The seven-member IP practice at Baker McKenzie Chile advises significant domestic and international brands from a range of sectors, including pharma, fashion, manufacturing, and media and entertainment. The team advises on trade mark, copyright and patent matters, as well as domain names; and its offering covers prosecution, enforcement, litigation, regulatory and innovation-related assistance. The group is additionally experienced in IP-related transactional work, such as licensing and assignments. Heading the team, pharmaceutical and healthcare industry specialist Valentina Venturelli is consistently sought out for trade mark and patent prosecutions. At associate level, senior Sebastián Dorena is active in anti-counterfeiting matters, along with IP litigation, enforcements and prosecutions; and junior Carlos Lazcano also maintains an active IP practice.
Testimonials
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- 'It is a team that provides quite technical advice. They are ordered in terms of billing and with keping the client up to date with advances in the procedures in their charge.'
- 'The service and attention of Carlos Lazcano stands out.'
Key clients
- Abbott Laboratories
- Laboratorios Siegfried
- Subway IP
- General Motors
- Hexxa Inversiones
- Too Faced Cosmetics
- Astellas Pharma Europe
- Caterpillar
- Foris Technology
- Constructora de Pavimentos Asfálticos Bitumix
Work highlights
- Assisted SAP with filing an opposition against a referred trade mark application.
- Assisted Vestas Wind Systems with filing a trade mark application ("EnVentus"), which was opposed by Imega Ventus.
- Successfully acted for Caterpillar in prosecuting several revocation actions against different domain names.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Valentina Venturelli