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MMonivation Offices

MMonivation
Oficentro Momentum Lindora
Segundo piso, no. 47. Santa Ana.
SAN JOSÈ
Costa Rica
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Costa Rica > Intellectual property Tier 3

The team at boutique firm MMonivation brings experience to assisting multinationals, regional companies and start-ups on the maintenance and protection of their trade marks, patents, copyrights and sanitary registrations. Providing a full line of IP services ranging from registration procedures, refusals and assignments to cancellations, litigation and due diligence, the group’s client base spans such sectors as food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, where the firm shows considerable strength. The practice is led by international director Ana Catalina Monge, a former deputy director of the Office of Industrial Property, and an expert in cross-border IP transactions. Senior associate and former Trademark Registry examiner Andrés Hernandez leads the firm’s national IP practice, bringing to the team over 30 years’ experience in the practice area.

Practice head(s):

Ana Catalina Monge

Testimonials

‘Fast, reliable and quality service.’

‘Professional and personalised attention. Good follow-up on cases.’

‘Accurate and fast responses.‘

‘They know how all areas of IP work.‘

‘MMonivation’s legal team provides comprehensive and international attention in the trade mark area, which allows us to concentrate the registration and permitting processes for most of our trade marks in the Americas in a single law firm.‘

‘MMonivation’s lawyers have been offering us immediate and careful attention to every query they receive, which denotes great professionalism.‘

Key clients

Samyork

Laboratorios Silanes

Helados Sensación

Sahara Cosmetics

Caribbean Trademarks Services (George C.J. Moore)

Arabela

Kao USA

ENTRA IP/Rojas Gaona & Bandres

Herrero & Asociados

Lilibu

Work highlights

  • Assisting Samyork, a new manufacturer of liquors and beers, with the registration of its trade marks in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Panama, and Canada.
  • Assisting Helados Sensacion with trade mark searches and the protection of new trade marks for ice creams for dogs.
  • Managing the sanitary registration portfolio of Mexican cosmetics company Arabela, registering 100 new products and handling 30 renewals.

MMonivation > Firm Profile

MMonivation is a firm of senior consultants who have long careers and the expertise, knowledge and training in the fields of intellectual property, strategic business development and sanitary registrations, thus able to provide clients with the best service and the highest international quality standards. Full scope services that cover all areas of intellectual property, particularly in pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries. Having a strategic geographical position, we offer services in Central America, South America and Caribbean countries, through highly qualified agents.

MMonivation is a one stop shop. Most of our clients are important and regional foreign companies, from the United Kingdom, Spain, United States, India, México, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Panamá. The team has many years of experience in the field of trademarks, patents, copyrights and sanitary registrations, covering legal advice, due diligence, contracts, licensing, registration procedures and contentious matters.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Partner Ana Catalina Monge ana.monge@mmonivation.com (506) 22034459
Managing Partner Carlos Monge carlos.monge@mmonivation.com (506) 22034459
Senior Associate Andrés Hernandez andres.hernandez@mmonivation.com (506) 22034459

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Andres Hernandez Osti photo Mr Andres Hernandez Osti Senior Associate View Profile
Ana Catalina Monge photo Mrs Ana Catalina Monge Partner View Profile

Languages

English
Spanish

Memberships

ASIPI
International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
AIPPI (Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property)