Baker McKenzie Chile's three-member team acts across the gamut of IP work. Its expertise covers trade marks, copyright, domain names and patent law, including prosecution, enforcement, litigation and regulatory work. The group’s experience also extends to innovation-related advice and IP-related transactional issues, such as licensing and assignments. The practice is led by Valentina Venturelli, who is particularly experienced in pharmaceutical and healthcare-related trade mark and patent prosecutions. Providing key support, senior associate Sebastián Dorena predominantly focuses on anti-counterfeiting work, IP litigation, and enforcements and prosecutions. Former associate Carlos Lazcano left the firm in June 2023.

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Key clients

  • Abbott Laboratories
  • Laboratorios Siegfried
  • Subway IP
  • General Motors
  • I Too Faced Cosmetics
  • Astellas Pharma Europe
  • Caterpillar
  • Foris Technology Pte
  • Nichiha Corporation

Work highlights

  • Successfully acted for Caterpillar in its prosecution of several revocation actions against different domain names.
  • Assisted Foris Technolgy Pte with prosecuting its trade mark.
  • Assisted Yandex Services with the prosecution of its "YANGO" trade mark in Chile.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Valentina Venturelli