Established as the leading specialist IP firm in the market, BKM | Berkemeyer provides the complete range of IP services. The team excels in the registration of trade marks, patents, domain names, designs and copyrights. It also boasts a successful contentious practice, representing clients in litigation and enforcement proceedings before administrative, civil and criminal courts. The team fields expertise across the full range of sectors, from pharmaceuticals, food and retail to technology and media. The life sciences and agricultural sectors are particular areas of specialisation, with the group’s knowledge extending to licensing and biotechnology agreements. Marta Berkemeyer heads the team, with Hugo T. Berkemeyer also playing a lead role in many of the group’s key mandates. Head of the litigation team Bárbara Dollstadt is an active member of the practice, alongside Irene Angulo, who leads the patent department with Cristobal Gonzalez. Valeria Carron heads the international practice and Jaqueline Querciola the trade mark department. Jazmin Hamuy focuses on trade mark filing and prosecution. Patricia Lopez Moreira, Viviana Rolon, Alexander Berkemeyer and Antonio Villa Berkemeyer are other names to note.

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Key clients

  • The Walt Disney Company
  • The Coca-Cola Company
  • Amazon
  • Grupo Bimbo
  • Hugo Boss
  • Apple
  • Novartis
  • Rolex
  • McDonald's
  • Unilever
  • Shell
  • Bayer
  • S.C. Johnson & Son

Work highlights

  • Providing ongoing advice to the Walt Disney Company on all IP-related matters.
  • Advising the Coca-Cola Company on all IP matters on an ongoing basis.
  • Advising Philip Morris Brands on an ongoing basis on all IP matters.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame
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Leading associates
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Next Generation Partners
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Practice head

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Marta Berkemeyer, Irene Angulo, Bárbara Dollstadt, Cristobal Gonzalez, Jaqueline Querciola, Valeria Carron