Sargent & Krahn

Sargent & Krahn is ‘a go-to firm in Chile that always provides business-focused advice and looks for the most pragmatic solution possible’. The large IP group advises on sizeable portfolios of trade marks and patents, its assistance encompassing contractual, prosecution and contentious matters. The practice is increasingly active in relation to life sciences and pharmaceutical-related IP work; and the firm’s litigation department, particularly the anti-counterfeiting branch, routinely assists with the seizure and destruction of counterfeit products. The team is also routinely mandated to act in significant civil and criminal trade mark and patent infringement cases. Among the firm’s several key advisers, senior counsel Alfredo Montaner heads the trade mark and domain name groups; Juan Pablo Egaña advises on industrial secrets and invention licenses; and Rodrigo Lavados assists with the IP side of software, database and internet-related matters. The department further showcases Eduardo Lobos, who ’always resolves trade mark and domain registration problems’; Cristian Barros M, a specialist in patents, trade marks and life sciences; and infringement department head Pablo Cariola, who is an experienced trade mark, industrial property and copyright litigation practitioner. In the firm’s associate group, senior Gabriel Pensa, along with Daniela Guerrero and Alejandra Varela, also maintain notable IP practices.