Victor Abente Stewart Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year Paraguay

Firm Profile

Abente Stewart Abogados has been in the IP field since 1928 and continues to grow in size, as well as expand, under the direction of partners Victor Abente Brun and Victor Abente Stewart, maintaining the commitment of honesty, efficiency and professional excellence that characterizes them. The Firm focuses on trademarks, patents and copyright, as well as, all areas related to IP on contentious and non- contentious matters. The team advises on the full range of IP matters, including brand protection, trade mark infringement and customs work. The Firm is recognized in the international market, working for several large foreign companies. Its specialization is principally centered on the

MERCOSUR area which includes Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. Moreover, it combines IP expertise with broad strength in other areas of law, giving it the capacity to advise clients on a number of complex issues at the same time.

On a daily basis, the Law Firm provides Legal assistance and advisory, handle of civilian and administrative cases

regarding Intellectual

Property. Management of local trademark portfolios for a variety of clients across a broad range of industries, including financial and credit card services, pharmaceuticals, entertainment, fashion and apparel, consumer and luxury goods. Advise clients on trademark clearance,

About Victor Abente Stewart

Senior lawyer specialized in Intellectual property, with more than 20 years of experience, leads the Firm's trade mark work and handles portfolios for key clients, with a focus on trademark infringement cases and

customs work among others cases related to IP. Notable Legal Work

Last year acted on behalf of THE POLO/LAUREN COMPANY, L.P. at the Judicial Court, in a case which involved the local distributor of the brand name. The case concluded with an Agreement between the parts to the satisfaction of both parties.

Also, it was concluded the favorable destruction of counterfeited goods on behalf of longtime client and agrochemical company SYNGENTA. The Law Firm actively participated in the actual destructions process overseeing that contains of each bottle are destroyed and the bottles and logos tore up.

New border measures taken on behalf of several clients, such as, PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., and CONAIR CORP by filing in a proactive manner their trademarks at the Customs office. Availability search and watching service search of new local commercial societies on behalf of BBVA.

New actions filed at the Contentious-Administrative

Court on behalf of Johnson & Johnson, against the TMO administrative resolutions which rejected its bottle design applications. The Law Firm does not consider that there were grounds for the rejection and decided to appeal to the mentioned court in order to reverse this criterion. The decision, if favorable, will establish jurisprudence for future cases.

Extensive registration and protection program on behalf of FIFA regarding the logos and word name of the upcoming World Cup and its mascot. Also it is important to mention that we have filed oppositions against new local applications which sought to register the design of the cup under a different name.

Active collaboration with the public sector, congress members and representatives of the Supreme Court, and the private sector along with other colleagues in regards to the elaboration of laws and regulatory decrees concerning Intellectual Property.

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2013

The registration programs extend to other interna- tional clients such as Richemont, Akzo Nobel, and Chevron. In the local area, have closely worked with companies in the agricultural sector, service providers, and media firms including newspapers, radio and television.

Areas of Expertise • Intellectual Property • Trademarks • Designs • Patents • Copyright.

Contact

Victor Abente Stewart Email: vas@abentestewart.com.py

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Recognized for his commitment to clients, as well as, proactivity providing suggestions and legal advice in order to maintain the client´s IP rights. He handles a wide range of international work in relation with general advice and evaluation of trademark issues, filing and registration strategies, intervention in handling of trademark matters in any country, especially in Latin America, due diligence tasks related to

trademark issues, as well as, patents issues especially in the pharmaceutical and agricultural field.

Active member of: International Trademark Association (INTA), Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Intelectual (ASIPI), Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG), as well as, member of the national IP association APAPI.

registration, licensing, anti-counterfeiting, policy and enforcement, including counseling clients on complex trademark filing programs, global trademark clearance, and multi-country opposition and infringement actions. Also performs due diligence works on intellectual property related aspects of corporate transactions and negotiates and drafts assignments, licenses, coexistence and other commercial agreements.

Recently, Cecilia Abente Stewart has joined the Firm, and in continuance with her LLM specialization is set to continue the expansion project of Abente Stewart Abogados into new legal areas.

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