Eproint

Coordinating with offices across Central America and the Caribbean, the experienced team at IP specialist Eproint advises global household-name brands across such sectors as sports, pharmaceuticals, food, tech, entertainment, cosmetics, agriculture, apparel and consumer products. The group’s full offering covers matters ranging from IP litigation, IP holding strategies, distributorship and IP asset management to portfolio management, regional expansion, complex registrations and patent protection. The practice is led by founding partner Aaron Montero, who serves as the ambassador of intellectual property to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and Gabriela Bodden, who served as president of non-profit the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property and, in addition to copyright, trade mark and patent matters, brings expertise to IP issues in the medical cannabis space. Other key figures include Carlos Corrales, who draws on over 29 years in the IP arena and a background as an adviser to the Ministry of Foreign Trade, and director of the firm’s national department of intellectual and industrial property Karla Corrales, who brings strength to matters involving data protection. The practice was significantly bolstered when former Arias IP practice heads Luis Diego Castro (an expert in the life sciences and technology sectors), María Del Pilar López (a well-known name for the full range of contentious and non-contentious IP matters) and Simon Valverde (who is highly skilled in patent prosecutions) arrived in June 2024.