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Home » Our People » Associates (A - M) » Abraham Diaz

Abraham Diaz

Abraham Diaz spends most of his time working with media and entertainment companies on the copyright matters, although he continues to work across a number of areas of the firm. Abraham has a wealth of knowledge across the Intellectual Property spectrum and serves as one of the senior members of the firm.
Education:
  • Juris Doctor - 1997 -  Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Thesis: “El Sistema Internet Ante Los Derechos de Autor” (Internet and Copyrights), which was awarded in 1997 by the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
  • Postgraduate studies on intellectual property rights with the Illustrious and National College of Attorneys (2000).


Practice Areas:

Patents
Trademarks
Copyrights
IP Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
Licensing, Tech Transfer & Franchising
Anti-Piracy, Anti-Counterfeiting & Enforcement
Domain Names
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Professional Associations and Memberships: 
INTA - International Trademark Association
Member of The Association of European Trademark Owners (MARQUES).
Founder and past president of the Internet Committee of AMPPI.
Committee of Information and Communications of AMPPI
Technologies Committee of AMPPI.
 
Awards:
Awarded in 1997 by the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI), for the best graduating work on Intellectual Property, with the thesis entitled “Copyrights and the Internet”.
 
Publications and Conferences:
“Cheaper but not the same”, published in the Managing Intellectual Property magazine in year 2000. 
“Time Problems when seizing products in Mexico”, published in the Managing Intellectual Property magazine in June 2000. 
 “Reservas de Derechos and Domain Names”, published in the International Internet Law Review magazine in June 2001. 
“Problems When Seizing Products in Mexico”, published in the Managing Intellectual Property magazine in February 2002. 
“The significance of posting bonds when requesting injunctions”, published in the Managing Intellectual Property magazine in November 2004. 
“Amendments to the Mexican Law of Industrial Property on Franchises”, published in the International Internet Law Review magazine in March 2006. 
“Exploring new actions against transgressors of IP rights”, published in the Managing Intellectual Property magazine in March 2006. 
“Back to Old Times”, published in the Managing Intellectual Property magazine in April 2007. 
“Vegetal Variety Rights Enforced”, published in the Managing Intellectual Property magazine in June 2008. 
“Image and Publicity Rights in Mexico”, published in the World Trademark Review magazine in September 2008. 
“Enforcing Plant Variety Rights in Mexico”, published in the IP In the Life Sciences Industries 2009 supplement to Intellectual Asset magazine. 

Languages: 
Spanish, English, French
E-mail:

ada@olivares.com.mx