Luis Alonso García Muñoz-Nájar
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Provided by Luis Alonso García Muñoz-Nájar
Practice Areas
- Intellectual Property
- International Commercial & Trade
- Pharmaceuticals
Career
Luis Alonso Garcia has more than 25 years of experience practicing in intellectual property law. Luis Alonso has been vice minister of Foreign Trade in Peru. He was in charge of the negotiation of intellectual property in the free trade agreement between Peru and the United States. He has successfully led the offices for Peru's trademarks and patents and has chaired the Court for Intellectual Property in INDECOPI. Luis Alonso is also an intellectual property lecturer in different universities in Peru.
Luis Alonso focuses his practice on trademarks, patents and regulatory law compliance issues to the pharmaceuticals, healthcare and food industries. He advises local and foreign companies on myriad IP matters and assists in planning, execution and direction of intellectual property protection strategies, as well as advising on infringement and unfair competition matters.
Professional Memberships
Consultant Council of Universidad del Pacifico Law School.
Member of the board of directors for the period 2011 - 2015 of the Peruvian Association of Industrial Property and Copyright – APPI.
Inter American Association of Intellectual Property – ASIPI.
International Trademark Association – INTA.
Peruvian Association for Customs Law and International Trade –APDACI.
Member of the Technical Team of the "Good Government Practices" Award. Citizens Per Day (CAD), Lima, Peru. (2005 - 2008).
He has been a member of the Consultative Council of the National Institute for the Defense of Competition and the protection of Intellectual Property, INDECOPI (2007 - 2008).
Member of the Technical Team of the "Business Creativity" Contest. Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas - UPC. (1997 and 1998).
He has been a member of the Commission for the Promotion and Protection of Geographical Indications of Peru and of the National Commission of PISCO.
He has been a member of the Justice Commission of the Peruvian Football Federation (1994).
Publications
Co–author, "Intellectual Property in the FTA Peru – European Union,"Universidad del Pacifico, Lima, 2013. Author, "Businessman guide on trademarks and geographic indications,"World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, 2006.
Co–Author, "Intellectual Property in the FTA Peru – United States," Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas, Lima, 2008.
Author, "Businessman guide on trademarks and geographic indications," World Intellectual Property Organization, Geneva, 2006.
Author, "The use of trademarks as tools to support competitive strategies in community tourism," Series Net for Sustainable Community Tourism for Latin America (REDTURS), Work Document N° 7,. International Labor Organization (ILO), Geneva, 2006.
Author, "Some notes on the protection of the Origin Denominations in the Andean Community," System for Economic Integration in the Central America market, SIECA, Magazine 1 Year 7.
Author, "Intellectual property as tool to compete. Competitive strategies for Small & Medium Size Companies," Peru Economico, May 2002.
Personal
Partner at Estudio Echecopar since 2007.
Vice–Minister of Foreign Trade, 2006 – 2007, leading the processes for opening of markets with the U.S., Chile, Mexico, Singapore, EFTA, Canada and the European Union, as well as the promotion of Peruvian exports.
Member of the team for the ratification of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) Peru – United States.
Vice–President of the Commission for the Promotion of Exports – PROMPEX.
President of the Regional Dialogue on Politics, Trade and Integration Network. International Development Bank, 2006 – 2007.
Responsible for the negotiation on Intellectual Property in the FTA between Peru and the United States, as well as in negotiations between the Andean Community and ALCA, 2000 – 2007.
Former chairman in the Court for Intellectual Property at INDECOPI, which resolves in second and last administrative instance the appeal processes related with intellectual property in Peru (2001 – 2005).
Luis Alonso has directed the INDECOPI Offices for Trademarks and Patents, 1995 – 2001.
International consultant carrying out several works on intellectual property, development and competitiveness, for national and international organizations such as WIPO, ILO, Consejo Nacional de Competitividad (National Council for Competitiveness) from Dominican Republic, among others.
