DEPARTMENT PROFILE

Arias

Intellectual Property

Band 3

Nicaragua

Latin America 2022 View ranking table

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What the team is known for

Arias remains a well-respected regional practice with significant activity in the Nicaraguan IP sphere. Sought out by both local and international clients for its expertise in trade mark filing and oppositions, boasting particular strength in post-merger execution and filings.

Strengths

The practice garners recognition from market commentators for its activity within the Nicaraguan IP sphere, with one interviewee endorsing Arias's "good team."

Notable practitioners

Gustavo-Adolfo Vargas is the key client contact.

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Overview

Arias is a full-service law firm able to provide advice in over 33 practice areas; with a legal team of 40 Partners and over 130 lawyers through their 7 offices across all Central American countries, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, and with over 79 years of experience, Arias reaffirms its commitment to continue serving clients with a strategic vision, generating value that allows clients to reach and surpass their objectives.

Arias offers multi-jurisdictional services in industrial and intellectual property regulations and in sanitary registration matters, including:

Protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights
Registration of trademarks, trade names, slogans, patents and copyrights
Unfair trade practices
Technology transfers
Sanitary registrations of food products, dietary supplements, natural products, cosmetics, drugs, medical devices, agrochemicals and food products for animals

Key Clients: Café Soluble, Herbalife International Inc., Ceva, Walmart.

Industry sector: Automobile & Parts, Banks, NGO, Chemicals, Commercial & Professional Service, Financial Services, Health Care, Media, Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences, Retail, Software and Computer Science, Technology, Hardware & Electronics, Telecommunications and Transport.