Julio César Vargas Solano
Latin America Guide 2024
Band 1 : Intellectual Property
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Provided by Julio César Vargas Solano
Practice Areas
Julio Vargas is Managing Partner of García & Bodán El Salvador and regional director of the intellectual property practice of the firm.
He manages the trademark portfolios of several leading multinational industries, in the areas of food and beverages, media and entertainment, textile, aviation, telecommunications and agriculture.
He has participated as counsel in relevant regional transactions. His extensive experience includes managing trademark portfolios for local and international clients, as well as the management of patents, health registrations, domain names, and administrative and judicial IP litigation. In recent years, Julio has been involved in data privacy, entertainment, e-commerce, and technology matters.
He has been being part of the mayor governing bodies of the matter in El Salvador, where he participates in projects and reforms of laws related to Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property.
Practice Areas:
Trademarks and other Distinctive Signs
Patents and Industrial Designs
Copyrights
Health Registration of foods, cosmetics, medicines, and agricultural products
Intellectual Property Litigation
Franchises
Consumer Law
Commercial Promotions
New Technologies
Personal data protection
Entertainment Law
Life sciences
Professional Memberships
Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
Member of the Sport Law Committe - ASIPI.
Member of the Non Traditional Trademarks Committee - INTA.
Former President of the board of directors of the Salvadoran Intellectual Property Association (ASPI).
Member of the legal committee and intellectual property committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in El Salvador (AmCham).
Languages Spoken
Spanish
English
German (Basic)
Work Highlights
-Legal advice on anti-counterfeiting measures to defend the intellectual property rights of a leading U.S. toy manufacturer and distributor. Management of portfolio and trademark registration of leading multinationals in telecommunications, beverage, technology, and apparel sector.
-Management of the trademark portfolio of one of the world’s largest delivery service companies, including the defense of imitations of their trademarks.
-Advised the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology of El Salvador in the prosecution of international patent applications in Japan, the United States, and Brazil, for the chemical agent effective treatment of American trypanosomiasis (Chagas disease).
-Advised on a Regional Anti-counterfeiting strategy for a globally recognized brand of footwear, in coordination with lawyers in Mexico and Central America, following the civil and criminal procedures against the violations suffered by our client.
-Advised regarding administrative trademark litigation in defense of our client’s trademark. The trademark has been imitated by third parties who try to register similar applications or use the term in their trademarks.
-Advising a multinational company in the telecommunications sector on copyright and related rights licensing.
-Counsel to a major hotel chain on related rights, successfully handling a commercial lawsuit in this area.
Articles, highlights and press releases
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García & Bodán manages international patents for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
García & Bodán adviced and supported to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to carried for the first time the process for the concession of the Patent of Manufacturing Procedure for the obtaining of Benznidazole and of its Industrial Scaling Proces for treatment of Chagas disease.
García & Bodán manages international patents for the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology
García & Bodán adviced and supported to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology to carried for the first time the process for the concession of the Patent of Manufacturing Procedure for the obtaining of Benznidazole and of its Industrial Scaling Proces for treatment of Chagas disease.