‘A constant support in matters that are a priority for brands', Carey's large intellectual property (IP) practice is consistently sought out for the identification and protection of IP rights. The team’s substantial experience covers the prosecution and litigation of trade marks, patents and industrial designs, along with geographical indications, designations of origin, plant varieties, and domain names. The department’s expertise further encompasses copyright, anti-counterfeiting, privacy, licensing, trade secrets, intangible asset valuations, and IP management. Guillermo Carey is a go-to practitioner for pharmaceutical laboratories requiring advice on regulatory matters and patent infringements; and Francisco Carey is ‘highly specialised in patent prosecution and litigation' (in addition to trade marks, licensing and anti-counterfeiting). The second line of key advisers comprises counsel Fernando García, a well-known specialist in invention patents, and director Jorge Fuentes, who advises companies on the design and implementation of IP-based transformative innovation strategies. Within the firm’s associate pool, Catalina Aldunate specialises in trade marks, domain names, anti-counterfeiting and licensing; and Carla Encalada‘s workload covers trade marks, patents and domain names, along with IP litigation.

IP firm Silva has an enviable market reputation for its advice to domestic and foreign companies on trade marks, patents, copyright, data privacy, and domain names. The 11-member practice is also sought out to assist with geographical indications and designations of origin, along with significant enforcement and litigation work. Co-leading the practice, founding and managing partner Juan Pablo Silva's track record includes representing the IP rights of multinational companies from the financial services, retail, telecoms, media and sports industries; Francisco Silva's current practice incorporates heavyweight international trade mark and patent cases; and Ricardo Montero is a trade mark, domain name and copyright expert. The second line of key practitioners features Andrés Grunewaldt, a litigator and specialist in geographical indications and designations of origin; copyright and patent practitioner Rodrigo León; and recently-promoted partner Sebastián Alvarado. The practice further expanded during 2022 through the recruitment of associates Manuel Concha, Isidora Palma and Victoria Correa from Ruiz Salazar, Grupo EFE (state railway company) and software company Lemontech, respectively.

Full-service law firm Claro & Cia. fields an IP practice with enviable expertise in patents, brands, and the IP aspects of software, advertising, data protection, consumer law, and unfair competition. Other areas of strength include the IP side to transactions and regulatory issues. The firm also houses industry specialists in cosmetics, mining, pharma, technology and tobacco, along with agriculture, food and beverage, and clothing and footwear. Heading up the practice, Felipe Claro is a well-known IP expert; and advising on the protection of IP portfolios at both international and national levels, the practice of recently-promoted partner Paulina Bardón covers trade marks, patents, geographical indications, copyright, software and internet issues. Within the associate ranks, senior Claus Krebs assists with patent and trade mark issues, while Mahish Sadarangani, Trinidad Rojas and Bryan Kernitsky also maintain active IP practices.

‘Highly specialised IP firm' Covarrubias houses a 10-strong team that focuses on patents, life sciences, trade marks, domain names, copyright, data protection, and litigation. The multidisciplinary team comprises several experienced practitioners, namely: founding partner Arturo Covarrubias, a ‘brilliant and sharp professional‘, who specialises in industrial property and copyright protection strategies, as well as industrial property litigation involving pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, food, retail, and telecoms; and international trade mark head Sofía Covarrubias, who ‘knows her IP matters perfectly'. At associate level, biochemist and patent team head Matías Valenzuela specialises in patent protection strategies, invention patents, utility models, and industrial designs and drawings; Diego Bilbao heads the firm’s litigation offering; and national trade mark department leader Camilo Cammas (replacing recent departee Victor Ahumada) is a May 2022 hire from the Cuidando Derechos Chile Foundation.

Porzio Ríos García's ‘incredibly responsive' IP practice routinely enforces, prosecutes and litigates IP rights, such as patents, trade marks, utility models, industrial designs and copyright. The 11-strong department also encompasses experts in domain names, advertisements, plant varieties, anti-counterfeiting actions, and data protection. Other areas of note are IP-related contracts, new technologies, artificial intelligence, and prior art searches. The team is co-led by name partner Cristóbal Porzio, who assists with both the advisory and litigation side to trade marks, patents, technology transfers and copyright; and Marcelo Correa, whose broad practice covers commercial brands and patents. The next line of key partners features trade mark, copyright and domain name experts Antonio Varas, and Bernardita Torres; and at founding partner level, Marino Porzio (‘possibly the most outstanding professional in the country') and former legal director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hernán Ríos de Marimón, are now counsels at the firm. Within the associate ranks, Mercedes Valdivieso is experienced in patent work, while Josefina Mora is an active trade mark lawyer.

