Álvaro Bourkaib
Partner
Spanish
English
French
Specialist in intellectual and industrial property, advertising and unfair competition, focusing on online platforms, new technologies and technology transfer.
Álvaro Bourkaib’s practice covers all the advisory, contractual, and litigation aspects related to intangible assets.
The insighful knowledge he has gained from drafting and negotiating highly sofisticated tech contracts, has also been of use in successful litigation involving tech assets.
Álvaro has a leading practice (Chambers, band 1) in copyright in the digital era, software, and the liability of online platforms. He also regularly represents clients in patent, trademark and design cases. Regarding new technologies, he heads the legal committee of Alastria, the Spanish leading blockchain association, and has advised on many regulatory, liability, and tech transfer cases related to artificial intelligence.
He provides multijurisdictional, multicultural and crossborder advice, and has worked for international firms.
He lectures in several masters and postgraduate programs on intellectual property and technology transfer at universities and higher education centers, including Universidad Pontificia Comillas-ICADE, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and IE Business School.
He regularly participates in international conferences on intellectual property and new technologies, and is the author of leading publications in these areas.
Specialties
Education
Bachelor of Laws
Universidad Pontificia Comillas-ICADE, Madrid, 2003Bachelor of Business Administration and Management
Universidad Pontificia Comillas- ICADE, Madrid, 2004
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Chambers & Partners (Global and Europe), Legal 500, Leaders League, Managing Intellectual Property, IP Stars, World Trademark Review, Best Lawyers and Who’s Who Legal in Intellectual Property, Competition & EU Law, Copyrights, Data Privacy & Data Protection and TMT
Lawyer of the year
Best Lawyers in Technology Law (2024)
Publications and News
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January 23, 2025Spain - Cryptoassets & Blockchain 2025
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February 8, 2024Startup Emily.AI wins eighth edition of Cuatrecasas Acelera
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September 22, 2023Cuatrecasas, most innovative firm in continental Europe 2023
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December 21, 2021Recap of Flash-IT!: summary and 2021 trends
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December 14, 2021Share Purchases: Industrial and Intellectual Property Issues (Spain)
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November 4, 2021Decompilation of software for error correction: CJEU judgment in Top System
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July 22, 2021Intellectual property VS freedom of expression: The advocate general’s conclusions in the polish challenge against Article 17
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July 8, 2021EC guidance on art 17 of the copyright and related rights in the Digital Single Market
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July 8, 2021European Network | Webinar The New Digital Package: DSA, DMA and Data Governance Act
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April 1, 2021Decompilation of software for error correction
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February 25, 2021Startup Menhir Financial wins fifth Cuatrecasas Acelera program
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November 16, 2020New Trust Services for Electronic Transactions Act passed, repealing the Electronic Signature Act 59/2003
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October 23, 2020Flash-IT! Twenty-minute technology law updates
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October 5, 2020Digital Bootcamp kicks off with six startups selected by Cuatrecasas Acelera
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September 25, 2020Proposed EU Regulation for Markets in Crypto-assets
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July 2, 2020CNMC guidelines on processing confidential information in unfair competition proceedings
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November 26, 2019We launch app to share latest developments in intellectual property
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June 13, 2019Private equity continues to drive activity and reaches €3 billion mark in 2019
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February 13, 2019Blocktac and FuVeX are winners of third Cuatrecasas Acelera program
Events
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February 13, 2019Demo Day: 3rd Edition