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Covarrubias Offices
ENRIQUE FOSTER SUR 09
39 PISO 09 LAS CONDES
REGION METROPOLITANA
Chile
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Arturo Covarrubias KC
Work Department
Industrial Property and Copyright Protection Strategies; Litigation in Industrial Property, Copyright and Unfair Competition; Due Diligence; Contracts of Industrial Property and Copyright; Industrial Property and Life Science.
Position
Attorney at Law – Founding and Managing Partner
Career
- 2010, Founder of Covarrubias.
- 2016, member of the Enforcement Committee of the INTA (International Trademark Association).
- 2014 – 2016, Chairman of the Board of The Association of Biotechnology Companies of Chile AG (ASEMBIO).
- 2013 – 2015, Co-Chairman of the Latin America Sub Committee of the AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association).
- 2006 and 2011, Professor of the Chair of Intellectual Property in the LLM Executive program of the “Universidad del Desarrollo”.
- 2000 – 2010, Associate and subsequent Partner of the “Silva y Cía Firm”.
Languages
English and Spanish.
Memberships
- ACHIPI (Chilean Intellectual Property Association)
- ASIPI (Inter-American Industrial Property Association)
- INTA (International Trademark Association)
- AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association)
- IPO (Intellectual Property Owners)
- MARQUES
Education
- Master of Laws LLM (c) UC Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, California, USA, 2010.
- Diploma in Intellectual Property (IPSI), Franklin Pierce Law Center (University of New Hampshire), Concord, N.H., United States, 2003.
- D., Universidad de los Andes School of Law, Santiago, Chile. Admitted 2000.
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Intellectual property
(Leading individuals)‘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.
Chile > Life sciences
Housing a four-strong team with ‘extraordinary strategic vision’, Covarrubias is highly focused on IP and technology matters, including patents, trade marks, domain names, copyright, data protection and litigation. In relation to life sciences, the group’s expertise covers agriculture, biology, chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, forestry and genetics, as well as the microbiology, neuroscience and pharmaceuticals industries. It additionally advises domestic and international clients on regulatory matters involving the food, drugs, cosmetics and medical device sectors. Another area of strength is the filing, processing and obtaining of rights for protected plant varieties. The practice is jointly headed by founding partner and industrial property, life sciences and copyright protection strategy expert, Arturo Covarrubias; and (non-legal) senior associate and biochemist Matías Valenzuela, who possesses ‘advanced knowledge of IP, particularly patents’.