ABOUT US
TRADEMARES is a Law Firm founded in 1991 by a group of attorneys highly qualified and specialized in intellectual and industrial property law.
Our mission is to provide our clients and correspondents with global and customized consultancy regarding intellectual and industrial property law.
We assist them in all the necessaries steps to obtain and maintain strong intellectual property rights in the market. We also encourage our clients to claim all legal protection and benefits that our Law recognizes to the owner of an intellectual property right.
TRADEMARES is member of a reliable Intellectual Property legal network, comprised of colleagues that share the same quality and service standards as we offer. It allows us to legally protect your intellectual property assets world-wide.
Our clients and correspondents are our most precious assets.
Let us be an active role in your IP strategy and an entry door to protection and defense of your industrial property rights in Costa Rica and all Spanish-speaking countries. .
LIC. ERNESTO GUTIÉRREZ B.
Member and founder, born in Costa Rica, 1966.
Attorney & Notary Public. Admitted in the Bar Association in 1992.
Education:
- Harvard University of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America. Master Degree in Law 2000.
- University of Alicante, Spain, Magister Lvcentius. Master Degree in Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs Law and Copyrights, 1998.
- Universidad Autónoma de Centro América, Law School. San José, Costa Rica. Licenciate in Law and Notary, 1992.
Profesor: Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica, Law School. San José, Costa Rica. General Theory of Law. 1996-1997.
Member of the Board of Directors of the Newspaper "La República" 1993 - 1995.
Languages: Spanish, English and Italian.
E-mail: egutierrez@trademares.net
LICDA. AINHOA PALLARÉS A.
Born in Spain.
Education:
- Master Degree in Patents, Trademarks, Industrial Designs Law and Copyrights, given by the University of Alicante in collaboration with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market, the Spanish Office of Patents and Trademarks, the General Society of Authors of Spain and the European Office of Patents, Alicante, Spain (1998).
- Licenciate in Law by the C.D.E.S. Abad Oliba, center ascribed to the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain (1997).
Professional Experience
- Senior Associate of TRADEMARES, CR firm San Jose, Costa Rica (2003)
- Senior Associate of FERNANDEZ & PALLARES firm, Industrial and Intellectual Property Division, San José, Costa Rica (2001-2002)
- Junior Associate of FERNANDEZ LOPEZ ASOCIADOS firm, Industrial and Intellectual Property Division, San José, Costa Rica (2000-2001)
- Associate of the BAKER & McKENZIE firm, Industrial and Intellectual Property Division, Barcelona, Spain (1999-2000)
- Legal Advisor of PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS, Industrial and Intellectual Property Division, Barcelona, Spain (1999).
Memberships: Member of the Bar Association of Barcelona, Spain (1999)
Languages: Spanish, Catalan and English
Publications: Legal Magazine IUSTITIA (Costa Rica); "The responsibility of the evidence in the procedure of patent”, Legal monthly magazine, Carta Mercantil, nº8, pág. 20-29, Ed. Praxis, Barcelona, España (1999); "Three main aspects of the Community Board`s proposal in relation to the Legal Protection of the Designs: the definition of industrial design, the requirements for protection and the possibility to accumulate the protection”, Publication Magíster Lvcentinvus (Research Works - Volume II)
Areas of Specialization: Industrial and Intellectual Property Law; Competition and Consumer Protection Law; Advertisement Law, Disloyal Competition Law; Sanitary Registries.
E-mail: apallares@trademares.net