Nadya Susana Leon Retana

Nadya León is Senior Associate and Director of the Intellectual Property Practice at GarciaBodan El Salvador.

She has more than 20 years of professional legal experience, with a highly specialized practice in Intellectual Property, Commercial Law, Civil Law, and Notarial and Registry Law. Throughout her career, she has built a solid track record at regional law firms, providing strategic advice to both domestic and international clients.

Her practice focuses on comprehensive advisory services in administrative and judicial proceedings related to Intellectual Property, including incidents, disputes, and litigation arising from the registration, maintenance, and defense of trademarks and other distinctive signs. She is highly experienced in the analysis, preparation, and filing of responses to objections and refusals, as well as in designing strategies for the filing and defense of oppositions through administrative and judicial remedies.

Nadya advises clients in extrajudicial negotiations for the enforcement and protection of Intellectual Property rights and actively participates in trademark nullity and cancellation proceedings for non-use, preventive actions against improper use of distinctive signs, anti-counterfeiting proceedings, border measures, and criminal actions related to trademark infringements. She also represents clients in the registration, modification, maintenance, and renewal of trademarks and other distinctive signs.

She also has extensive experience as a trainer and speaker in workshops, academic forums, and specialized events focused on the protection of Intellectual Property and the prevention of misappropriation of these assets.-

Practice areas:

-Trademarks and other Distinctive Signs

-Patents and Industrial Designs

-Copyright

-Intellectual Property Litigation

-New Technologies

-Personal Data Protection

-Chairwoman of the Intellectual Property Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador (AmCham), 2023–2026.

-Member of the Salvadoran Intellectual Property Association (ASPI).

-Member of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).

-Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA).

-Former Member of the Personal Data Protection Committee of the International Trademark Association (INTA), 2022–2025.

-Author of the article “Alternative Dispute Resolution in Intellectual Property matters” – The Legal Industry Reviews, 2025.

-Panelist on the Role of Authorities in Intellectual Property Protection, Third Regional Congress of Central America and the Caribbean of AIPPI, El Salvador 2025.

-Moderator in panel about intellectual property in digital environments, AmCham El Salvador, 2024.

-Author of the article “Geographical indications: coffee-growing regions of El Salvador” – Marcasur, 2024.

-Author of the article “El Salvador Coffee” – Marcasur, 2024.

-Author of the article “The Intellectual Property Registry of El Salvador protects the champagne geographical indication” – Marcasur, 2023.

-Speaker on topic related to Intellectual Property Rights in Digital Environments, AmCham El Salvador, 2023.