Fernando Triana runs the Litigation Department of the Firm. He has extensive experience in trademark and patent related prosecution,intellectual property, domain name and unfair competition litigation. He has been Plaintiff's counsel in major litigation and several of the most well known cases in Colombia, regarding these fields.

EDUCATION

Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia (Lawyer, 1985). Fulbright Scholar 1987-1988. Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., U.S.A, (Studies on the American Legal System, 1987). Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana,

Specialization in Procedural Law, 1991). U.S.A., (Master in Compared Law M.C.L., 1988). Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia (General Coordinator of the Legal Research Center, 1983-1985).

Brigard y Castro, Bogotá, Colombia, (Associate, 1985-1989).

Cavelier Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia, (Associate, 1989-1990, Partner and Director of the Litigation Department, 1990-1992).

Vernot Abogados, Bogotá, Colombia, (Founder, Partner and Director of the Litigation Department, 1993-1995).

Current Professor in the Specialization of Intellectual Property at the Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.

President of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) (2009 – 2012).

Current President of the Colombian Subcommittee of Electronic Commerce of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).

Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and currently member of its Panel of Neutrals and its Law Firm Committee.

Member of the American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Member of the International Anticounterfeiting Coalition (IACC).

Member of the Panel of Arbitrators and Mediators of the World Organization of Intellectual Property (WIPO).

Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the National Arbitration Forum (NAF).

Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Arbitration Center WAQALAT.COM.

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

Member of the Panel of Arbitrators of the Center of Arbitration and Conciliation of the Chamber of Commerce of Bogotá (CCB).