Mr Sebastián Alvarado > Silva > Santiago, Chile > Lawyer Profile
Silva Offices
HENDAYA 60, 4TH FLOOR
LAS CONDES
SANTIAGO, 7550188
Chile
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Mr Sebastián Alvarado
Work Department
Patents / Regulatory
Position
Partner
Career
Lawyer from the University of Los Andes, specializing in patents, sanitary registrations, trade secrets, and plant varieties protection. He previously worked on corporate and commercial law matters at a local law firm.
Regarding patent prosecution, Sebastián has significant experience in managing patent portfolios both in Chile and abroad, collaborating with international law firms. He has handled numerous third-party opposition proceedings, appeals, and appeals before the Industrial Property Court and the Supreme Court.
In transactional work, he has extensive expertise in negotiating, reviewing, and drafting technology transfer agreements, including conducting thorough due diligence in the context of mergers and acquisitions, patent assignments and licenses, collaboration and service agreements, joint ventures, co-ownership agreements of patents, non-disclosure agreements related to know-how and trade secrets related to patents, among others.
Languages
Spanish, English, Portuguese
Memberships
He is a member of the Chilean Association of Intellectual Property (ACHIPI), a Foreign Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and a member of the Chilean Bar Association. He holds an LL.M. in Law, Science, and Technology from Stanford University, USA (2015); and a Diploma in Industrial and Intellectual Property from the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (2011).
Lawyer Rankings
Chile > Intellectual property
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘very strong, experienced and diverse’ team at IP law firm Silva comprises lawyers, engineers, and chemists, who protect, manage and defend IP rights at the global level. The large group covers the gamut of IP work, ranging from trade marks, patents, industrial designs, utility models and copyright, to domain names, regulatory issues and litigation. The practice also field specialists in IT, entertainment, sports law, data protection and access to information, along with geographical indications and designations of origin. The team is co-led by founding partner; Juan Pablo Silva
, an expert in trade marks, geographical indications and designations of origin; trade mark and patent practitioner Francisco Silva, who also heads the firm’s international department; and Ricardo Montero, an adviser on trade marks, domain names and copyright. The next line of experienced advisers includes Andrés Grunewaldt (the current director of the Chilean Association of Intellectual Property) and Sebastián Alvarado, who both ‘always provide the best advice for patent cases’; and Rodrigo León, whose track record includes drafting IP policies and regulations for major universities and companies in Chile. At associate level, Luis Felipe Opazo (trade marks, geographical indications and appellations of origin) and Manuel Concha (trade marks, copyright, license agreements, opposition lawsuits, and nullity claims) are both experienced IP practitioners.