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Mersán Abogados Offices
FULGENCIO R. MORENO NO. 509
EDIFICIO DE LA COLINA BUILDING 1ER PISO
ASUNCIÓN
Paraguay
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Mr Hugo Mersan
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Senior Partner
Career
Expert in Intellectual Property.
President of the Paraguayan Group of Paraguayan Group of the Association International Pour la Protection de la Propiete Industrielle (AIPPI). Advisor to the United Nations (UN) in the reform of the Paraguayan Intellectual Property Laws. Professor of Intellectual Law at the National University of Asunción School of Law. Former Professor at the Catholic University of Asunción School of Law in the Doctorate in Law program and former Professor of Agrarian Tax Law at the Agrarian Administration Institute.
Former Paraguayan Delegate for the Inter American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI), Former President of Paraguayan Intellectual Property Association (APAPI), Anti-piracy Committee of the ASIPI, Paraguayan Capital of the Inter American Bar Association (FIA) and former Vice President of the Instituto Interamericano de Derecho de Autor (IIDA)
Languages
Spanish, English and Portuguese
Memberships
Paraguayan Bar Association, International Trademark Association (INTA), International Pour la Protection de la Propiete Industrielle (AIPPI), Inter American Bar Association (FIA), Paraguayan Intellectual Property Association (APAPI), Instituto Interamericano de Derecho de Autor (IIDA)
International Trademark Association (INTA), Inter-American Intellectual Property Association (ASIPI), Paraguayan Association of Intellectual Property Agents (APAPI), International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), Inter-American Bar Association (IBA), Paraguayan Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados del Paraguay), Instituto Interamericano de Derecho de Autor (IIDA), Inter American Bar Association (FIA) and Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI)
Education
Lawyer and Juris Doctor in Social Sciences, graduate of the National University of Asuncion School of Law, in 1979. Agent in Intellectual Property.
Leisure
Automovilism
Lawyer Rankings
Paraguay > Intellectual property
(Leading individuals)Mersán Abogados has a notable history in IP law and maintains a broad practice in both contentious and advisory capacities. A host of clients, both domestic and international and spanning an array of industries, look to the practice for IP advice, and its client base continues to grow year on year. Senior partner Hugo Mersán is an elder statesman of the Paraguayan IP law scene, and he oversees the practice with several other lawyers with considerable IP practices: Lorena Mersán, an up-and-coming expert in the field; trade mark-focused senior associate Melissa Stimson; Liliana Nolan, who has particular strength in patents, plant breeder’s rights, agribusiness and criminal law; and Maria de los Angeles Barrios, who has an IP litigation focus.