A specialized firm in Industrial and Intellectual Property, comprised of highly qualified professionals with over three decades of experience in this field, trademark and patent registration. Our firm’s mission is to meet our clients’ needs in the shortest possible time. Our vision is to meet the expectations of all our clients and new clients nationally and internationally. With exclusive PREMIUM services, Trademarks and Patents.
A firm of lawyers and professionals specializing in Industrial and Intellectual Property, we advise and represent our clients in protecting and registering trademarks and patents in Bolivia, so that their owners can exercise the exclusive right to use them, which also represents an important asset for their assets.
Our over three decades of experience in trademark and patent registration, constantly updated, allow us to provide professional, confidential, and efficient service, allowing us to complete the entire process from the comfort of your computer anywhere in the Plurinational State of Bolivia or around the world.
We will advise you on your best protection option, in accordance with current international conventions. We will consistently follow these steps and take the appropriate steps before the National Intellectual Property Service or the Competent National Intellectual Property Office for Trademarks and Patents in the country of interest, using the legal channels applicable to each case.
We file and process trademark and patent applications before the offices of the National Intellectual Property Service, following legal procedures and requirements, in order to obtain registered trademark titles for our clients. These will be delivered within 6 (six) months, and a maximum of 12 (twelve) calendar months, offering the best service with a guarantee and at the best market price.
FOUNDER / OWNER
Dr. Fernando Amaru C.
Attorney – UMSA
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
Experience
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Chancellery): Official: Head of the Press and Communications Department, Head of the Archives Department for International and National Conventions, from 1982 to 1988.
Industrial and Intellectual Property: I began my career as a trademark attorney in 1988 at the law firm “BOLET & TERRERO” ZAPATA & ASOCIADOS, S.R.L. Bolivia, International, Industrial and Intellectual Property, as an assistant in the Legal Department, assisting in all areas of the firm’s practice: trademark registrations, patent registrations, renewals, transfers, and license applications, all related to Industrial and Intellectual Property. We offer specialized courses in Industrial and Intellectual Property, Trademarks, and Patents.
Vega Associates Law Firm: He was Legal Advisor at the Vega Associates Law Firm: Procedural Areas: Criminal, Civil, Labor, Family, Agrarian, Coercive, Executive, Administrative. He also served as Legal Advisor to the National Intellectual Property Service, specializing in trademark and patent registrations, oppositions, piracy, and renewals, all related to Intellectual Property, both nationally and internationally, from 2001 to 2012.
Autonomous Departmental Government of Nuestra Señora de La Paz: He was appointed Deputy Governor of La Paz – Ingavi in 2012, to serve as the highest authority, advising all families, micro- and medium-sized businesses, and entrepreneurs on National Intellectual Property Services, including intellectual property, trademark registration, patent registration, utility models, and industrial designs, registration of designations of origin, copyright and related fields, oppositions, and renewals, all related to national and international intellectual property, trademarks, and patents. He also obtained the title of Deputy Governor of La Paz – Ingavi, which was recognized by the Chamber of Deputies of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
SPECIALIZED IN:
- Distinctive Signs; Trademarks, Patents, and Trade Names.
- Designations of Origin, Geographical Indications.
- Copyright and Related Rights
- Inventions; Patents and Utility Models.
- Design Creations; Industrial Models and Designs.
- Web Domains.
- Oppositions and Defenses.
- Administrative Appeals, Appeals for Revocation, and Hierarchical Appeals.
- Administrative Litigation
- Actions against Infringers
- Annulments and Cancellations
- Renewal of Distinctive Signs and Annual Payments, among others.
LEGAL FRAMEWORK (Applicable Regulations)
- Political Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia
- Paris Convention (Protection of Industrial Property)
- CAN Decision No. 486 (Common Regime on Industrial Property)
- NICE Classification Eleventh (11th) version 2017
- Berne Convention (Protection of Literary and Artistic Works)
- Rome Convention (Protection of artists, performers, producers of phonograms, and broadcasting organizations)
- UPOV International Convention on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
- Trademark Regulatory Law, January 15, 1918
- Patent Law, December 2, 1916
- Internal Procedural Regulations for Industrial Property
- Appellation of Origin Law
- General Film Law
- Copyright Law
- Civil Code and Procedural Code Civil.
- Penal Code and Code of Criminal Procedure
- Commercial Code
MEMBERSHIPS
- La Paz Bar Association
- Ministry of Justice of Bolivia
- Bolivian Intellectual Property Association.
