Sebastián Alvarado

Practice Areas

Lawyer from the University of Los Andes, partner at SILVA in the patents area. Specialist in patents, sanitary registrations, trade secrets, and plant varieties.

Career

In terms of processing, Sebastián has significant experience managing patent portfolios in Chile and abroad through partnerships with international law firms. He has handled numerous third-party opposition proceedings, petitions, and appeals before the Industrial Property Court and the Supreme Court.

Regarding transactional work, he has extensive experience in negotiating, reviewing, and drafting technology transfer agreements, including conducting thorough due diligence in mergers and acquisitions, patent assignments and licenses, collaboration and service agreements, joint ventures, co-ownership agreements for patents, and non-disclosure agreements for know-how and trade secrets related to patents, among others.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Chilean Association of Intellectual Property (ACHIPI), Foreign Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA), and the Chilean Bar Association (Colegio de Abogados Chile AG). Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Law, Science, and Technology from Stanford University, USA (2015); Diplomat in Industrial and Intellectual Property from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2011).