ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

• Universidad de Chile, Degree in Law and Social Sciences; Professional Degree of Attorney, 1992
• Universidad de Chile, Specialization Diploma in Criminal Procedure Law
• Universidad de Chile, Specialization Diploma in Taxation

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

• Professor of Specialization Course on Intellectual Property, Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Undergraduate professor of Intellectual Property, Universidad de Los Andes (2014 – 2019)
• Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad Austral de Chile (1993 – 1996)

ASSOCIATIONS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:

• Member of the Chilean Association of Intellectual Property (ACHIPI), Chilean Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
• Director of ACHIPI, years 1998 – 2011
• President of ACHIPI, years 2006 – 2011
• President of the Chilean Group of FICPI, since 2023
• Member of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)
• Miembro de la Internternational Trademark Association (INTA)
• Member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Chile (AMCHAM)
• Member of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Industrial Property, Intellectual Property. Invention Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Drawings and Designs, Integrated Circuits, Trademarks, Denominations of Origin; Domain Names; Contracts, Unfair Competition, Civil and Crime Litigation on the observance of intellectual property rights; Intellectual Property and Internet, Sanitary Registrations, Plant Varieties.

Publicaciones:

• “Global Wine Law”, 2nd Edition, Association Internationale des Juristes du Droit de la Vigne et du Vin (AIDV), also known as International Wine Law Association (IWLA), Guide Edited by Theodore Georgopoulos Rein-Jan Prins Stephen Stern, Chilean Chapter pp 113 – 128.
• “Regulation on Denominations of Origin Regarding Wines in Chile, A Critical Reflection”. The Current Challenges of Intellectual Property: Latin American Vision. Asociacion Civil THEMIS, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru. 2013.
• “Some Aspects of Substantive Law on Patents”, Industrial and Intellectual Property, Faculty of Law, Universidad Finis Terrae, 2008.
• “Interpretation of Invention Patents, Doctrine of Equivalents and its Application in Chile”, Ed. Lexis Nexos, year 2006.
• “The FTA and its consequences for Industrial Property”, La Semana Juridica, published by Lexis Nexis, 2003.
• “Chilean Regulations on Industrial Property under the Protocol on the Harmonization of Intellectual Property Norms in Mercosur”, Andrés Melossi and other authors, Revista de derecho, Universidad Austral, year 1996.
• “Restrictions on the Transfer of Shares”, Santiago, publisher La Ley, 1993.
• “Effects of the Infringement of Restrictions on the Free Transferability of Shares as Established by Social Statutes or Private Agreements among Shareholders”, Revista Derecho y Humanidades, year 1992, Volume 1 No. 2, Universidad de Chile.