Ninoshka Urrutia

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Ninoshka is a partner in Consortium Legal – Guatemala. With more than 20 years of experience in the legal advice to companies and small entrepreneurs; she specializes mainly in the advice, protection and defense of the rights that assist the owners of distinctive signs, of Denominations of Origin, Geographical Indications, domain names and the rights that assist the owners of works of Copyright. Advises on issues of trademark abuse, seeking above all an amicable settlement rather than a long and costly trial for the parties. Together with the litigation team, they advise on the defense and presentation of legal actions related to copyright infringement in criminal matters, border measures, actions for unfair competition, nullity, cancellations for lack of use of trademarks and litigation for violation of distinctive signs. Advice on the negotiation and drafting of various contracts, including the assignment of trademarks and licenses of use, various contracts related to copyright (artists, musicians, image rights, etc).

During her career she was the country’s (Guatemala’s) Delegate to the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property -ASIPI- (2013-2018) having been part of its Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications from 2013 to 2022. She has also been part of several committees of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and is currently a member of the Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee of INTA (2018-2021).

She has more than 15 years of teaching experience, having been one of the first professors who started the Intellectual Property Course in two Universities in the country. Likewise, she has more than 15 years as a lecturer and trainer in intellectual property issues for public and private entities. She also has experience in the selection of experts/collaborators in the elaboration of digital works related to current intellectual property issues, having recently collaborated with two works related to Geographical Indications, published by the Inter-American Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property -ASIPI-

WORK HIGHLIGHTS

• Protection of more than 100 European Designations of Origin or Geographical Indications and defense of any of them, including legal actions and appeals.
• Preparation and presentation of the Terms and Conditions of the first Denomination of Origin in Guatemala, Antigua Coffee, and its respective modification.
• Elaboration and implementation of Trademark Policy in entities of the Food sector

EDUCATION

• Master’s Degree in Industrial Property, Intellectual Property and Information Society Law, Master Lvcentinvs, University of Alicante; Spain (2008)
• Postgraduate Course in Commercial Law, University of Salamanca; Spain (2004)
• Lawyer and Notary, Faculty of Legal and Social Sciences, Rafael Landívar University; Guatemala (2001)

 

LANGUAGES

Spanish

English

ASSOCIATIONS

Guatemala Bar Association

American Chamber of Commerce Guatemala

International Trademark Association

International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property

Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property