Laura Rada

Laura Katiuska Rada

Associate
Baker & McKenzie, S.C.

Biography

Laura Rada joined the Firm in January 2016 and has over 20 years of experience in all intellectual property matters, including, registration of trademarks and invention copyright, utility model copyright and industrial design, and surveillance and prosecution of these processes.

Practice Focus

Laura is part of the Venezuela Intellectual Property practice group were she advises in all intellectual property matters including, but not limited to, review and drafting of oppositions, recourses, appeals and actions to be filed at the IP Registry and before the Courts, trademark availability and clearance, branding strategies, sales, license agreements, management and prosecution of worldwide and domestic trademark and copyright portfolios, foreign and domestic intellectual property anti-counterfeiting protection measures, enforcement of trademark rights and negotiation of trademark disputes.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Advises international companies in Portfolio Management and IP issues, including copyright, trademark and infringement issues.

  • Advises on portfolio management for trademarks and patents, and legal issues related to trademarks, copyrights, patents in Venezuela.

  • Handles local and international IP matters for one of the most important Venezuelan food Companies.

Professional Honors

  • Ranked Band 2 for Intellectual Property in Chambers Latin America, 2007-2023

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Caracas Bar Association
  • Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • American-Venezuelan Chamber (VENAMCHAM) - Vice-President of the IP Committee periods 2021 and 2022
  • Industrial Property Venezuelan College (COVAPI) - Member of the Counselor Board

Admissions

  • Venezuela (1991)

Education

  • Universidad de los Andes (Master in Intellectual Property Law) (1995)
  • Universidad Central de Venezuela (Law Degree) (1990)

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish