Trademarks and Patents

Our foreign department is staffed with highly trained professionals, ensuring that even the simple aspects of trademark, patent or copyright prosecution matters are handled in an efficient and expertly manner. We are able to assist our clientele with the launching of their trade marks be
in on a domestic level or on from an international perspective.

We offer full IP services in the Caribbean and Latin-American regions and our services encompass the following:

• Legal auditing of trademark, patent and domain name portfolios.
  
• Availability searches (turn around time 5-7 working days): trademarks, industrial designs, patents, corporate names, copyright databases, domain names, web sites, etc.
  
• Registrations for trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyright, sanitary registrations, trade names and domain name applications with answers to common questions such as “why?”, “how?” and “where?” to file.
  
• Trademark renewal projects in all countries in the Caribbean and Latin-America
  
• Trademark watching services: we offer regular reports for specific countries identified by our clients; advise in relation to possible opposition procedures in all countries and always seeking an amicable resolution of conflicts thanks to our negotiation techniques.
  
• Recordal of changes in proprietor name and address, mergers, assignments on trade mark related matters
  
• IP Litigation: initiation and follow-up seizure procedures in infringement cases; offensive policy in order to prevent tedious and long court cases in partnership with our network of attorneys; handling of client case expenses in a cost-efficient manner, and efficient settlement of conflicts
  
• Consultancy services: practical advice and recommendations for specific projects; legal analysis in view of a competition context and of the question of concerned goods and/or services
  
• Cost effective and competitive quotations
  
• Practical solutions in view of our clients commercial and marketing strategies
  
• Rationalization of client IP expenses and provisional budget per project
  
• Initiation of litigation on oppositions against registrations as well as for cases of unfair competition, nullity and/or cancellation actions
  
• Advising clients in relation to franchising and licensing matters and preparing of legal documents (contracts) relating to these matters
  
• Our value-added capabilities are: regulatory approvals and licenses for doing business, importing or exporting, operating and distribution arrangements, corporate transactions, coordination of portfolio management throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as enforcement through litigation or other dispute resolution
  
• Legal advice in relation to cautionary notices, anti-piracy matters and strategies in various countries, initiating and completing opposition actions, law suits and office actions before the respective Registries and Courts in various countries.
  

We manage worldwide trademark portfolios for clients in a wide array of industries, sizes, business structures and geographic locations. The IP department’s industry experience includes:

We know our clients` portfolios and those of their competitors and have enforced their trademark rights and litigated in many countries. Because we know our client`s needs inside and out, our clearance opinion work and counseling is outstanding.

We offer IP services in the following countries:

Copyright

E-Proint is one among the few firms in Costa Rica deeply involved in Copyright related matters. We advise our clients on the mechanics and drafting of all types of contracts regarding this important field. In addition, we register literary, artistic, software, and products from other genres. We offer advice In extreme cases, we litigate and bring suit for violations of the Copyright Law and the Law on Procedures for Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights.

Our broad copyright practice covers traditional print, music, advertising, art and sculpture as well as content delivered digitally over the Internet or by DVD, CD, MP3, cell phone, PDA device, wi-fi, cable or satellite TV. In the digital environment, where technology and content issues intersect, our robust patent expertise adds value to our copyright counseling. We create and negotiate agreements for creators, software developers, Internet companies, content providers, retailers and record companies. We also handle content, software and database licensing in emerging or rapidly evolving industries.

High Technology and E-Commerce

We are a leading Firm in the field of E-Contracting and E-Commerce, continuously carrying out the drafting of consulting and Internet contracts, such as Licenses, Webpage Warnings, Electronic Publicity Contracts, Hosting Contracts, and Webpage Design, Data Protection, Registration, control, and oversight of domain names; studies of cyber squatting amongst others.