ABOUT US
AURORA LÓPEZ-PORTILLO C.
Founding partner of LPMA LAW, in charge of the Trademarks and Copyright area, with extensive experience in managing intellectual property portfolios.
Graduated from Westhill University.
Professor at Westhill University.
Vice President of the Copyright Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
She speaks Spanish, English and French.
You may contact her at: aurora@lpmalaw.com
ULISES MERCADO SALGADO
Founding partner of LPMA LAW, S.C. In charge of the area of Patents, with more than 10 years of experience in handling patent procedures, Utility Models and Industrial Designs.
He has a postgraduate degree as Master of Science in Genomic Biotechnology, graduated from the National Polytechnic Institute, at the Center for Genomic Biotechnology.
Professional Studies as a Biochemical Engineer with a Specialty in Food, graduated from the Technological Institute of Morelia.
Professor and Researcher at the Institute of Hematopathology. Mexico.
Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
He speaks Spanish and English.
You may contact him at: ulises@lpmalaw.com
DAVID ALBÍTER MUÑOZ
Founding partner of LPMA LAW, with 12 years of experience on Regulatory Law and Intellectual property.
He has worked as in-house lawyer and international Law Firms, participating in product launches for national and international food and supplement companies.
David has approved and reviewed over 2,000 labels and formulas in all product categories.
Law Degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho ELD. .
Regulation Degree from the National Commission on Regulatory Improvement CONAMER.
Assistant Lecturer at the Escuela Libre de Derecho.
Expert on Regulation for Consumer Products Chambers and Associations.
David is fluent in English and Spanish and has intermediate level in French.
You may contact him at: david@lpmalaw.com
LUIS EDUARDO ÁVILA PÉREZ
Founding partner of LPMA LAW and has more than 12 years of experience in large firms, always in the area of taxation and international trade.
He is a lawyer graduated from La Salle University and has diverse diplomas in tax matters, business creation, electronic commerce and is currently studying for International Business at the National Polytechnic Institute.
He speaks Spanish and English.
You may contact him at: eduardo@lpmalaw.com
TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS
LPMA LAW is a firm specialized in the protection of intellectual property rights, we have highly qualified and trained professionals to provide complete coverage for any company or individual interested in having protection over their intangible assets.
Our services cover the following:
TRADEMARKS
Registration of trademarks, slogans, designations of origin, geographical indications, commercial names, collective trademarks, renewals and declarations of use, registration of assignments or mergers, licenses of use or franchises, changes of name of owner or address, as well as monitoring the trademark portfolio of a holder for the filing or answering of oppositions (among others).
COPYRIGHTS
Registration of works of art, rights reserves, renewals, registration of licenses of use or assignments, changes of name of owner or address (among others).
Litigation and mediation of conflicts in Intellectual Property
Cancellation actions, nullity actions, infringements, disputes in domain names before administrative, judicial and private entities, as well as civil lawsuits in connection to the collection of damages, in all applicable instances.
LEGAL ADVICE
On image rights, domain names, trade secrets and unfair competition.
We seek to provide our clients with a quality, expedited and personalized service, supporting them nationally through our own office and internationally through our network of correspondents.
AT LPMA LAW
PATENTS
The LPMA Patents area is formed with a group of professionals with more than 10 years of experience in the prosecution of Patents in Mexico, services that range from patentability opinions and freedom-to-use analysis for technological innovations and business projects based on innovations, as well as the own development of patent documents for submission before the Authority, as well as the filing and prosecution of national stage applications claiming priority rights for international applications either under the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty) or by the Paris Convention.
Patent Search services and TeChnical Opinions
On innovations, as well as technological surveillance to properly advise on the status of protection in Mexico for any technology as well as advising about inventions having in-force patents that are about to expire. The areas of specialization include:
- Biotechnology,
- Pharmaceutics, Chemistry,
- Mechanics,
- Utility Models,
- Industrial Designs.
REGULATORY
LPMA offers legal advice on Sanitary Law and Consumer Protection. Its high rank of complexity and the assistance our clients require, includes:
- Review and design of product labels: food, alcoholic beverages, tobacco, cosmetics, dietary supplements, medical devices, drugs, pesticides.
- Proceedings before the Mexican Tequila and Mezcal Regulatory Councils.
- Compliance on advertising regulations.
- Proceedings before the Mexican Food and Drug Protection Agency - COFEPRIS: notices of establishment opening, product notices, import permits, product registration.
- Proceedings before the Mexican Consumer Protection Agency - PROFECO, including assistance during verification visits and infringement notices.
- Assistance and proceedings for publicity, sweepstakes and promotions.
- Advice on accreditation for laboratories, quality management systems.
- Litigation and mediation on the foregoing matters.
At LPMA, we support our clients on a national level through our office and on an international level through our correspondents network, for which we can assist on cases before the FDA, INVIMA and other foreign health and consumer protection agencies.
COMPLIANCE AND DATA PRIVACY
Did you know that all companies and individuals who manage personal data must count with a privacy notice? Does your website count with Terms & Conditions? At LPMA, we solve these and other needs of our clients in compliance and data protection through:
- Due diligence in Data Protection compliance and verification of data management processes.
- Preparation of Privacy Policies, according to Mexican Law, as well as European and International regulations.
- Preparation of Terms & Conditions for websites, online stores, mobile apps, among others.
- Assistance in verification proceedings before the Mexican Data Protection Institute - INAI.
Our Firm provides complete services in international trade, customs and tax law so that our clients may carry out their world trade operations complying with all requirements established by the Law, avoiding any possible infringements.
We assist our clients in obtaining the IMMEX and PROSEC programs and the Certified Company Registration with the tax and customs authorities, as well as providing legal advice to comply with obligations after obtaining the programs.
Our lawyers provide legal advice in Administrative and Custom procedures, seizure of goods, tax and customs audits and tax assesments issued by the authorities, as well as filing administrative appeals, nullity actions and constitutional appeals.
Contact Us
Location
Luz Saviñón #13 - 304
Col. Del Valle
Alc. Benito Juárez, C.P. 03100
Mexico City, Mexico.
+52 1 55 8718 9420
