannot Be EU Trademark”, INTA Bulletin, April 5, 2023 | Vol. 78 Issue 14, Section Law & Practice
- “European Union: Warning Letters Do Not End Acquiescence”, INTA Bulletin, July 13, 2022 | Vol. 77 Issue 26, Section Law & Practice
- “Copyright Aspects of E-sports”, ECTA Bulletin, March 2021, Issue XIX
- “Los deportistas profesionales tienen derecho a la indemnización prevista en el art. 49.1.c) ET por la extinción de sus contratos de trabajo por expiración del tiempo convenido: crónica y valoración de la doctrina del TS”, Revista Aranzadi de Derecho de Deporte y Entretenimiento (ISSN 2171-5556), nº 70 (enero-marzo), 2021
- “La sentencia del TGUE sobre la marca ‘EL CLÁSICO’”, Iusport, 25/02/2021
- “Las ‘sustancias de abuso’ en el anteproyecto de la nueva Ley antidopaje”, Iusport, 13/10/2020
- “European Union: ‘Addresses’ Does Not Cover Email, Telephone, or Internet Address”, INTA Bulletin, August 5, 2020 | Vol. 75 Issue 17, Section Law & Practice
- “La competencia territorial en litigios de propiedad industrial”, Diario LA LEY (ISSN 1989-6913), nº 9664, Sección Doctrina, 01/07/2020, Wolters Kluwer
- “Koton vs. EUIPO – You act in bad faith when you try to undermine a third party’s interests or have no intention to use your mark”, ECTA Bulletin, March 2020, Issue XVI
Recent and upcoming speaking engagements
- “Propiedad industrial en metaversos y NFTs. Protección registral adecuada y actuaciones contra infracciones”, Lecturer, Course on Law on Trademarks, Patents, and Designs, Barcelona Bar, 21/03/24
- “La Superliga tras la sentencia del TJUE de 21 de diciembre de 2023 (C-333/21)”, Matinal IP & Competencia, Barcelona, ICAB, 24/01/2024
- “Cómo Proteger tu Diseño en el Mundo Físico y Virtual”, Round table, Barcelona Design Week 2023, ICAB, 24/10/2023
- “Diseños registrados: la exclusión de formas con función técnica”, Panelist, Matinal IP & Competència, Barcelona Bar, 05/07/2023
- “Violación de normas, actos de discriminación y dependencia económica, la venta a pérdida”, Lecturer, Course on Unfair Competition, Barcelona Bar, 08/06/2023
- “Fighting Meta-Squatting Trademark Applications: Real-World Goods/Services v. Virtual Goods/Services”, Moderator, Table Topic, INTA 2023 Annual Meeting, Singapore, 17/05/2023
- “Metaverse and IP Rights – Spain”, Panelist, AIPPI Trilateral Meeting (IT-FR-ES) “Sports, Fashion & Design”, Venice, Italy, 31/03/2023
- “Escritos preventivos y medidas cautelares urgentes: qué hacer y qué evitar – Protocolo de actuación rápida de los Juzgados Mercantiles para el Mobile World Congress Barcelona 2023”, Panelist, Round table, Barcelona Bar, 26/01/2023
- “Derechos del titular del diseño y acciones contra copias”, Conference “Cómo Proteger tu Diseño en el Mundo Físico y Digital”, Barcelona Design Week 2022, Panelist, Barcelona, 21/06/2022
Languages: Spanish, English, Bulgarian, and Catalan.
