MMonivation
More informationThe team at boutique firm MMonivation brings experience to assisting multinationals, regional companies and start-ups on the maintenance and protection of their trade marks, patents, copyrights and sanitary registrations. Providing a full line of IP services ranging from registration procedures, refusals and assignments to cancellations, litigation and due diligence, the group’s client base spans such sectors as food and beverages, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, where the firm shows considerable strength. The practice is led by international director Ana Catalina Monge, a former deputy director of the Office of Industrial Property, and an expert in cross-border IP transactions. Senior associate and former Trademark Registry examiner Andrés Hernandez leads the firm’s national IP practice, bringing to the team over 30 years’ experience in the practice area.
Testimonials
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‘Fast, reliable and quality service.’
‘Professional and personalised attention. Good follow-up on cases.’
'Accurate and fast responses.'
'They know how all areas of IP work.'
'MMonivation's legal team provides comprehensive and international attention in the trade mark area, which allows us to concentrate the registration and permitting processes for most of our trade marks in the Americas in a single law firm.'
'MMonivation's lawyers have been offering us immediate and careful attention to every query they receive, which denotes great professionalism.'
Key clients
- Samyork
- Laboratorios Silanes
- Helados Sensación
- Sahara Cosmetics
- Caribbean Trademarks Services (George C.J. Moore)
- Arabela
- Kao USA
- ENTRA IP/Rojas Gaona & Bandres
- Herrero & Asociados
- Lilibu
Work highlights
- Assisting Samyork, a new manufacturer of liquors and beers, with the registration of its trade marks in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Panama, and Canada.
- Assisting Helados Sensacion with trade mark searches and the protection of new trade marks for ice creams for dogs.
- Managing the sanitary registration portfolio of Mexican cosmetics company Arabela, registering 100 new products and handling 30 renewals.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ana Catalina Monge