Mrs Gabriela Tejada de Britton > Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán > Panama, Panama > Lawyer Profile

Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán
IGRA BUILDING, NO 8 AQUILINO DE LA GUARDIA STREET
PANAMA
Panama

Work Department

Head of the Firm's Intellectual Property Department

Position

Intellectual Property: Trademarks, patents, utility models, industrial designs, slogans, copyrights, trade and domain names.

Career

• License Certificate: 1990

• ICAZA, GONZÁLEZ-RUIZ & ALEMÁN
Partner since 2000 – In charge of the IP Department.
Associate (1990 – 2000).
• Panama Conciliation and Arbitration Centre
Qualified Arbitrator (2002 – 2003).
• She actively participated in the drafting and discussion of the Law in force regarding Industrial Property.

Languages

Spanish, English and French

Memberships

Panama Bar Association; President of the Panamanian Association of Intellectual Property Law (APADEPI) 2020-2022; Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI); Association Internationale Pour la Proteccion de la Propriete Intellectual (AIPPI); International Trademark Association (INTA).

Education

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Law and Political Sciences, Universidad Santa Maria La Antigua, Panama, (1989). Thesis:  “Legal Challenge to Arbitral Decisions in the Panamanian Judicial Code”.
  • D.E.A in General Private Law, University of Paris Panthéon-Assas, (Paris II), Cum Laude, Paris, (1990).

Lawyer Rankings

Panama > Intellectual property

(Hall of Fame)

Gabriela Tejada de Britton – Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán

Icaza, González-Ruiz & Alemán fields a diverse IP practice which offers ‘prompt, thoughtful, and practical’ advice to prominent multinationals from the fashion, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and consumer goods sectors, among others. The team advises on the full life cycle of trade marks, patents and copyrights, with a thriving IP litigation practice that spans opposition, nullity and cancellation proceedings, and anti-counterfeiting investigations and criminal complaints. In addition, the firm boasts growing expertise in the data privacy space – where Mariela de la Guardia is the key contact – strengthened by its membership of the global PrivacyRules alliance. ‘Great adviser’ Gabriela Tejada de Britton leads the team, while Moisés Rivera and associate Fernando González-Ruiz are also recommended for their expertise in IP litigation, brand protection and anti-counterfeiting.