Positions

• Legal Director and Board member of Venezuelan Chamber of Franchises
• Ambassador of Intellectual Property for the International Chamber of Commerce in Venezuela
• Managing Partner of the firm since 1997

Distinctions

• “Band 1” distinction in Intellectual Property by Chambers Latin America (2009-2016)
• “Golden Band” in Intellectual Property by World Trademark Review (2013-2015)
• Leading Intellectual Property Lawyer by Legal 500 Latin America (2014-2015)
• World Leaders Award for Excellence in Trademark Practice and Litigation for Latin America and the Caribbean (2008)

Professional Practice

Ricardo advises and develops strategies for transactions and litigation involving trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, advertising, sports and entertainment law. He leads and coordinates lawyer teams in a wide range of intellectual property matters, including anti-counterfeiting (anti-piracy) programs.

Professional Experience

• Served as an expert witness on Venezuelan Copyright, Trademarks and Advertisement Law at the Courts of the United States of America and several Latin America Countries
• Former Consultant, Intellectual Property and Electronic Commerce Department, Secretariat of Economic Integration for Central America (SIECA)

Education

• Professional Training Certificate, Conciliation and Trade Arbitration, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. Caracas, Venezuela (2002)
• Specialist Degree, Intellectual Property. Universidad de Los Andes. Mérida, Venezuela (1999)
• Intellectual Property Summer Institute, University of New Hampshire School of Law. New Hampshire, USA (1996)
• Law Degree, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. Caracas, Venezuela (1993)

Teaching Experience

• Professor. Post-graduate course on Intellectual Property, Universidad de Los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela) and Universidad Metropolitana (Caracas, Venezuela)
• Guest professor at post-graduate courses on Latin-American Universities for Professors on Copyright and Related Rights, organized by Universidad de Los Andes (Mérida, Venezuela)

Recent Lectures (2015)

• Speaker at the “International Alcohol Advertising Conference” (Lewis Silkin LLP) (London, UK)
• Speaker at the “Hot Topics in Advertising Law 2015” Conference (Practising Law Institute) (New York, USA- 2015)
• Speaker at the “New Technologies and Intellectual Property Seminar” (EPI-ULA) (Caracas, Venezuela, 2015)

Publications

• Intellectual Property on the international scene
• Domain names in the scope of Trademark Law and other fields of Intellectual Property
• Audiovisual work’s legal regime in satellite and cable broadcasting
• Intellectual property in the Andean Community
• Moral rights in new technologies
• Smells and flavors as trademarks

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