We have a wealth of experience in helping clients protect, enforce and extend their intellectual property rights. Tapping our global platform and correspondent firms, we can assist clients in dealing with cross-border issues and transshipment of products on a regional and global basis. Our group acts for both users and leading providers of information technology and communications products. We also manage many of the world's most well-known trademarks and brand names.
We have one of the largest trademark registration practices in Colombia and can help file trademarks in all relevant Latin American jurisdictions. Our experience covers the enforcement of IP rights, including infringement warnings, litigation both civil and criminal, and private investigations. We can help clients liaise or directly deal with government agencies in conducting investigations and obtaining public prosecution and administrative action against infringers.
We also have extensive experience in trademark, software and patent licensing, as well as technology transfer franchising and services agreements, and can assist with negotiation, drafting and recordal procedures.
Our commercial practice includes a wide variety of advisory and deal-related work on underlying intellectual property rights including trademark, copyright, patent, design and confidentiality issues.
We have worked on agreements with providers and developers computer systems (hardware and software), authors, recording artists, software developers, online service content providers, advertising agencies, distributors, agents, television producers, broadcast companies, Internet service providers, franchisers, merchandisers, manufacturers — virtually the full spectrum of commercial exploitation of intellectual property rights.
Collaborating with colleagues in more than 65 locations worldwide, we provide seamless service for all our clients’ intellectual property needs, including Internet and domain name issues, media and advertising law, packaging, labeling, food and drug regulatory requirements, manufacturing and distribution agreements, franchising, trade secret protection and data protection.