Dora Peñagarícano
Capital Member, Litigation Practice Group. Co-Leader, Retail Practice Team and Co-Leader, Intellectual Property Practice Team
McConnell Valdés LLC
More informationThe powerhouse team at McConnell Valdés LLC remains a market leader, leveraging the experience of its team to manage and safeguard the intellectual property portfolios of financial institutions and global household-name brands such as Cartier, Clorox, Universal Music, T-Mobile and Moët & Chandon, across such sectors as consumer products, entertainment, apparel, jewellery, food and beverages, telecoms and motor vehicles. The practice’s comprehensive service addresses a diverse range of matters related to trade marks, trade dress, copyrights, moral rights, cybersquatting, false advertising, right of publicity and patents. The team is led by Dora Peñagarícano, an expert in fashion law, anti-counterfeiting, and trade mark and copyright infringement litigation, and Roberto Quiñones-Rivera, who brings expertise to the registration of IP in the financial services and hospitality industries. Other key figures include Isabel Torres‐Sastre, a specialist in media and entertainment, securities and healthcare law.
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Key clients
- Mondelēz
- MHCS – Moet & Chandon
- J. Walter Thompson
- South American Restaurants Corporation
- E. & J. Gallo Winery
- N. Harris Computer Corporation
- S. Tous
- OFG Bancorp/Oriental Bank
- The Clorox Company
- Cartier
- Honeywell International
- Kimberly Clark
- T-Mobile Puerto Rico
- Universal Music Group
- Luxottica Group
- Oakley
- Playero
- Pasteurizadora Rica
- Rust-Oleum Corporation
- Bodegas Emilio Moro
- Montblanc-Simplo
- Energizer Auto
Work highlights
- Achieved a successful resolution in requesting on behalf of Cartier a temporary restraining order, a preliminary and permanent injunction, and monetary damages for trade mark infringement, trade mark counterfeit, trade dress infringement, dilution and tarnishment of Cartier’s trade marks, false designation of origin, and unfair competition.
- Handled multiple anti-counterfeiting matters for Toyota de Puerto Rico arising from notices received from Customs and Border Patrol regarding the entry of merchandise bearing the Toyota trade marks, which were addressed to unauthorised sellers.
- Filed an opposition on behalf of Viña Santa Rita to the registration of the RITA trade mark for alcoholic beverages requested to be registered by Pan American Properties, as Viña Santa Rita owns the SANTA RITA trade mark for wines.
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Dora Peñagarícano, Roberto Quiñones-Rivera