Intellectual Property

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Provided by Vouga Abogados

Vouga IP practice has extensive experience in helping both national and international clients successfully protect their IP assets in Paraguay, and is currently involved in two of the most high profile and significant IP litigation cases.

The firm has successfuly reshaped its IP departament by incorporating new state-of-the-art software and experienced professionals with broad background in trademark and patent practice. These new resources allow us to substiantially improve time and qualitiy for availability searches, wathcing services and different filings. Vouga has also significantly increased it's patent practice due to the acquisition of the patent porfolio of an IP boutique firm that has recently discontinued it's practice. 

Our IP team is definitely able to meet our clients' standards in a vast array of IP matters, including:

• Copyrights, trademarks, utility models and patents;
• Complex IP litigation;
• Trade dress and trade secrets;
• Geographical indications;
• IP due diligence and auditing;
• Licensing and franchising agreements;
• Technical assistance, know-how and technology transfer agreements;
• Transfers of IP rights;
• Anti-counterfeiting, piracy and unfair competition;
• Alternative Dispute Resolution and Litigation in all IP fields;

Our IP practice also reaches litigation. In this regard, Vouga advises an  interntional client in the largest copyright claim in Paraguay's history, where the Supreme Court issued a key favourable judgment recently.