LAWYER PROFILE

Marina Hurtado Cruz

Latin America 2026

Baker McKenzie

Ranked in 1 practice area

Intellectual Property

Mexico

4 years ranked

Contributions and articles

1 Global Practice Guides

About

Provided by Baker McKenzie

Latin America

Practice Areas

Marina Hurtado leads the Baker McKenzie's patent practice in Mexico. With more than fifteen years of experience handling sophisticated intellectual property matters, she advises on a broad range of areas, including prosecution, licensing, and litigation of patents, utility models, industrial designs and trade secrets. In addition to this, Marina has extensive experience in areas of life sciences, advertising and consumer laws, as well as in patent linkage matters that cover the communication between the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property with the local health authority in charge of granting marketing authorizations for pharmaceutical products.

In October 2019, Marina was appointed by the secretary of the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs as ad honorem external advisor on intellectual property issues to collaborate in the development of IP public policies in Mexico.

In 2023, Marina was appointed as vice president of the IP Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce in Mexico.

Professional Memberships

•National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE)

•American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM)

•Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI)

•International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Publications

Co-author, ''Lifesciences Practice Guide Mexico,'' Chambers and Partners Legal Practice Guides, 2024

Co-author, “Global Practice Guide for Trade Secrets,” Chambers & Partners UK, 2024

Co-author, ''Digital Health Laws and Regulations Mexico," International Comparative Legal Guides, 2024

Co-author, ''Lifesciences Practice Guide Mexico,'' Chambers and Partners Legal Practice Guides, 2023

Co-author, “Global Practice Guide for Trade Secrets,” Chambers & Partners UK, 2023

Co-author, ''Digital Health Laws and Regulations Mexico," International Comparative Legal Guides, 2023

Co-author, ''Food, Beverage and Cosmetics Law: Mexico," The Food, Beverage and Cosmetics Law Review, September 2023

Author, "Participation of women in the legal sector in Mexico," Foro Juridico, 2022

Co-author, “International Advertising Law,” Mexico Chapter, Global Law and Business, UK, 2021

Co-author, “Global Practice Guide for Life Sciences 2021,” Chambers & Partners UK, 2021

Author, "Have patent term adjustments arrived in Mexico?" World Intellectual Property Review, 2021

Author, "The impact of the USMCA on the Pharmaceutical Industry: patent rights and test data exclusivity," The Life Sciences Lawyer, Issue 3 of 2020, CTC Legal, UK, 2020

Author, "Coexistencia del Folclor Mexicano y la Propiedad Intelectual," (Coexistence of Mexican Folklore and Intellectual Property), published by IDC Review, Mexico, 2020

Author, "Are major brands stealing expressions of folklore in Mexico?" published by World Trademark Review, London, 2019

Co-author, “Global Practice Guide for Life Sciences 2019,” Chambers & Partners UK, 2019

Author, “En busca del éxito comercial de investigación y desarrollo," (In Search of Commercial Success of Research and Development), Periódico Reforma, Mexico, 2018

Author, "Sororidad Profesional" (Professional Sorority), Reporte Nivel Uno Review and Blog AMPPI (Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), Mexico, 2018

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Latin America

Intellectual Property - Mexico

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Experienced partner Marina Hurtado Cruz is co-head of department and receives praise from clients for her activity in the Mexican intellectual property field, particularly on patent prosecution mandates.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Marina Hurtado Cruz is an extremely responsible, specialised and disciplined lawyer. She's my go-to adviser whenever I have an issue.
Intellectual PropertyChambers Latin America