Miss Rommy Morales > OLIVARES > Mexico City, Mexico > Lawyer Profile
OLIVARES Offices
PEDRO LUIS OGAZÓN 17
COL. SAN ÁNGEL
01000, MÉXICO, D.F.
Mexico
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Miss Rommy Morales
Work Department
Patents
Position
Partner
Career
Rommy Morales is a partner at OLIVARES and joined the firm in 2008. She has provided advice to several of the world’s leading pharmaceutical, biotechnological, and chemical companies in the protection and defense of their intellectual property rights. She co-leads the Patent group and coordinates the areas of filing and patent prosecution. She is recognized as one of the most distinguished specialists in Mexico in patent prosecution and IP litigation, owing to her extensive technical knowledge and vast experience in this field.
Rommy Morales boasts over 16 years of experience in intellectual property, with a specialization in patent prosecution, IP litigation, and plant variety protection. She is renowned for accurately identifying clients’ needs and subsequently developing and implementing strategies tailored for the protection of their industrial property rights.
Rommy provides technical and legal advice to national and international clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and chemical industries. Her advice covers the preparation, filing, prosecution, granting, and enforcement of patents, including patentability and validity opinions, as well as freedom-to-operate analyses.
In her role, Rommy Morales supervises the team responsible for filing and prosecuting patent applications. Owing to her distinguished reputation as a biologist and her extensive experience in the field, she also leads the department dedicated to plant variety protection in Mexico.
Rommy has participated in numerous legal proceedings related to life sciences, including litigation cases involving pharmaceutical products of significant commercial interest.
Languages
English, spanish
Memberships
- Asociación Mexicana para la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (AMPPI).
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
- Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).
- Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO).
Education
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Intelectual Property Specialist – Honorary Mention, 2010.
- Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, M.Sc. – Molecular Biomedicine, 2006.
- Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, B.Sc. in Biology, 2003.
Lawyer Rankings
Mexico > Intellectual property
A giant of Mexico’s IP law market, Olivares is a dedicated IP specialist firm with a client base that includes some of the best-known multinationals operating in the country. The practice is a go-to for the full spectrum of advice. As regards patents, the firm regularly counsels in litigation, as well as filing claims across the chemistry, nanotechnology, electronics, biotech, bioinformatics, computer programs and mechanical sectors. The trade mark team assists a blue chip client base with regulatory and enforcement matters; while on the copyright front, work highlights include distribution and licensing of creative works, copyright transactions and litigation, and software protection. Contacts to note in the sizeable team include: veteran copyright and entertainment law specialist Luis Schmidt; founding partner Sergio Olivares, who advises on the prosecution and litigation of the full range of IP rights; co-chair of the life sciences and pharmaceuticals industry group and coordinator of the litigation department, Alejandro Luna; trade mark counsel to many of the firm’s key clients, Alonso Camargo; and Abraham Díaz, who is the main contact for privacy matters and heads the IT industry group. Further key partners include, Daniel Sánchez, Gustavo Alcocer, Víctor Ramírez and Armando Arenas. Rommy Morales and Jaime Rodríguez represent the next generation of the partnership at the firm, while associate Karla Olvera stands out for her support on litigious matters.