Mr Carlos Úbeda > Arias > Managua, Nicaragua > Lawyer Profile

Arias
PISTA JEAN PAUL GENIE
EDIFICIO ESCALA, PISO 3
MANAGUA
Nicaragua

Work Department

Intellectual Property and Lifesciences Law

Position

Associate

Career

He has been teacher in the University of Occident UDO, location UCIMES, in which he taught Labor Procedural Law, Administrative Law and Commercial Law. Also, during his law degree studies, he participated in Legal Olympics, Legal Praxis, Law Conferences in Costa Rica University and was invited as speaker in the conference of social security taught in Universidad Centroamericana UCA.

Carlos incorporated as Associate Attorney and Head of the IP Department of the Firm in March 2020; however, he has experience in intellectual property; foods and beverages sector, pharmaceutics and retail. During his profession he has provided legal assistance to various national and foreign clients in the protection of distinctive sign, patents, industrial design and domain names as well as in exercise legal actions against infringers of intellectual property rights. Likewise, he has experience in negotiations of intellectual property matters as well as in administrative and judicial processes for protection of intellectual property rights.

Languages

Spanish, English

Memberships

  • International Bar Association (IBA)

Education

  • Attorney and Notary Public authorized by the Supreme Court of Justice of Nicaragua
  • Diploma in Civil Procedural Law, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Nicaragua UNAN, Nicaragua (2017)
  • Law Degree, Universidad Centroamericana UCA, Nicaragua (2016)
  • Studying Master’s degree in Intellectual Property and Innovation at the University of San Andres in association with World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Instituto Nacional de Propiedad Industrial de Argentina (INPI)

Lawyer Rankings

Nicaragua > Intellectual property

The team at regional firm Arias has longstanding experience of advising major global brands, including Jordache, Procter & Gamble, AstraZeneca and 3M, on the safeguarding and management of their international intellectual property portfolios. The firm acts for a diverse client base covering the apparel, consumer goods, tobacco, and food and beverages sectors, displaying particular strength in the pharmaceuticals space. Among the team’s core areas of expertise are the registration of trade marks, patents and copyrights, IP rights protection and enforcement, anti-counterfeiting measures, technology transfers and IP-related due diligence, including the preparation and revision of documents in physical and virtual data rooms. The team is led by Gustavo-Adolfo Vargas, a specialist in the IP aspects of complex, cross-border transactions. Associate Carlos Úbeda has notable expertise in the negotiation of co-existence agreements and pre-judicial meditations in enforcement actions.