Legal Team Leader

• Jan 2023 - Present

Sr. Analyst Legal

• Dec 2021 - Feb 2023

- Review and preparation of contracts with different national and foreign counterparts. - Preparation of analysis and legal opinions regarding any consultation, initiative or project, with the purpose of adapting the actions of the companies to the current regulations. - Response to claims, audits and sanctioning procedures, response and preparation of lawsuits. Management and monitoring of administrative and judicial proceedings. - Preparation and review of legal policies. - Participation in analysis, drafting and implementation of compliance and insurance matters. - Review and preparation of corporate and partnership documents. Show less

Paralegal

• Jul 2019 - Dec 2021

- Advice, review, study and prosecution of conflicting cases of trademark, patent and domain name portfolios, and other related matters.- Drafting of lawsuits, responses, appeals, evidence, among others, in opposition trials against trademarks, arbitration trials on domain name disputes, and other trials in the field of Industrial Property.- Management of the patent and trademark portfolio of one of the firm's most important clients, with presence in more than one hundred countries, which has developed and patented an innovative technology in, among others, the construction and maintenance of swimming pools, lagoons and large crystalline water bodies.- Preparation of legal opinion reports on the feasibility of registration and protection of industrial property assets such as trademark registrability.- Research of doctrine and jurisprudence in different areas of Intellectual Property. Show less

Patent & Trademark Administrator

• Nov 2017 - Dec 2021

Attorney At Law

• Jun 2017 - Nov 2017

- Advice to clients in all procedures and consultations in the area of intellectual property.- Review of the Industrial Property Bulletin and reporting to clients of contingencies in the same with respect to their trademark portfolios.- Notifications to clients of possible infringement of their rights by trademark applications similar to their intellectual assets to the point of risk of confusion.- Drafting of legal documents: opposition briefs, appeals for reconsideration, briefs in response to oppositions, briefs in response to rejection for technical aspects and official actions, cancellation briefs due to lack of use, administrative and judicial appeals.- Preparation of legal opinions on the factibility of protection of intangible assets, as well as analysis of registrability of trademarks and distinctive signs.- Coordination and execution of contacts with foreign agents, follow up of cases in institutions other than SAPI (Venezuelan Trademark Office) and street market research.- Assistance in trademark audits for the review, management and exploitation of the value of trademarks of current and potential clients.- Preparation of competitor reports and competency analysis for clients.- Follow-up of conflicting cases brought before the trademark office.- Legal research in intellectual property and related areas and preparation of articles for publication in different bulletins and publication gazettes of content related to Industrial Property matters.- Review of invoices in coordination with the accounting department to ensure the payment process. Show less

Trademark Paralegal

• Aug 2016 - Jun 2017

• Management of trademark portfolios of clients in North America, Latin America and Asia.• Assistance in all aspects of trademark processes, including trademark registrations and applications, assignment projects and maintenance actions for global portfolios.• Assistance in procedures related to trademarks, obtaining crucial support documentation for registration and maintenance, such as POA and Company charters, certified copies, among others.• Management and follow-up of trademark portfolios. Elaboration and presentation of trademark status. Elaboration of detailed reports and attention of the client.• Assistance in trademarks audits for the revision, management and exploitation of the value of brands.• Preparation of competitors report and analysis of competencies for customers.• Preparation of documents for filing in the PTO.• Legal research on intellectual property and related areas and elaboration of articles for publication in different bulletins and gazettes of publication of content related to matters of Industrial Property.• Invoice review in coordination with the accounting department to ensure the payment process. Show less

Invited researcher

• Nov 2015 - Jan 2016

Research assistant

• Jul 2014 - Feb 2015

• Review and monitoring of contentious-administrative lawsuits before the Contentious-Administrative Courts and the Supreme Court of Justice. • Research in the field of Public Law and Integration Law. Research related to the Venezuelan justice administration system, especially in the field of administrative and constitutional procedural law. • Preparation of reports and analysis on legislative reforms approved by the corresponding authorities in Venezuela. • Research of jurisprudence of International Human Rights Organizations, such as the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). • Research and monitoring of national jurisprudence of the Venezuelan administrative litigation system. Show less