TRADEMARKS
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 acquiring companies.
Applications
Assignments
Domain Name Registrations
Domicile Changes
Due Diligence
Enforcement
Famous Mark Protection
Franchising
Health & Sanitary Registrations (required for some products)
License Agreements
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
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 protections to meet specific needs. We also have expertise in patent litigation.
Applications
Assignments
Confidentiality Agreements
Confidentiality Policies
Due Diligence
Enforcement
IP Audits
License Agreements
Portfolio Management
Searches & Clearance
Unfair Competition
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING & PIRACY
(see Litigation)
FRANCHISING & LICENSING
We 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: hotels, restaurants, fast food services, entertainment services, internet award winning events, consumer products, gourmet cafes, bars, printing services, real state, 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. we also 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 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. Others undertake licensing as a legal venue for outsourcing the manufacture of their products under proprietary formulas and know how. We have assisted clients in adopting 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:
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
SANITARY & HEALTH REGISTRATIONS
The Firm's Sanitary & Health Registrations Division is responsible for representing local and international clients in obtaining registrations for medicines, pharmaceuticals, fertilizers, veterinary products, cosmetics, food and beverages from the health authorities of El Salvador. These registrations are mandatory for the manufacture, sale and distribution of such products in El Salvador.
Among the services rendered by our team of specialized attorneys are coordination of sanitary registrations, legal advice on granting of distribution agreements with Salvadoran distributors, assistance on the import of their products through special authorizations and assistance on registrations of products in Central America and the Dominican Republic.
Products include:
Beverages
Cleaning Products
Cosmetics
Fertilizers
Foods
Food Supplements
Pet Food
Pharmaceuticals
Veterinary Products
Vitamins
COPYRIGHT:
Our Firmīs copyright practice ranges from providing legal advice to registering works of art before the Registry of Intellectual Property and related procedures such as asignments and licencisn. For books we also provide the service of ISBN registration.
DOMAIN NAME REGISTRATION:
Our Firm is one of the pioneers in this area of practice, providing legal advisory, registration, maintenance and related procedures such as assignments, licencing and negotiation in case of ownership conflicts.
