The IP group at Bergstein Abogados provides copyrights and trade mark counsel in addition to handling patent registration. Senior associate Silvina Vila co-heads the practice and leads on all matters for local and foreign clients, with particular specialism in intellectual property portfolio management, IP litigation and protection of patent and trade mark rights. Vila and fellow co-head Leonardo Melos, who focuses on litigation, are praised by clients as being ‘top-level professionals, responsible, helpful and ethical’.

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  • 'In IP and entertainment they have updated us on the news produced in Uruguay.'
  • 'Silvina Vila has shown herself to be very competent, both in advice and in claims that clients of our firm have had to make in Uruguay.'

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Silvina Vila, Leonardo Melos