WHO WE ARE
The Instituto de Derecho de Autor (Instituto Autor) is a non-profit sociocultural association that focuses its activity on the study and research of intellectual property rights, and on the collaboration in the development, expansion and improvement of its regulations, with special attention to the European and Latin American spheres. To this end, the Instituto Autor has been devoting its work to the legal aspects of intellectual property, but also to other aspects of growing interest, such as those related to economic and social sciences, as well as new technologies.
The Instituto Autor was created in 2005 by the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE), aiming its activity at three main areas: the publication of monographs, legal texts, compilations, studies, newsletters, etc., which provide professionals with the necessary legal tools to defend and protect intellectual property rights; the training of professionals all over the world through courses, seminars, conferences and master classes; and the promotion of the study and research of copyright and related rights, through the organisation of legal awards (Antonio Delgado Award) and the provision of digital tools – through www.institutoautor.org – with case law, legislation, legal reports and specialised bibliography on intellectual property. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), in recognition of the work developed by the association, granted the Instituto Autor the status of Permanent Observer in 2007, thus institutionalising its participation in the dissemination of intellectual property and in the update of international conventions concerning copyright protection, in particular the Berne Convention of 1886 and the WIPO treaties of 1996.
Informative activity about Intellectual Property
The Instituto Autor in figures
our team
JUANA ESCUDERO MÉNDEZ
Project Manager
Law degree from the Complutense University of Madrid, specialized in European Community Law from the San Pablo CEU University Studies Center, she holds the Specialist Degree in Legal and Economic Studies of the European Union from the Complutense University of Madrid, as well as the Diplôme d’Études Supérieures Juridiques et Économiques de l’Union Européenne of the Centre de Hautes Études Européennes “Miguel Servet”, Université Paris I – Sorbonne and the Master’s Degree in Intellectual and Industrial Property from the University of Alicante. She is being a member of the Madrid Bar Association (ICAM) since 1999.
Throughout her professional career, she has practiced as a lawyer specializing in intellectual and industrial property and, since 2000, she has been director of Culture of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces (FEMP), in which she has also been responsible for the areas of Education, Heritage and Youth, among others. Between 2010 and 2012 she was Deputy Director of Culture of the Cervantes Institute, responsible for the planification, coordination and monitoring of the Institute’s Cultural Action Plan in the 77 centers abroad.
For more than 20 years, it has served the Intellectual Property Information, Advice and Mediation Service, created under the FEMP-SGAE Collaboration Agreement, addressed to all Spanish local governments.
She has coordinated the publication of several reference works in the subjects to which she has devoted herself and is the author of numerous articles and collaborations, as well as a teacher and trainer in several postgraduate courses dedicated to cultural management.
LEIRE GUTIÉRREZ VÁZQUEZ
General coordinator
Graduate in Law from the University of Deusto. Official Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in the 2009/2010 academic year. She is a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2011. In addition, she has completed a Course on Intellectual and Industrial Property of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and in 2014 she earned a Masters in Social Media and Community Manager at the Complutense University of Madrid.
She began her professional career at VTF Abogados, a law firm specialising in the audiovisual sector and the entertainment industry. She is the author of several publications related to Intellectual Property, New Technologies and Digital Content.
Silvia Pascua Vicente
Legal analyst
Graduate in Law, Political Science and Public Administration from the University of Salamanca, Masters Degree in Intellectual Property from the University Carlos III of Madrid and Masters Degree in Access to the Legal Profession from the University Rey Juan Carlos.
She is a member of the Madrid Bar Association since 2023. After completing hes Master’s internship at the Instituto Autor, she began her professional career at the AIR MUSIC record label. Subsequently, she joined the team of the Instituto Autor taking care of the study, analysis and drafting of news and documents related to intellectual property.
Cristina del Olmo Gamero
Administration
She has extensive administrative training and professional experience in the areas of administration, personnel management, logistics, quality control and banking and financial management in public and private entities in various sectors.
She joined the Administration Department of Instituto Autor in 2021.
CONTACTO
Calle Bárbara de Braganza, 7
28004 Madrid
Teléfono 914 46 35 38
info@institutoautor.org
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