Jessica Ward

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Career

Jessica Ward is the Intellectual Property Coordinator for the firm. She is an experienced attorney, with more than 15 years of experience in Intellectual Property Law. Having worked at the Foreign Trade Ministry as a Trade Negotiator for the Intellectual Property Table she obtained a deep and thorough knowledge of the multiple IP legislations in the region. Additionally, and after transitioning to the private practice sector, she has handled complex IP operations for multiple transnational companies, gaining more than 15 years of experience working in the IP field. She has been extensively involved in trademark portfolio management in the Caribbean Islands and Central America, as well as in data privacy compliance programs. Mrs. Ward has been focusing her practice on the emerging issues of Intellectual Property. Due her extensive regional legislation knowledge she advises our regional expanding clients on complex IP matters.

Professional Memberships

Intellectual Property Committee of the Costa Rican Bar - co-chair (2008-) Association of National Professionals in Intellectual Property in Costa Rica (APPICR) Intellectual Property Caribbean Association (IPCA) - Board Director (2016-) International Trademark Association (INTA), serving as a member of the Emerging Issue Committee (Blockchain Subcommittee) Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)

Publications

- Avoid sanctions in your company: enable lactation rooms – La Republica National News Paper – April 2019

- Intellectual property in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic – Delfino National News Paper - May 2020. - Digest of case scenarios APPICR 2020 “test criteria to assess evidence”