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  1. About Us
    1. Overview
    2. History
    3. Recognition
    4. Offices
  2. Our Practice
    1. Practice Areas
      1. Patents, Utility Models, and Industrial Designs
      2. Trademarks
      3. Copyrights
      4. Corporate, Commercial and Business Law
      5. IP Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
      6. Regulatory Law
      7. Licensing, Tech Transfer & Franchising
      8. Anti-Piracy, Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement
    2. Industry Groups
      1. Media, Sports & Entertainment Law Group
      2. Life Science & Pharmaceutical Law Group
  3. Our People
    1. Partners
      1. Sergio L. Olivares, Jr.
      2. Luis C. Schmidt
      3. Cesar Ramos, Jr.
      4. Antonio Belaunzaran
      5. Gustavo A. Alcocer
      6. Jose Ignacio De Santiago
      7. Alejandro Luna
      8. Alonso Camargo
      9. Sergio L. Olivares, Sr.
    2. Associates (A - M)
      1. Osvaldo Amaral
      2. Armando Arenas
      3. Sofía Arroyo
      4. Guillermo Ballesteros
      5. Varinia Calleros
      6. Abraham Diaz
      7. Georgina Flores
      8. Gabriela González
      9. Pedro Herrera
      10. Carlos Maya
    3. Associates (N - Z)
      1. Mauricio Narváez
      2. Víctor Ramírez
      3. Sergio Rangel
      4. Maria del Carmen Sada
      5. Daniel Sánchez
      6. Juan Luis Serrano
      7. Guillermo Treviño
      8. Yuri Vázquez
      9. Juan Carlos Villaseñor
      10. Carlos Woodworth
    4. All Attorneys / Engineers
    5. Firm Administration
  4. Knowledge & Resources
    1. Articles
      1. Trademark Law Articles
        1. How Latin America tackles cutting-edge IP issues
        2. Specialised IP court corrects IMPI
        3. Protecting trade dress
        4. Mexico's hotel for the stars highlights power in the name
        5. Regulating grey goods
        6. Repercussions expected on medicine advertising campaign in Mexico
        7. Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2010
        8. Limitations on advertising regulations
        9. Pharmaceutical trademarks
        10. Change to rule on letters of consent
        11. 34 more items...
      2. Patent Law Articles
        1. IP Law amended
        2. Regulating grey goods
        3. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        4. Getting the Deal Through - Patents 2010
        5. Compulsory licences and swine flu
        6. The death of business methods
        7. Pharmaceutical Advertising 2009
        8. Enforcing plant variety rights in Mexico
        9. Innovative data protection
        10. Filing divisional applications in Mexico
        11. 18 more items...
      3. Copyright Law Articles
        1. Derechos sobre producción audiovisual
        2. How Latin America tackles cutting-edge IP issues
        3. Copyright Litigation 2010
        4. Getting the Deal Through - Copyrights 2010
        5. Valuing folklore
        6. Protecting novel ideas
        7. Mexico's fair use balancing act
        8. The changing face of copyright
        9. Copyright Office to check ISSN and ISBN
        10. The new digital agenda
        11. 38 more items...
      4. Corporate Law Articles
        1. The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Merger Control 2010
        2. Due diligence issues to consider in M&A
        3. Income expectations in licensing
        4. The reasons for valuation
        5. Amendments proposed to franchise regulation
      5. IP Litigation, ADR Articles
        1. Mexico's hotel for the stars highlights power in the name
        2. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        3. Getting the Deal Through - Patents 2010
        4. Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2010
        5. Trademark enforcement
        6. Venues for appealing IMPI decisions
        7. IP court instituted
        8. The new digital agenda
        9. Composite trade marks
        10. Make your case online
        11. 11 more items...
      6. Regulatory Law Articles
        1. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        2. Pharmaceutical trademarks
        3. Framework for biotherapeutic products established
        4. Pharmaceutical Advertising 2009
        5. New Regulations for pharma industry
        6. Transit merchandise can escape Customs
        7. Linkage Gazette proves a useful tool
        8. Drugs patent reforms introduced
      7. Licensing, Tech Transfer Articles
        1. Creating a secure franchise system
      8. Anti-Piracy, Anti-Counterfeiting Articles
        1. Beat the counterfeiters in Mexico
        2. Battling counterfeits through Customs
        3. Getting the Deal Through Trademarks 2010
        4. Enforcing plant variety rights in Mexico
        5. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2009
        6. Internet Issues
        7. Anti-counterfeiting 2009
        8. Vegetal variety rights enforced
        9. New Customs rules lead to seizures
        10. Anti-counterfeiting 2008
        11. 2 more items...
      9. Media, Sports & Entertainment Focused Articles
        1. Whither Rental Rights?
        2. Improved protection for personalities
      10. Life Sciences Focused Articles
        1. Supreme Court upholds the worth of formulation patents
        2. Repercussions expected on medicine advertising campaign in Mexico
        3. Framework for biotherapeutic products established
        4. Pharmaceutical Trademarks 2009
        5. Pharmaceutical Advertising 2008
    2. Webinar Archive
      1. Webinar - Digital Rights Issues in Copyright Law
      2. Webinar - Data Package Exclusivity Rights in Latin America
    3. Recognition
    4. News
      1. Mr. Sergio Olivares Sr's Passing
      2. Sergio Olivares Sr. Retires After 40 Years
      3. Pharma Linkage Regulations Supreme Court Decision
      4. Managing IP magazine has once again awarded Olivares & Cia.
      5. Modifications Intellectual Property Law
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Overview

