Dumont

Managing Partner: Laura Collada
Partner & CFO: Oscar Jimenez
Partner & Head of Trademarks: Christian Thomae
Partner & Head of Patents: Víctor Garrido
Partner & Head of Litigation: Israel Escobedo
Number of other lawyers: 24
Number of Engineers (Patent Attorneys): 25
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish

Firm Overview:
Dumont is a Mexican intellectual property firm. The practice includes all aspects of intellectual property such as obtaining, registering and protecting inventions (patents, utility models and industrial designs), distinctive signs (marks, trade names, brand slogans and appellations of origin), copyrights (owner and author’s rights, related rights), information technologies (domain names and internet assets) and data protection issues. It also has an extensive expertise in litigation, anti-counterfeiting and related commercial law (corporate, licensing, immigration, regulatory and tax) the firm’s capabilities provide a full array of IP related legal services. Moreover Dumont is the only IP firm in Mexico that has received the ISO 9001:2015 certification by the German Organization TUV Rheinland®.

Main Areas of Practice:
■ Patents
■ Trademarks
■ IP
■ Litigation
■ Regulatory Affairs
■ Copyrights
■ IT
■ Data Protection
■ Corporate Law
■ Civil Law
■ Anti-Counterfeiting

Intellectual Property Litigation:
The practice has successfully represented major pharmaceutical laboratories, apparel groups, electronic and home appliance manufacturers and distributors.
Contacts: Laura Collada and Israel Escobedo
Tel: +52 5322 6230
Emails: [email protected], [email protected]

Regulatory Affairs:
As a value added service associated with all forms of intellectual property, the firm is very active providing regulatory services to major foreign entities aiming to invest in Mexico in the following areas: Consumer protection policies, customs requirements, health clearance and Mexican Official Standards.
Contacts: Laura Collada
Tel: +52 5322 6230
Emails: [email protected]

Patents:
With an experienced technical and legal team, the patent department files and prosecutes patent applications on the five fields of technology encompassed by the Patent Office. Advice is provided as to how to comply with the local practice and smooth the prosecution in each step. A special service has been implemented in the substantive examination step where a trained technical team offers solution to overcome the examination by always taking care of the scope of the invention as well as foreseeing possible future scenarios for each specific application.
Contact: Victor Garrido
Tel: +52 5322 6230
Email: [email protected]

Trademarks:
The trademark group is well-known locally and abroad as a leader in its kind. The firm’s trademark lawyers are also well recognised by their high quality service and cost effective strategies. The group is considered as a commercial partner of the firm’s clients because they really know and understand the client business avoiding unnecessary technical jargon.
Contact: Christian Thomae
Tel: +52 5322 6230
Email: [email protected]

Copyrights:
The group’s counsel extends to establishing sufficient rights to enable efficient, quick and safe exercise of these rights, through studies that combine the different legislations related to this area, which provides accumulated protection in favour of authorship rights.
Contact: Israel Escobedo
Tel: +52 5322 6230
Email: [email protected]

Information Technologies:
New technologies have opened up unforeseen possibilities of access to information and entertainment. This has also shown a spotlight on issues related to the protection of interests protected by copyright and associated rights bound up with the broadcasting of protected works, performances and recordings.
Contact: Israel Escobedo
Tel: +52 5322 6230
Email: [email protected]

Anti-Counterfeiting:
The firm’s anti-counterfeiting team is committed to the protection of intellectual property rights in all forms, including criminal actions against those selling, marketing, distributing or importing bogus merchandise. Measures are also taken at the border to make sure goods bearing intellectual property rights illegitimately do not enter into Mexico.
Contacts: Israel Escobedo
Tel: +52 5322 6230
Emails: [email protected]

Commercial Law & Licensing:
The firm is well recognised for delivering high quality services in major IP transactions associated with the assignment and licensing of all forms of intellectual property rights, including the negotiation of franchise agreements technical assistance and joint ventures.
Contacts: Israel Escobedo
Tel: +52 5322 6230
Emails: [email protected]