Covarrubias filed the first provisional patent application in Chile for Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Covarrubias filed the first provisional patent application in Chile, which constitutes a new modality of invention patents. This figure was enshrined in the new Industrial Property Law, which came into force on May 9, 2022, and seeks to facilitate access to trademark...
Sofía Covarrubias is named partner of Covarrubias
Our firm is pleased to inform that Sofía Covarrubias has been appointed partner of Covarrubias. Sofía joined our team eight years ago and is head of our Trademark Department. Her practice focuses on international and national trademark matters, trademark protection...
Sofía Covarrubias was a guest speaker at the “ASIPI looks to the Future” congress in Punta Cana
Sofía Covarrubias, head of our International Trademark Department, participated in the XXI ASIPI Congress, organization of which our firm is a member. In this instance, the activity, whose slogan was "ASIPI looks to the Future", was aimed at preparing and informing...
Matías Valenzuela, speaker at the program “Impacta I+D 2021” organized by USACH
Matías Valenzuela, head of our Patent Department, participated as a speaker in the program "Impacta I+D 2021", organized by the Direction of Technological Management USACH. In this instance, our patent specialist addressed the topic "Intellectual Property Protection:...
Covarrubias has been recognized by Legal 500 in Intellectual Property and Life Sciences
The prestigious British publication, Legal 500, dedicated to the investigation of the work done by law firms in different practice areas and worldwide, has again recognized our firm in its latest edition. On this occasion, our firm was highlighted in the Life...
Covarrubias has been highlighted in patents by IAM Patent 1000
Our firm has been recognized again in Patents - Chile by the specialized international publication IAM Patent 1000, in the bronze category. In addition, our partner Arturo Covarrubias was highlighted as an individual in the bronze category in this latest edition. The...
Covarrubias has been recognized again by Leaders League
Our firm has been recognized again by the international publication Leaders League - Latin America in several Intellectual Property matters. In IP Litigation, Patent Litigation and Patent Prosecution our firm has been highlighted as "Excellent", and in Plant Varieties...
Sofia Covarrubias commented for World Trademark Review in “We are not sure that the time is right: professionals are questioning Chile’s decision to approve the Madrid Protocol”.
“Not sure it is the right time”: practitioners question Chile’s move to approve the Madrid Protocol Chile has set in motion the process to approve the Madrid Protocol in Congress Slowness to implement modernisations of the Trademark Law a concern locally IP office...
Expiration or Cancellation for Non-Use of Marks: A wait that has taken more than seven years
Every day, more entrepreneurs have realized the importance and value that trademarks give to their company, to the products and/or services they market with it. This is a favorable situation, but it has one problem: we have less and less imagination to invent a sign...
Use of Ivermectin in COVID-19
The current SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) associated to the pandemic is an international public health emergency and there is currently no adequate treatment to fight it. Many laboratories and research groups are working hard to find potential vaccines or drugs to...