Clients appreciate the ‘excellent legal service’ from Ana Castañeda and Jorge León, the heads of the IP team at specialist boutique C&L Attorneys. Founding partners both, Castañeda’s strengths lie in both patent and trade mark work, including opposition, cancellation, registration and litigation in both areas; while León focuses on litigation (patents and trade marks) and copyright matters, and is accustomed to acting in cases involving major multinational companies. Senior associate Maria Fernanda Rodriguez is a further key contact who is particularly experienced in copyright dispute resolution.
Testimonials
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‘Jorge Leon and Ana Castaneda provide excellent legal service. They work with you to attain a business-friendly outcome. They handle all of our TM work in Mexico, from searching and clear, through the TM filing, and including TM opposition and cancellation work in the Mexican TM office. Their work is clear and easy to understand and follow. and their fees are extremely reasonable. I am quite happy with the work C&L provides, and have used them for many years.’
‘Jorge Leon and Ana Castaneda are both experienced attorneys, but always willing to sit down and discuss the matters at hand. For such experienced attorneys, their fees are quite fair. they are both stand-outs in their field, and I look forward to working with them for some time to come.’
Key clients
- Starbucks
- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Work highlights
- Acting for Starbucks in prosecuting over 30 infringement actions throughout Mexico to combat unauthorised use of the "FRAPPUCCINO" mark.
- Advised Virgin Enterprises on a cross border case in connection with potential breach to license agreement entered with Alaska Airlines involving the mark "VIRGIN AMERICA" in Mexico.