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REPRESENTATIVE
SERVICES
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS
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REPRESENTATIVE
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TRADEMARKS
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Romero Pineda & Asociados plans and implements
programs to clear, register, maintain and enforce trademarks for
its clients; as well as to evaluate portfolios prior to
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Applications
Assignments
Domain Name Registrations
Domicile Changes
Due Diligence
Enforcement
Famous Mark Protection
Franchising
Health & Sanitary Registrations (required for some products)
License Agreements
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Maintenance and Tax Payments
(pre-1989 registrations)
Name Changes
Portfolio Management
Renewals
Registration (Domestic, Regional and International)
Searches & Clearance (Domestic, Regional and International)
Unfair Competition
Trademark Audits |
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PATENTS,
COPYRIGHTS
&
TRADE
SECRETS
Our intellectual property lawyers
help clients to protect their inventions, creations and other
protectible intellectual property in a broad range of
industries. We secure and protect rights using traditional
registration procedures and create additional fences to meet
specific needs. We also have expertise in patent litigation.
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Applications
Assignments
Confidentiality Agreements
Confidentiality Policies
Due Diligence
Enforcement |
IP Audits
License Agreements
Portfolio Management
Searches & Clearance
Unfair Competition |
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ANTI-COUNTERFEITING
&
PIRACY
(see Litigation)
FRANCHISING
&
LICENSING
We also assist clients in transactional activities to expand
their businesses through licensing, franchising, joint ventures
and distribution arrangements. Over the years the Firm has been
involved in over 40 franchising negotiations for the most
diverse businesses, like hotels. restaurants, fast food
services, entertainment services, internet award winning events,
consumer products, gourmet cafes, bars, printing services, real
estate, weight reduction and movie theaters, among others. We
have developed unparalleled experience guiding international
Franchisors in understanding and adapting their franchise
agreements to local laws. Some other times we have assisted
local franchisees in negotiating franchise agreements with
foreign franchisors. Knowing both sides of the issue is an
added value attractive to local, medium size clients that have
turned to us when converting their businesses into franchise
operations.
Additionally, some other clients
have engaged in character licensing to launch international and
local merchandising programs, which demands a thorough analysis
of available trademark, copyright and contracting options. Some
others undertake licensing as a legal venue for outsourcing the
manufacture of their products under proprietary formulas and
know how. We have constantly persuaded our clients to adopt
confidentiality protection programs that include defining
confidentiality policies, presentations to management and
employees and structuring the proper contractual protection of
proprietary information.
Our experience in these areas
comprises:
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Area Development Agreements
Character Licensing Agreements
Confidentiality Agreements
Confidentiality Protection Programs
Franchise Agreements
Know-How Licensing Agreements |
Master Franchise Agreements
Software Licensing Agreements
Sub-Franchise Agreements
Technology Transfer Agreements
Trademark Licensing & Sub-Licensing
Agreements |
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SANITARY
&
HEALTH
REGISTRATIONS
Our Firm has a Health Registrations
Department responsible for representing local and international
clients in obtaining form the Health Authorities of El Salvador
the Sanitary Registration for Medicines, Pharmaceuticals,
Fertilizers, Veterinary Products, Cosmetics, Food and Beverages.
These registrations are mandatory in order to commercialize such
products in our country.
Among the services rendered by our team os Specialized Attorneys
are: Coordination of sanitary registrations, Legal Advice on
granting of Distribution Agreements with Salvadorean
Distributors, Assistance on the import of their products through
special authorizations, Assistance on Registrations of products
in all the Central America and Dominican Republic.
In order to commercialize food &
beverage, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and certain other products
in El Salvador, where public health and safety are at risk, it
is necessary to obtain permission from the Superior Council of
Public Health, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of
Agriculture, among others.
Products include:
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Beverages
Cleaning Products
Cosmetics
Fertilizers
Foods |
Food Supplements
Pet Food
Pharmaceuticals
Veterinary Products
Vitamins |
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