Andrés Melossi

Attorney & Partner

Beuchat Barros & Phenniger

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:

Universidad de Chile, Degree in Law and Social Sciences; Professional Degree of Attorney, 1992

Universidad de Chile, Specialization Diploma in Criminal Procedure Law

Universidad de Chile, Specialization Diploma in Taxation

TEACHING ACTIVITIES:

Professor of Specialization Course on Intellectual Property, Universidad Catolica de Chile

Undergraduate professor of Intellectual Property, Universidad de Los Andes (2014 – 2019)

Professor of Commercial Law, Universidad Austral de Chile (1993 – 1996)

ASSOCIATIONS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES:

Member of the Chilean Association of Intellectual Property (ACHIPI), Chilean Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.

Director of ACHIPI, years 1998 – 2011

President of ACHIPI, years 2006 – 2011

President of the Chilean Group of FICPI, since 2023

Member of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)

Miembro de la Internternational Trademark Association (INTA)

Member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Chile (AMCHAM)

Member of the International Federation of Intellectual Property Attorneys (FICPI)

AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Industrial Property, Intellectual Property. Invention Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Drawings and Designs, Integrated Circuits, Trademarks, Denominations of Origin; Domain Names; Contracts, Unfair Competition, Civil and Crime Litigation on the observance of intellectual property rights; Intellectual Property and Internet, Sanitary Registrations, Plant Varieties.