Mr Rodrigo León > Silva > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile

Silva
HENDAYA 60, 4TH FLOOR
LAS CONDES
SANTIAGO, 7550188
Chile

Work Department

Copyright / Patents / Data privacy, Technology and Media

Position

Partner

Career

Lawyer from the University of the Andes, he holds a Postgraduate degree in Information Technology Law and Intellectual Property from the University of Montpellier I, France. He specializes in intellectual property, copyright, patents, and licensing. He has successfully litigated numerous cases involving domain names, copyright, cybercrime, and patent law. He has provided a series of technical reports on intellectual property for the governments of Chile, the United States, Japan, and foreign jurisdictions such as France and the Netherlands in the same fields. He has extensive experience in legal regulation of privacy and technology in companies, as well as advising on media law, information technology law, and emerging technologies. Since 2013, he has served as an arbitrator for NIC Chile for the allocation of .CL domain names.

As a specialist in business and university regulation of innovation and intellectual property, he has developed intellectual property policies and regulations for leading universities in Chile, as well as companies in the mining, telecommunications, and retail sectors, among others.

He has been the Vice President of the Patents Committee of LESI and Vice President of LES Chile. He was also a counselor for the Franco-Chilean Chamber of Commerce and President of the Association of Chilean Scholars in France.

He has acted as an observer in the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (APAA). He is a professor of Civil Law at Alberto Hurtado Jesuit University, where he has been voted the best professor in the faculty three times. He also teaches in the Master’s program in Intellectual Property and Technology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Adolfo Ibáñez University, and Finis Terrae University.

Languages

Spanish, English, French

Memberships

He is a member of the French Association for the International Protection of Copyright, the Inter-American Copyright Institute (IAPP), ACHIPI, the Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group, the Chilean Licensing Society (LES Chile), and the International Exchange Alumni.

Lawyer Rankings

Chile > Intellectual property

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.