Practice Expertise
- Intellectual Property
- Licensing, Franchising and Distributorship
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property
- Licensing, Franchising and Distributorship
WSG Practice Industries
WSG Leadership
- Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group - Member
Profile
Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm´s Intellectual Property and Information Technology Group. His practice focuses on trademark and patent procedures and prosecution; licensing, distribution and franchise agreements; and anti-counterfeiting.
Bar Admissions
Chile (2004).
Education
- Law, Universidad de Los Andes.
- LL.M., Duke University (2006).
Areas of Practice
- Intellectual Property
- Licensing, Franchising and Distributorship
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Professional Activities and Experience
- Recognized as WIPR Leader in Patents, Technology and Trademarks, World IP Review (2020, 2021 and 2022).
- Recognized in Intellectual Property, Chambers Latin America.
- Recognized in Intellectual Property, The Legal 500.
- Recognized in Intellectual Property, Latin Lawyer 250.
- Recognized in Intellectual Property and Information Technology, Best Lawyers.
- Recognized as Best Individual Lawyer in Intellectual Property: Trademarks (2014 and 2015) and in Intellectual Property: Copyright (2019 and 2022), Client Choice.
- Recognized as IP Star, Managing Intellectual Property.
- Recognized in Patents, IAM Patent.
- Recognized in Intellectual Property, Top Ranked Legal.
Professional Activities and Experience
- Chair of the Alliances Subcommittee of the Brands Restrictions Committee and member of the Global Advisory Council (2022-2023); former Chair of the Anticounterfeiting Committee, Latin America and Caribbean Subcommittee (2016-2018), International Trademark Association (INTA).
- Current member and former member of the board, Chilean Industrial Property Association (ACHIPI) (2017-2020).
- Member of the Chilean Bar Association.
- Member of Marques.
- Member of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI).
- Member of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).
- Foreign associate, Lexis Nexis (2006-2007).
Articles
Congress Approves a Bill that Includes an Instant Depreciation Regime for Intangible Assets Consisting of Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights or a New Plant Variety
By Francisco Carey |August 2020INAPI Makes Easier the Submission of Documents by Digital Means
By Francisco Carey |July 2020New Temporary Measures Implemented by the National Institute of Industrial Property (CLPTO) due to National Pandemic Contingency for COVID-19
By Francisco Carey |May 2020
- Author of the Chilean chapter in "Legal Updates on Trademark Law in Latin America", Wolters Kluwer (2018).
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