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Fake evidence, including forged documents and manipulated digital content, is a growing threat in intellectual property disputes.
The session will discuss how fake evidence, from forged documents to manipulated digital content, is of growing concern in IP matters.
Our panel of IP litigators and forensic experts will present strategies and best practices for identifying and combating fake content to safeguard your clients' IP, protect their businesses, and in some cases, protect their reputations.
The panel will also discuss how to identify and challenge such evidence, covering legal risks and strategies to protect clients' IP assets and reputations.
14 August 2025 // 6:00pm Central Europe, 5:00pm London, 1:00pm New York
| Elia Sugrañes, Sugrañes S.L.P. (ES) Elia is a Lawyer, Registered IP attorney in Spain before the SPTO, Trademarks and Designs Agent before the EUIPO, and Director of SUGRAÑES. She is FICPI Secretary General. Elia has over 25 years of experience in IP law, mainly in consultancy for clients as to decision-making in the field of IP, strategies, trademark and domain procedures and consultation, and related legal matters. Elia has spoken at conferences worldwide about trademark issues and is a professor at the IP Masters Degree of Institute of Lawyers in Barcelona. She is also a Mediator recognised by the WIPO and the Spanish Ministry. She has taught on educational mediation programmes in Barcelona (for the INTA), at the Institute of lawyers in Valencia and the Institute of Lawyers in Barcelona |
| Elena Miller, Bojinov & Bojinov (BG) Elena's practice encompasses protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights with a particular emphasis in the areas of trademark, copyright and unfair competition litigation. Elena appears in courts and agencies throughout Bulgaria and routinely represents trademark owners from the preliminary injunction stage through trial. In addition to litigating trademark infringement cases, Elena counsels clients on trademark selection and trademark clearance strategies nationally and internationally from searching to filing to trademark opposition proceedings at the trial and appellate level. |
| Andrew Coffman, Phelps (US) Andrew helps individuals and businesses protect their intellectual property and guides professionals in highly regulated industries through administrative actions. Clients rely on his experience on both sides of the court to find practical paths forward through complex claims and disputes. Andrew focuses much of his practice on working with clients in the tech, health care and entertainment sectors. He represents software developers, record labels, recording artists, publishers and songwriters in copyright suits. He also advocates for health care clients in intellectual property cases and regulatory disputes. |