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Managing Partner

Julio Vargas is Managing Partner of García & Bodán Costa Rica and Regional Director of the Intellectual Property practice area of the firm.

He manages the trademark portfolios of several leading multinational industries, in the areas of food and beverages, media and entertainment, textile, aviation, telecommunications and agriculture.

He has participated as counsel in relevant regional transactions. His extensive experience includes managing trademark portfolios for local and international clients, as well as the management of patents, health registrations, domain names, and administrative and judicial IP litigation. In recent years, Julio has been involved in data privacy, entertainment, e-commerce, and technology matters.

He has been being part of the mayor governing bodies of the matter in El Salvador, where he participates in projects and reforms of laws related to Trade, Investment and Intellectual Property.

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Member of the Non-Traditional Trademarks Committee, International Trademark Association (INTA). Member of the Sports Law Committee, Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). Former Member of the Legal Committee and Intellectual Property Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce of El Salvador (AmCham). Former President of the Salvadoran Association of Intellectual Property (ASPI).

Course “Arbitration in Intellectual Property” – Inter- American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI), 2020. International Postgraduate Degree in New Technologies Law – FEPADE / ESEADE, 2019. Diploma in Business Management for Lawyers – INCAE Business School, 2013. Admitted to practice as Attorney since 2006 and as Notary Public since 2008. Diploma in Business Law – Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, 2007. Graduated in Law – Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado, 2005.