Mrs Stella Weng > Ferrere > Montevideo, Uruguay > Lawyer Profile
Ferrere Offices
EDIFICIO FERRERE
JUNCAL 1392
MONTEVIDEO
Uruguay
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Mrs Stella Weng
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Stella Weng has longstanding experience in IP. She has been advising leading international companies in various fields, such as the pharmaceutical industry, sports, apparel, beverages, fast food and accommodation services for over twenty years on topics ranging from trademark and patent protection to defense of IP rights.
Her practice includes assisting clients with the efficient management of large trademark portfolios, recordal of assignments, mergers and licenses as well as taking care of the administrative defense of patents and trademarks, dealing with oppositions, annulment and revocation actions.
She is currently involved in assisting a major global pharmaceutical group with its local patents.
Weng is particularly alert to trademark misuse and registration and has staved off numerous attempts at illegal appropriation and unauthorized use of foreign trademarks.
Languages
English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese
Memberships
- Association of Notaries of Uruguay
- Uruguayan Association of Industrial Property Agents (AUDAPI)
- Uruguayan Professional Association of Sworn Translator
Education
- Notary Public, Universidad de la República (Uruguay), 1988
- Sworn Translator, Universidad de la República (Uruguay), 1984
Lawyer Rankings
Uruguay > Intellectual property
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘first-class’ team at Ferrere offers the complete range of IP services, including trade mark filing, litigation and anti-counterfeit work. Clients benefit from the firm’s presence in Montevideo, Tacuarembó, Colonia and the free zone in Aguada Park, Montevideo, as well as its international offices in Bolivia and Paraguay. The firm has a track record advising companies in the pharmaceuticals, food and drink, cybersecurity, media and advertising sectors, as well as Uruguay’s burgeoning domestic cannabis industry. A recent work highlight saw the ‘extraordinary’, ‘solid’ and ‘responsive’ team advise audiovisual company Cimarrón on IP-related matters that arose in the production of several series for Amazon and other platforms. Regional managing partner Agustín Mayer heads the practice and a particular focus on patents, with niche expertise in pharmaceutical product patents. Martín Pesce takes care of data privacy-related matters. Alejandro Alterwain and Stella Weng are highlighted as ‘excellent and hands-on’; Alterwain has participated in key cases involving litigation before the Supreme Court, and Weng specialises in patent and trade mark filing, as well as prosecution.
Lawyer Rankings
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