Kiyoshi Tsuru

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property law practice, mainly in the areas of new technologies and cyberspace; Domain name dispute resolution; Protection of copyrighted works in the digital realm; Software protection; Electronic transactions regarding Intellectual Property Rights; Patents (drafting, prosecuting, enforcing); Trade secrets; Copyrights; Licensing; Trademarks; Litigation before foreign courts (in association with local counsels); Antipiracy, Media law, Sports law, Ventures capital and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Career

Founding partner of TMI Abogados, Arbitrator of the World Intellectual Property Organization; Mexico Country Manager of BSA|The Software Alliance; Representative in Mexico of the Entertainment Software Association; Coordinator of the Intellectual Property “Cuarto de Junto” (Private Sector Negotiating Group) for the USMCA and the EU-Mexico FTA; Past Chair, ICT Committee of the Mexican Bar Association; Professor of Law at the Autonomous Technological Institute of Mexico.

Professional Memberships

International Trademark Association (INTA);

Member of the National Genomic Medicine Institute (INMEGEN);

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI);

Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI);

Mexican Bar Association (BMA);

Member of the Board of Trustees of the Mexican Bar Association Foundation (FBMA);

Member of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC);

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA);

International Bar Association (IBA).