The eight-strong IP department at Albagli Zaliasnik is experienced in digital and internet rights, copyright, trade marks, patents, and anti-piracy issues. The team also advises on IP licensing, and industrial and business secrets. A partner since 2020, IP group director Eugenio Gormáz routinely assists with the protection of industrial property rights for retail, pharmaceutical, telecoms and transportation sector clients. Litigation head Ariela Agosin also maintains an active IP practice; and at senior associate level, Antonia Nudman's practice focuses on the defence and protection of intangible assets, along with new technologies, software, trade marks, patents, and domain names. In late 2022, former senior associate Juan Pablo Zamora departed to found his own firm.

The seven-member IP practice at Baker McKenzie Chile advises significant domestic and international brands from a range of sectors, including pharma, fashion, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. The team advises on trade mark, copyright and patent matters, as well as domain names; and its offering covers prosecution, enforcement, litigation, regulatory and innovation-related assistance. The group is additionally experienced in IP-related transactional work, such as  licensing and assignments. Heading the team, pharmaceutical and healthcare industry specialist Valentina Venturelli is consistently sought out for trade mark and patent prosecutions. At associate level, senior Sebastián Dorena is active in anti-counterfeiting matters, along with IP litigation, enforcements and prosecutions; and junior Carlos Lazcano also maintains an active IP practice.

Exclusively focused on IP work, Dellafiori Abogados' wide-ranging practice covers trade marks, patents, drawings and industrial designs. The group is also active in relation to utility models, copyright, trade secrets, and contractual issues; and it additionally advises on new technologies and data protection. Founding partner Enrique Dellafiori is an IP and litigation expert, whose practice encompasses misleading advertising, consumer law, food labelling, and healthcare; and litigation department head Mauro Dellafiori assists international and national companies with the filing and prosecution of trade marks, patents and domain names, as well the corporate aspects of intellectual and industrial property. Franco Dellafiori is also an active litigator, while associate Cristián Carril routinely acts for major food, pharma transport and automobile industry companies in defence-side litigation. Fellow IP associate Constanza Monsalvez joined the team in July 2022.

Highly focused on intellectual and industrial property work, Johansson & Langlois has longstanding experience in advising national and international clients on trade marks, patents, copyright, utility models, and industrial designs and drawings. The practice, which incorporates both lawyers and engineers, is also active in relation to integrated circuits’ layout-designs, domain names, technology transfers, geographical indications, and appellations of origin. It additionally houses specialists in patent, trade mark and copyright infringements. The names to note are trade mark and patent lawyer Andrés Echeverría; Christopher Doxrud, an adviser on trade marks, patents, copyright, advertising, unfair competition and domain names; current president of the Intellectual Property Chilean Association (ACHIPI), Max Montero, who is a trade mark litigation and infringement expert; and patent lawyer and managing partner Felipe Langlois.

Magliona Abogados' seven-strong IP department is able to leverage the firm’s enviable technology credentials. The group’s broad coverage encompasses software licensing, IP transactional  issues (including tax), and patent and trade mark litigation. It also advises on negotiations with performance rights organisations, advertising companies’ copyright clearance, IP enforcement campaigns, and IP public policy and government relations. Name partner Claudio Magliona assists with copyright, trade mark strategy, and IP-related deals; and Nicolás Yuraszeck P is a specialist in the software and information and communications technology sectors. At director level, the broad practice of Rodrigo Valenzuela (a 2022 hire from Alessandri & Compañía Abogados), incorporates intellectual and industrial property work; Carlos Araya assists with copyright issues, patent litigation and IP deals; and Karla Cid is experienced in IP, new technologies and telecoms law.

With ‘great knowledge of all aspects of the IP field‘, CMS Carey & Allende‘s IP practice routinely works alongside some of the world’s best-known brands from the banking, technology, media, life sciences, and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. The team advises on trade mark registrations, oppositions and portfolio management, both at global and local levels; and it further specialises in the protection of industrial and intellectual property, in relation to trade marks, patents, copyright and domain names. Other areas of note are litigation, data protection, and counterfeiting and piracy. The IP department is headed by Matías Somarriva, who has ‘extensive experience in the anti-piracy space‘.

Guerrero Olivos' IP practice covers trade mark and patent prosecution, including cross-border portfolio management issues. The ‘very willing' four-member group also comprises experts in copyright, IP contracts, customs measures, and denomination of origin and geographical indication procedures. The team is also increasingly representing clients in IP litigation, including civil infringement cases and criminal proceedings that involve anti-counterfeiting. The practice is led at associate level by senior Diego Morandé, a trade mark and innovation protection expert, while Alejandra Leiton supports Morandé on several of the firm’s IP mandates.

Larrain y Asociados Abogados‘'IP practice ‘provides advice that adds value'. The four-member group specialises in industrial property matters, copyright, and plant varieties; and it has particular expertise in licensing contracts and other music industry agreements. The department is also noted for its fusion of constitutional law and IP matters; and its experience extends to litigation before the Chilean Trademark Office, the Industrial Property Court, and the Supreme Court, as well as domain name issues. The group is co-led by experienced partner José Pedro Baraona, who also heads the firm’s real estate practice; and senior associate Sebastián Prieto, who is ‘highlighted for his knowledge of IP legislation'.