Silva

With ‘extensive knowledge and influence within the Chilean market’, IP legal practice Silva has a leading reputation for the management, protection and defence of IP rights on a worldwide basis. The sizeable team of lawyers, engineers and chemists comprises experts in trade marks, copyright, patents and industrial designs, as well as utility models and domain names. It also handles regulatory matters, IP litigation, data protection, and both geographical indications and designations of origin. Recent mandates include advising Mexican multinational food company Grupo Bimbo on IP matters, particularly in relation to the registration of trade marks in Chile; and successfully representing US social networking service Instagram in its dispute over the registration of the Threads trade mark (further to opposition from gas utilities company Gasco). Firm founder Juan Pablo Silva specialises in trade marks, geographical indications and designations of origin; the expertise of trade mark and patent practitioner Francisco Silva covers trade marks and patents; Ricardo Montero advises on trade marks, domain names and copyright, including related contracts and litigation; Andrés Grunewaldt is a patent, trade mark and copyright specialist; patent and regulatory practitioner Sebastián Alvarado ’really cares about the work’; and Rodrigo León is a highly-rated copyright, patent and data privacy lawyer. Luis Felipe Opazo and Manuel Concha are the associates to note.