Former member of the Commission for Equity Restructuring of the Public Accountants Association of Lima and Arequipa Chamber of Commerce.
Estudio Rosello, Echeandia, Manini & Asociados Associate, 1993 – 1995.
Experience
Advised an international energy drink beverage company on sanitary regulatory matters.
Advised an international medical devices company in connection with distribution agreements and sanitary regulatory matters.
Advised an international pharmaceutical company in connection with pharmaceutical establishments regulations.
Advised an important Peruvian public entity in software litigation.
Chambers Review
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Revered partner Luis Alonso García Muñoz-Nájar comes highly recommended by observers, with one enthusing: "He is an extremely knowledgeable IP lawyer who is always up to date on the most important mandates and is able to adapt to his client's needs." Another impressed interviewee goes on to add: "It is always a pleasure to work with Luis Alonso García Muñoz-Nájar, as it is easy to brainstorm with him and he is able to guide you with a commercial perspective like no other in this field."
Articles, highlights and press releases
6 items provided by Estudio Echecopar - Member Firm of Baker McKenzie International
Super Comercializadora de Alimentos S.A.
We handle the portfolio of sanitary registrations and provide regulatory advice on food matters.
Peruvian Cosmetic and Hygiene Association -COPECOH
We assisted more that 30 members of COPECOH to claim before the commission of elimination of bureaucratic barriers of INDECOPI to revoke an illegal and disproportionate fee related with the importation and commercialization of sanitary products and cosmetics.
Sociedad Nacional de Industrias -SNI (Trade Union of Peruvian Industries)
We assisted SNI with the analysis of regulations related with the said Law (e.g. Health Warnings Manual) and its consistency with the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, Free Trade Agreements (Pacific Alliance), and the Andean Community Act.
Taking into account that our Firm has a Global Trademark Service platform, CMPC / PROTISA, one of the leading Latin American companies in the production and sale of forestry, pulp, paper and tissue products, transferred to our Firm the management of its Patents.
COMPAÑÍA LATINOAMERICANA DE RADIODIFUSIÓN S.A (LATINA)
Copyright infringement action filed by Grupo Rio (represented by APDAYC), against Latina.
Infringing Business Model: "Smell-Alike" Perfumes - Peru
The Trademark Office of Peru (INDECOPI, as per its acronym in Spanish) ruled against the EQUIVALENZA business model, imposing sanctions on Peruvian franchisees for infringement of trademark rights owned by the renowned Spanish fragrance company PUIG and for unfair competition practices.
Super Comercializadora de Alimentos S.A.
We handle the portfolio of sanitary registrations and provide regulatory advice on food matters.
Peruvian Cosmetic and Hygiene Association -COPECOH
We assisted more that 30 members of COPECOH to claim before the commission of elimination of bureaucratic barriers of INDECOPI to revoke an illegal and disproportionate fee related with the importation and commercialization of sanitary products and cosmetics.
Sociedad Nacional de Industrias -SNI (Trade Union of Peruvian Industries)
We assisted SNI with the analysis of regulations related with the said Law (e.g. Health Warnings Manual) and its consistency with the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) and Intellectual Property Rights Agreement, Free Trade Agreements (Pacific Alliance), and the Andean Community Act.
Taking into account that our Firm has a Global Trademark Service platform, CMPC / PROTISA, one of the leading Latin American companies in the production and sale of forestry, pulp, paper and tissue products, transferred to our Firm the management of its Patents.
COMPAÑÍA LATINOAMERICANA DE RADIODIFUSIÓN S.A (LATINA)
Copyright infringement action filed by Grupo Rio (represented by APDAYC), against Latina.
Infringing Business Model: "Smell-Alike" Perfumes - Peru
The Trademark Office of Peru (INDECOPI, as per its acronym in Spanish) ruled against the EQUIVALENZA business model, imposing sanctions on Peruvian franchisees for infringement of trademark rights owned by the renowned Spanish fragrance company PUIG and for unfair competition practices.
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