Next Generation Partners

Intellectual property in Puerto Rico

McConnell Valdés LLC

The powerhouse intellectual property team at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader, bringing strength to advising financial institutions and such household-name global brands as Cartier, Clorox, T-Mobile and Universal Music Group. With an active client base spanning such sectors as consumer products, entertainment, apparel, jewellery, food and beverages, and telecoms, the group’s full offering covers a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters involving trade marks, trade dress, copyrights, false advertising, moral rights, right of publicity and patents. The team is headed by seasoned trade mark and copyright litigators Dora Peñagarícano, who brings expertise to fashion law and anti-counterfeiting matters, and Roberto Quiñones-Rivera. Other key figures include María Teresa Szendrey‐Ramos, who specialises in trade mark prosecution and IP counselling; counsel Isabel Torres‐Sastre, who brings expertise to media and entertainment matters; and Sonia López del Valle, who draws on experience managing customer arbitration and expungement proceedings before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Responsables de la pratique:

Dora Peñagarícano; Roberto Quiñones-Rivera


Principaux clients

Mondelēz International


Cartier


E. & J. Gallo Winery


Honeywell International


IHP Puerto Rican Owners


J. Walter Thompson


Kimberly Clark


MHCS – Moet & Chandon


Montblanc-Simplo


N. Harris Computer Corp.


Oakley


OFG Bancorp/Oriental Bank


Playero


PRISA Group


S. TOUS


SC Johnson


South American Restaurants


The Clorox Company


T-Mobile


Universal Music Group


Principaux dossiers


  • Handling SC Johnson’s trade mark clearance and prosecution of registrations in Puerto Rico.
  • Handling all of Rolex’s and Tudor’s trade marks clearance and prosecution of registrations in Puerto Rico.
  • Handling all of AbbVie’s and Allergan’s trade marks clearance and prosecution of registrations in Puerto Rico.

Ferraiuoli LLC

The experienced team at Ferraiuoli LLC brings expertise to representing multinational corporates in complex IP disputes and advising on a diverse spectrum of matters involving portfolio management, IP licensing, advertising, media and communications law, e-commerce, trade marks, trade secrets, patents and copyrights. Eugenio Torres, Cristina Arenas-SolísMaristella Collazo-Soto, Víctor Rodríguez and Jean Vidal are the key contacts.

Principaux dossiers