Angeles Pons
The full-service group at Angeles Pons is ‘trusted in the Dominican Republic for intellectual property and illicit trade issues’, and is also well regarded for its advice on the IP aspects of corporate and regulatory matters. Leading the team are experienced IP lawyer Wallis Pons, who ’is always looking for innovative and efficient ways to move matters forward’, and Jaime Angeles, who regularly represents clients in trade mark, patent and unfair competition litigation. The group’s broad skill set is reflected in its recent workload, which covers contentious and non-contentious patent, trade mark, copyright and anti-counterfeiting matters, utilising its ‘high degree of IP expertise and experience’.
Testimonials
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'The firm is trusted in the Dominican Republic for intellectual property and illicit trade issues.'
‘They have extensive knowledge of intellectual property, which allows them to provide effective strategies.'
Key clients
- PepsiCo
- Diageo
Work highlights
- Represented Minerva del Risco, one of the heirs of Dominican poet René del Risco, in a high-profile case before the Supreme Court relating to the copyright over the song "Una Primavera Para El Mundo".
- Successfully represented Adobe in a dispute before the National Intellectual Property Office (ONAPI) over the cancellation of the commercial name "Photoshop del Caribe".