Mertz Peru

At MERTZ we are dedicated to identifying and protecting the intellectual capital of our clients. Our added and differentiating value lies in the strategic and multidisciplinary approach that our professionals bring to the management of our client’s intellectual capital.

Our approach sets us apart from the competition. It consists of key engagement principles that guide our actions, to ensure our analysis is sound and tailored to each client’s needs, our plans are fair and creative, our findings are accepted, and our recommendations are internalised and implemented.

Mertz identifies and safeguards our clients’ intellectual property in a wide range of fields and industries. We do this through the use of all types of intellectual property and related rights, such as patents and utility models, industrial designs, sanitary registration and regulatory compliance, litigation and transaction, among others.

We offer advice and support in specific and novel local and multi-jurisdictional service areas such as innovation projects, technology readiness appraisals, technology scouting, monitoring and landscaping, IP due diligence, patent invalidation, freedom to operate, technology transfer, compliance with laws governing traditional knowledge and access to genetic resources in the life sciences, technology law, data protection, technology package evaluation, state-of-the-art research, and technical document drafting for patent applications, among others.

Some of our strongest practice areas in addition to IP include technology transfer and contract negotiation and drafting, as well as technology watching services, including technology scouting and landscaping. Throughout our work, our constant personalised attention results in close and lasting relationships with our clients.

Mertz differentiates itself as an innovation firm, rendering legal, negotiation, consultancy and innovation services. We are regularly engaged to negotiate agreements for our clients concerning all aspects of intellectual property, technology, innovation, and research and development projects. We design intellectual property strategies, execute them and litigate when required. We have provided consultancy services for international organisations and government agencies related to research, innovation, technology, production, agriculture, fishing, export promotion, education, among other sectors, and we work with several Peruvian universities and research institutions. We have authored both issues of the national technology transfer guide, made available to all Peruvian research and innovation institutions.

Our firm relies on a strong professional workforce with backgrounds as varied as law, business administration, agricultural engineering, mining engineering, chemistry, biology, biotechnology, genetics, product and process innovation, among others. We seamlessly integrate legal, business, scientific and technological expertise to address complex innovation challenges for businesses, universities and public institutions.

Our professionals add value by managing our clients’ intellectual property in a strategic and multifaceted manner. We design and apply IP strategies using our “IP Thinking” methodology, which combines legal and technical know-how to promote creative, one-of-a-kind solutions.

Our team has exceptional experience in life sciences and relies on the scientific know-how of our professionals, maintaining close and proactive communication with clients, several stages ahead of the impending situations of each process.

Mertz has developed a groundbreaking approach to trade secrets by designing tailored services in which our role includes identifying and designing trade secret protection systems, working closely with our clients across various areas of each business. We are frequently involved in our clients’ innovation projects from the start, enabling us to deliver holistic services tailored to each stage of development and to our clients’ specific needs.

We provide sophisticated, financially flexible and client-centred trade secret services, including identifying potential trade secrets, auditing the measures taken to establish and maintain confidentiality, and suggesting improvements to adequately protect trade secrets. In most cases, we prepare protocols, manuals or guides, policy statements, draft clauses or complete NDA and NNN formats, review employee regulations and industrial processes, and recommend procedures to properly handle confidential information within the organisation and in interactions with third parties on a global basis.

We have experience working with small, medium and large global companies in identifying and securing their trade secrets, including identifying key technical aspects, assessing measures taken to sustain confidentiality, proposing improvements to existing procedures and implementing new ones. Our experience also includes establishing trade secret protocols in relation to quality standards, such as ISO 27001 and other certifications, drafting multi-jurisdictional agreements, conducting trade secret valuations and obtaining related tax benefits.

Mertz has gained substantial expertise and delivery capability in research and innovation projects funded by public resources, both in assisting clients with grant applications and in preparing output reports once funds have been allocated. When the main results are based on trade secrets, the reports we prepare meet grant requirements while protecting the confidentiality essential to trade secret protection.

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