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Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados Offices
Av. Pardo y Aliaga 652 piso 8
San Isidro
Lima 15073
Peru
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Ms María del Carmen Alvarado
Work Department
Intellectual Property.
Position
Partner María del Carmen Alvarado leads our Intellectual Property and Consumer Protection area.
Career
She specializes in intellectual property with emphasis on trademarks, patents, copyright, and domain names, as well as on life sciences & healthcare, unfair competition and consumer protection.
She has been head of the Office of Distinctive Signs of the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and Protection of Intellectual Property (INDECOPI).
Maria del Carmen was also foreign attorney at Frito-Lay Inc. in Dallas and President of the Peruvian Association of Industrial Property (2011-2013).
She actively participates in the International Trademark Association.
Languages
Spanish and english.
Memberships
Lima Bar Association Peruvian Association of Industrial Property (APPI) International Trademark Association (INTA) Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI) International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI) Marques.
Education
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú – Lawyer (1995), Administration of Industrial Property Training Course, Tokyo, Japan (1996), Franklin Pierce Law Center Intellectual Property Summer Institute (2001).
Lawyer Rankings
Peru > Intellectual property
(Hall of Fame)María del Carmen Alvarado
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Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados
Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados‘ IP team boasts impressive credentials, with co-head María del Carmen Alvarado having previously acted as President of the Peruvian Association of Industrial Property and Copyright, and fellow co-head Héctor Álvarez also having assisted in drafting the Industrial Property Law (1996). The practice advises clients on the gamut of IP issues, such as franchising and license agreements, IP litigation, trade mark and patent work, copyright issues and administrative proceedings related to IP rights. Associate Ximena Aramburu advises on trade marks, patents, copyright and domain name matters.
Peru > Life sciences and healthcare
The team at Rodrigo, Elías & Medrano Abogados is headed by Maritza Reategui, who is highly specialised in the intersection between life sciences and intellectual property. The practice has established particular expertise in assisting clients with matters related to the COVID-19 pandemic – such as the use of medical devices, vaccines and diagnostic reagents – and the regulatory requirements inherent in the growing use of cannabis in the pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and food industries. Other key team members include María del Carmen Alvarado, who specialises in patents, trade marks and copyright and whose recent experience includes advising companies on the new cannabis regulations. Associates Solange Noriega-Zumaeta, Ricardo De Vettor and Ximena Aramburu support the team’s work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame Peru > Intellectual property
- Intellectual property Peru
- Life sciences and healthcare Peru
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