Olivares & Cia. creates value for companies and international law firms across the globe who have legal needs in Mexico and Latin America. We were founded in 1969 as a boutique Intellectual Property practice and today leverage our specialist experience to offer a full range of corporate and business law services to clients, large or small, from all industries, including many of the Fortune 100 and FTSE 100. Our diversity of legal talent helps our clients find the best solutions to identify, clarify, and minimize legal risk for their business matters.

During the last 40 years our Intellectual Property practice has grown into a world-class legal service. Our IP practice receives numerous awards and accolades every year from industry magazines and peer reviews, including being the only firm in Mexico to be voted into ‘Band 1’ and ‘Tier 1’ of Chambers Latin America and Managing IP magazine’s ‘World IP Survey’.

Our success in delivering intellectual property and other corporate legal services in Mexico and across Latin America comes from our firm’s strong culture of forward thinking and a practical approach to solving legal problems. Our partners have proven themselves as enthusiastic, talented and highly experienced attorneys with a well documented track record of delivering results.

It is through our intellectual property practice we have developed a deep level of knowledge and understanding within highly technical industries. It is this industry specific approach that naturally enables our attorneys to address legal matters from a more strategic standpoint than general practice firms. We use this advantage coupled with a dynamic internal structure to offer a truly interdisciplinary one-stop-shop for legal services in Mexico.

At Olivares & Cia. we understand our clients’ needs from both a business and a legal perspective and are committed to being prepared, organized, and always available to respond to our clients and their needs.

Our philosophy is personal service, trust, and true client orientation through industry knowledge. We commit our knowledge, experience, and reputation for excellence to every client who comes to us – individuals, partnerships, small businesses, medium size companies, plus national and multinational corporations.

Practice Areas

  • Patents
  • Trademarks
  • Copyrights
  • Corporate, Commercial, and Business
  • Licensing, Tech Transfer, and Franchising
  • IP Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Anti-Piracy, Anti-Counterfeiting, and Enforcement
  • Regulatory Law

Dedicated Industry Groups

  • Media, Sports, and Entertainment
  • Pharmaceutical

An Industry Representation of Our Clients:

  • Media, Sports, and Entertainment
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Information Technology
  • Food and Beverages
  • Tobacco
  • Chemicals, Biotechnology, Medical Devices, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Plant Varieties, and Agro-Business
  • Electronics
  • Luxury Goods, Clothing, Jewelry, Cosmetics, and Perfumery
  • Hotels, Restaurants, and Tourism
  • Banking
  • Insurance
  • Oil, Gas, and Energy
  • Automotive
  • Construction, Real Estate, Machinery, Tools, and Metals