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Juan Pablo Egaña

Juan Pablo Egaña

Latin America 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

About

Provided by Sargent & Krahn

Latin America

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Life Sciences and Patents.

Career

Partner since 2000. George Washington University, USA(LL.M., 1995). Universidad de Chile Law School, (LLB, 1990).

Juan Pablo has been leading the Patents Group since 2000 together with the lawyers and technical professionals of that group has assisted national and foreign clients in the prosecution of multiple applications in the widest range of technical matters, with particular emphasis in the pharmaceutical, mining and salmon farming areas.

He regularly attends to several of the firm’s clients in the enforcement of their industrial property rights before courts of law and administrative tribunals and also advises them in negotiations for the contractual exploitation of their rights.

Professional Memberships

Working Party Quality Section of SACEPO (Standing Advisory Committee before the European Patent Office).

Chilean Association of Industrial Property Law (ACHIPI).

Asian Patent Attorneys Association – Observer (APAA).

Publications

-Legitimacy of Pharmaceutical Patents – A View from Chile, Monografía Editorial Tirant lo Blanch, September 2024.

Undisclosed Information and Trade Secrets in Chile. Published in the Revista de Actualidad Mercantil de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Perú, Annual Edition N°8, 2024.

-Industrial Property in the Political Constitution of Chile. Published in Derechos Intelectuales de ASIPI, Volume 27 volume 2, 2023.

-Biosimilar Products in Chile. Technical Rule N° 170. Lawyerlssue Magazine, London. Biotech & Pharmaceutical Law, March 2016.

-Chilean Law Chapter. International Pharmaceutical Law and Practice and Journal, Lexis Nexis, USA, 2019.

Personal

Professor of Diploma in Industrial Property, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2024.

Professor DEM 298: Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2024.

Languages Spoken

Spanish and English.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Latin America

Intellectual Property - Chile

Band 1
Band 1

Individual Editorial

Co-head of department Juan Pablo Egaña is a distinguished practitioner who has a stellar reputation for his work and longstanding experience in the full gamut of intellectual property matters in Chile. He has notable expertise in patents matters.

Life Sciences - Chile

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Juan Pablo Egaña is praised by market commentators for his practice representing pharmaceutical clients in a host of patent matters, including both non-contentious matters and disputes in the Chilean life sciences sector.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Juan Pablo Egaña is well informed on intellectual property law in Chile and understands how it differs from USA and European frameworks, offering thorough and detailed opinions.

    Intellectual PropertyChambers Latin America
  • Juan Pablo Egaña is highly knowledgeable in all matters of industrial and intellectual property and has a deep understanding of the company, consistently providing fast comments and responses.

    Intellectual PropertyChambers Latin America
  • Juan Pablo Egaña is a seasoned lawyer who always delivers strong results.

    Life SciencesChambers Latin America

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