We offer full IP services in the Caribbean and Latin-American regions. Our services cover:

• Legal auditing of trademark portfolios.
• Availability searches (turn around time 5-7 working days) of trademarks, industrial designs, patents, corporate names, copyright databases, domain names, web sites, etc.
• Registrations of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyrights, 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 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 amicable resolution of conflicts thanks to our negotiation techniques.
• Recordal of changes in proprietor name and address, mergers, assignments.
• IP Litigation: follow-up seizure procedures in infringement cases; offensive policy in order to prevent long court cases in partnership with our attorney network; handling of client case expemses in a cost-conscious 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 client’s commercial and marketing strategies.
• Rationalization of client IP expenses and provisional budget per project.
• Initiation of litigation for 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.
• 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 Central America, 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.

Our department is experienced working with a wide range of industries, sizes, business structures and geographic locations. The IP department's industry experience includes:

• Agrochemical • Aviation • Apparel • Banking and Financial Services • Consumer • Cosmetics • Electric and Electronics • Franchising • Manufacturing • Medical

• Hospitality • Personal Care • Petroleum • Pharmaceuticals • Real Estate • Retail • Services • Software • Spirits and Wines • Tourism

E-PROINT’s corporate and commercial practice group is one of the best regarded practices in San José, Costa Rica. Our team supports companies in their day to day needs and in the process of major commercial transactions not only in Costa Rica but also bringing an international perspective that accommodates global businesses.
Our expert legal services cover areas such as:

• Advice for corporations, investment bank, private banks, telecommunications, private equity houses in Costa Rica and the Central American region.
• Advice regarding all types of domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the public and private sectors  
• General legal advice regarding Betting and Gaming, Commercial Contracts, Consumer Credit and Retail Finance, Corporate Finance, Corporate Tax, Data Protection, e-business, Employment, Pensions and Incentives, EU and Competition, Financial Services and Markets, Health and Safety, Hotels, IPOs, Insurance and Reinsurance, Intellectual Property, Investment Management, Leisure, Licensing, Media, Outsourcing, Private Equity and Venture Capital, Product Liability (Food Law), Restructuring and Insolvency, Technology and Telecoms, Water.

E- PROINT has developed a service area in the maritime transportation sector, which includes inspections and documentation in order to assure the compliance with local authorities as well as of contracts that imply trademarks and intellectual property, the registration of vessels, investigations of the maritime authorities in the region, as well as cargo claims, litigious maritime disputes, insurance and P & I. 




 
 

At E-PROINT, we continuously advice clients regarding investments in Costa Rica. We provide ample legal counsel for the entire real estate activity, starting from the purchase of the property, throughout the planning and development stages, clear up to the sale of the project. We are proud to help our clients feel comfortable and well informed through out the process.