Miss Marcela Canjura > Arias > San Salvador, El Salvador > Lawyer Profile
Arias Offices
CALLE LA MASCOTA #533
COLONIA SAN BENITO
SAN SALVADOR
El Salvador
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Miss Marcela Canjura
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Lifesciences Law
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Marcela joined Arias in 2018 with five years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property. Within the firm, She works assisting national and international clients with the management of their intellectual property portfolios including trademarks, trade names and slogans.
Marcela provides advice on clearance searches, trademark registration proceedings, inadmissible trademarks and opposition to trademark registrations, as well as advice on post-registration issues such as renewals, trademark assignments, updates of the owners registered names and addresses, license agreements and voluntary cancellations.
Languages
Spanish
English
Memberships
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Member of the Salvadoran Association of Intellectual Property – Board of Directors (ASPI).
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Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) in the “Famous and Well-Known Marks Committee”.
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Member of the Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).
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International Bar Association (IBA).
Education
- Law Degree from Escuela Superior de Economia y Negocios.
- Authorized as a practicing Attorney and Notary Public by the Supreme Court of El Salvador.
- LL.M. in Corporate Law, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
Lawyer Rankings
El Salvador > Intellectual property
(Rising stars)The experienced team at Arias leverages the bench strength of seven offices throughout the region to advise prominent multinationals such as Procter & Gamble, Philip Morris and Chevron on the safeguarding and management of their international IP portfolios. With a client base spanning the food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, retail, tech, and manufacturing sectors, the group assists with the full spectrum of trade mark and patent matters, including high-stakes infringement actions, registrations, renewals and post-registration changes. In addition, the team has notable expertise in handling the IP due diligence for major M&A transactions. Morena Zavaleta, who brings 25 years’ experience in the IP space to the group and serves as the firm’s regional director of IP and life sciences, steers the team. She is supported by senior associate Marcela Canjura, whose skill set extends to cover clearance searches, trade mark registration proceedings, oppositions, trade mark assignments, licensing agreements and voluntary cancellations.