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- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Alessandri hires renowned Patent Engineer as Senior Counsel Fernando López, with a long and recognized career working with national and foreign inventors, recently joined the patent team. Knowing the client and his invention to the smallest detail. For Fernando López this is the first and the starting point in any patent application. This engineer with more than 20 years of experience working with […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Alessandri is shortlisted in Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2019 The “Pro Bono Program of the Year award” celebrates a firm’s dedication to offering legal assistance to their local or global community. The Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Awards 2019 celebrate in-house legal teams and law firms who are furthering the advancement of diversity and inclusion across Latin America. With clients increasingly demanding to see improvements […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Britcham Chilean legal report 2019: merger control in Chile MERGER CONTROL IN CHILE: ASSESSMENT OF THE NEW MANDATORY NOTIFICATION REGIME A bit more than two years ago, on 1 June, 2017, a new, mandatory, premerger control regime entered into force in Chile, replacing the old voluntary filing system. The premerger control system makes it mandatory to notify any projected transaction to the National Economic […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Shaping of Experimental Evidence to Support Pharmaceutical Patents in Argentina, Chile and Colombia When drafting, prosecuting and defending a pharmaceutical patent application, the examples and experimental evidence are key issues on which the technical sufficiency, reproducibility and inventiveness of the claimed subject matter rely decisively. Senior Patent Attorney Francesca Rodriguez writes about The Shaping of Experimental Evidence to Support Pharmaceutical Patents in Argentina, Chile and Colombia, in the […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News About the big fine to Facebook and the aging app: Would you give your house or car keys to a third party? The Federal Trade Commission in the United States has just imposed an unprecedented fine on Facebook for privacy violations: 5 billion dollars, for inappropriately sharing data from users of this social network with Cambridge Analytica. Let’s remember the case: through a personality test that 270,000 people answered, this third party accessed through the networks of […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News GDPR’s one-year figures More than 12 months after the effective date of the European Data Protection Regulation, figures show: 200,000 complaints 65 thousand data breaches 95,000 claims 91 fines totaling 55.96 million euros 20,043 requests for DPO 2 out of 3 claims are resolved in favour of the data holder Most common complaints due to unwanted telemarketing and […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Cookies and Sernac In April and May of this year, the National Consumer Service (Sernac, Spanish acronym) conducted a survey of various e-commerce providers, reporting – among other figures – that of the companies that use cookies on their websites, 70% of them inform consumers of their use. In this regard, Sernac has pronounced in relation to the […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Progress on the bill on personal data protection: Council for Transparency will be the new Data Protection Agency It has been estimated by the Government and the Congress that the amendments to Law No. 19,628 will become effective within the first half of 2020. On August 5, in a tight vote, the Senate Constitution Committee approved that the Council for Transparency (CPLT) be the authority responsible for ensuring the protection of personal data. […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News How do you handle your employees’ data? There’s no need to wait for a bill. It has been more than a year since Chile’s Constitution included data protection as a guarantee in Article 19. It is urgent that employers review their treatment of employee data as from the selection process. In 2014 the English supermarket chain Morrisons was affected by a data […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Global context of data protection: fines and new investigations On the eve of the amendment to the current law 19,628 on privacy protection, the call is to anticipate and prevent fines: to take extreme care in the processing of personal data and always have the prior and express consent of the relevant holders. From the Cambridge Analytica case, where the personal information of millions […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Keys to reduce the risk of a cyberattack: preventing today Training employees, developing information security policies and protocols, and creating internal committees made up of members from all areas of the company are some concrete measures to reduce the risk of a cyberattack. The damage caused by a cyberattack in a company goes beyond the exposure of databases and personal data of third parties. Personal […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - Our Team Álvaro Ávila Álvaro joined the Intellectual Property team in 2019, particularly in matters relating to trademarks and patents. He is a lawyer, graduated with the highest distinction from the Universidad de Chile. Previously, he worked as an attorney in the Intellectual Property area of Albagli Zaliasnik firm, between 2015 and 2016.
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - Recent Transactions Alessandri Represents Oaktree in Acquisition of Minority Stake in Singular Alessandri advised Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. in its acquisition of a 20% strategic stake in Chilean-based asset management firm and placement agent Singular. This is Oaktree’s first corporate acquisition in Latin America. Read the company press release The Alessandri team was led by partner Felipe Cousiño, senior associate Nicole Cartier and associate José Antonio Cuadra. […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - Our Team Benjamín Napadensky Benjamín joined the firm in 2019 as an associate and focuses his professional practice in M&A area. Before joining Alessandri, he worked as attorney at Morales & Besa, focusing in M&A and free competition area. Benjamín is a member of the Chilean Bar Association.
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - Our Team Pablo Ortega Pablo joined Alessandri in 2019 as an associate and works on matters related to labor law. He is a lawyer, graduated with distinction from the Universidad de Chile. From 2014 to 2016, he worked as an assistant professor of Criminal Law at the Law School of the Universidad de Chile. Pablo is a member of […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Argentina: mandatory affidavit of medium-term for registered trademarks comes into force From June 3rd, 2019, every owner of a trademark that has reached 5 years must -before the 6th year- file an affidavit of use specifyng which products and/or services have been distinguished with the same. – Implementation of medium-term use declaration. Non-submission of the declaration will produce the following effects: It will be presumed that the […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Alessandri in IAM Patent 1000/Strategy 300 rankings Alessandri’s lawyers once again were recognized by the prestigious iam patent/strategy ranking. IAM Patent 1000 highlights: Rodrigo Velasco Alessandri: gold Santiago Ortúzar: silver Francesca Rodríguez: silver Jaime Silva: silver On the other part, IAM Strategy 300: The World’s Leading IP Strategists 2019, highlights only Francesca Rodríguez in Chile, as an expert in matters […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News APEC: senior associate of Alessandri advocates standardization in patent regulations to drive innovation Francesca rodríguez, senior associate of Alessandri, is interviewed by the Diario Financiero in the context of APEC on standardization in patent law. “There is no impetus to innovation and entrepreneurship without protection of industrial property and patents. This is precisely one of the axes of the preparatory tables of the economies of Asia-Pacific for the […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Opening act bill revives discussion on national performers in massive concerts Among other aspects, the bill obliges producers of massive musical events of more than 3,000 attendees to have a national artist as backdrop and increases the requirements for access to VAT exemption. Regulating a sector linked to culture could harm precisely those who are targeted, making the final price of concert tickets more expensive and […]
- Alessandri Attorneys at Law - News Peru: healthy food Law comes into force with advertising warnings A set of rules establishing the use of front labeling on all processed products high in sugar, sodium, saturated fat and trans fat came into force on June 17, 2019 in Peru. The modification of the Regulation of Law No. 30021 on the Promotion of Healthy Food requires compliance with the Guidelines of Advertising Warnings. […]
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