Intellectual Property
Latin America Guide 2025 : Costa Rica
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Zürcher, Odio & Raven has a high reputation as a leader in intellectual property law. The specialists of the firm have a deep understanding of intellectual property law, with extensive experience in portfolio management, transactional matters, litigation, and prosecution of patents and trademark applications in Costa Rica and Latin America, maintaining high quality standards and timely responses. The firm’s services are highly personalized, relying on innovative tools and technologies to help clients to achieve success and competitive fee arrangements.
The firm represents IP owners at every stage of development of their innovations, including all aspects of trademarks, brand protection, patents, copyrights, trade secrets, as well as related areas such as IP transactions, litigations, advertising, and e-commerce.
Over the past years, new areas of practice due to the firm’s diverse clientele have been growing. Particularly, the firm’s high reputation in traditional areas of practice has attracted numerous high-profile, medium size, and small industries with data privacy concerns and life science’s requirements.
Chambers Review
Zurcher, Odio & Raven possesses a distinguished IP department that enjoys a strong reputation in the Costa Rican legal market. The expert team is frequently instructed by key international players across different industries, such as entertainment, healthcare and consumer goods, to handle a range of contentious and non-contentious trade mark mandates. The law firm manages significant portfolios and deals with searches, registration and enforcement, in addition to infringement, opposition and litigious proceedings.
Work Highlights
- Zurcher assisted Odontoser with a patent filing within the field of odontology.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Zurcher, Odio & Raven is a longstanding player in the Costa Rican market. They are business-oriented and clearly understand their clients' commercial needs, issues and risks."
"Zurcher, Odio & Raven is a longstanding player in the Costa Rican market. They are business-oriented and clearly understand their clients' commercial needs, issues and risks."
Notable Practitioners
Senior statesperson and co-head of department Harry Zurcheris endorsed by his peers, who acknowledge his career in Costa Rican IP.
"Harry Zurcher has been a role model to follow for many generations of intellectual property lawyers in Costa Rica."
Dynamic partner Marco López Volio enters the rankings this year in recognition of his experience handling a range of contentious and non-contentious trade mark mandates, particularly for international clients.
"Marco López Volio's strength is the combination of his experience and his dynamism. He handles complex mandates well and is on top of new market trends."
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