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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Barreda Moller was initially created to assist clients in topics of general practice, developing over the years an intense and outstanding Intellectual Property practice. We are indisputable leaders in the country and rank among the best in Latin America. The recognition granted by our national and foreign clients and colleagues is the result of our dedication and commitment, and a demanding practice. Intellectual Property has become a more important field in modern economy due to the huge value achieved by trademarks and patents. This requires the effective strengthening of Industrial Property Rights, and motivates the members of the Firm to specialize in the design of strategies for the effective protection of these rights and also to guarantee the full satisfaction of our clients’ needs in connection with the Intellectual Property area. The Firm has consistently incorporated lawyers with vast experience in the practice of the profession and strives to prepare a new generation of lawyers and engineers highly qualified and motivated by the same seriousness, professionalism, compromise and work spirit, which guarantees the continuity and future of our organization. We have gained vast experience on trademark and patent registrations, litigation, domain names, contracts and licenses, while protecting our clients’ Intellectual and Industrial Property rights. Patents, utility models and industrial designs An invention is a concept which solves or simplifies a need or problem. Patenting an invention involves gaining exclusive rights to use the invention, whether it is a product, accessory or mechanism. The process of protecting these creations starts with the difficult task of correctly describing and claiming the same. Our specialized team of engineers and lawyers’ advice begins here, continuing through the proceeding destined to obtain patent rights and, where required, defending our clients’ patent rights resorting to lawsuits and infringement actions. Trademarks, trade names and slogans A trademark is the name which represents a product when it reaches the market. The means by which the market identifies and differentiates the products available therein, is via a name, symbol, design or combination of said elements, hence the importance of protecting the intangible assets of the business. Our services in this area include registration and renewal proceedings, infringement and unfair competition actions, coexistence agreements and other settlement agreements, licenses and franchises, and domain name protection. Patents, utility models and industrial designs An invention is a concept which solves or simplifies a need or problem. Patenting an invention involves gaining exclusive rights to use the invention, whether it is a product, accessory or mechanism. The process of protecting these creations starts with the difficult task of correctly describing and claiming the same. Our specialized team of engineers and lawyers’ advice begins here, continuing through the proceeding destined to obtain patent rights and, where required, defending our clients’ patent rights resorting to lawsuits and infringement actions. Piracy represents a threat not only for companies and authors but also for nations which annually lose millions of dollars as a result of this illegal practice. Barreda Moller clients’ rights have been protected through the intervention of our professionals in this field. Procedures such as the drafting of texts, registration, design of defense strategies, litigation and infringement action strategies, have favorably contributed to the defense of literary works, art works, plays, musical works, films, paintings, photographs and sculptures. Our team of lawyers is qualified to bring actions both before the judiciary and administration, advising our clients not only in procedural aspects but also in the preventive phase, and formalizing agreements in controversy situations with use of mediation, conciliation and arbitration mechanisms. Unfair competition and infringements An ideal market not only seeks that market agents convene to exchange, but guarantees that the rules governing and protecting the business rights of such participants are fully complied, being the authorities’ task to resolve on possible conflicts in light of the rules of the commercial law. Assistance in preparing and drafting unfair competition and infringement actions, or the defense against complaints by third parties and full assistance through the administrative proceeding, are concrete aspects on which the Firm has vast experience. Globalization has favored the internationalization of trademarks, their potential expansion with their entrance to other markets. From the business viewpoint, it has become common practice that the holders of trademark rights authorize third parties to use and commercially exploit the trademark in other countries, thus sharing the manufacturing process, trade secrets, patents, the trademark itself and other valuable aspects inherent in this right. The design of license agreements and franchises, the assistance in agreement negotiations and the registration before the corresponding authorities, are functions to which Barreda Moller concretely commits in this field.
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