Latin America
Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year Colombia
Firm Profile
Cuesta & Associates –C&A- is a business boutique law firm, with strong experience in intellectual property, which was incorporated in 1988 and is headquartered in Bogotá, Colombia. The firm has been working closely with multinational corporations as well as domestic corporations in Colombia and abroad for IP Protection, IP management assets, and IP revenue and taxation strategies,
among others. C&A and/or its partners are members of INTA, ASIPI, ACPI, UIA, Legal Network, AIPPI and attend many seminars and conventions around the world. Our mission is to protect, improve, and maximize our client's in- terests and intangible assets. Thanks to our team of professionals and technology, more and more clients are choosing us as their law firm to manage business operations.
Juan Carlos Cuesta Quintero
Juan Carlos Cuesta Quintero is a practicing attorney who graduated from the University “Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del
Rosario,” Bogotá. Masters in: Finance Law, Commercial Transactions, Business Law & International Arbitration. He successfully attended the Top Management Program - PADE Program, Inalde – Ipade - HBS, 2010. Currently is President of the Colombian Association of Intellectual Property (ACPI). In addition, he is a professor of finance law, IP valuation, business law and intellectual property law and has given both National and International lectures on intellectual property subjects, namely on the Madrid Protocol and other international treaties. He is the Founding Partner and General Counsel for Cuesta & Associates and has arbitrated intellectual property, finance and telecommunication cases. He speaks 5 languages including Spanish, English, Portuguese, French and Italian.
Notable Legal Work
• Successful enforcement of boarder control regulations where products were not only seized but also destroyed and/or donated to charities.
• Mediated various trademark cases, avoiding long and costly judicial processes.
• Recovered damages for infringement of famous trademarks both in Colombia and
outside the country, through negotiations and/or the judicial process.
• Analysis and consultations regarding social media and the protection of intangible property.
• Manages IP assets in the Caribbean Islands.
• Sanitary Registrations for products new to the Colombian market. Such as Liquors & Cosmetics
CUESTA & ASOCIADOS ABOGADOS/ATTORNEYS AT LAW
Areas of Expertise
• IP (TM, Patents, Designs, Copyrights, domain names) searches, prosecution, watching, litigation, enforcement
• Anticouterfiting services (border measures). Seized, destructions & criminal Actions
• Legal Advise
• IT. Information Technology Counseling, contracts, strategies
• Data Protection
• Unfair Competition actions, Consumer Protection actions
• Due Diligence • IP Valuation • Mediation & Arbitration
• Regulatory Law (Food & Drugs Registration)
• Other areas such as: Corporate Law, M&A, Comercial taxation
Contact:
Juan Carlos Cuesta Quintero, Partner and CEO
Calle 72 No. 10-7 oficina 603 Bogotá D.C - Colombia
Tel: 571-2113097 Fax: 571-2554538
Email:
juancuesta@cuestalawyers.com Web:
www.cuestalawyers.com
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Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2012
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