Litigation

In search of fast, effective and practical solutions to ur clients' legal disputes with third parties, we offer alternative services to judicial litigation through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.

We advise our clients on the different alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, such as the following:

• direct negotiations
• transactional agreements
• conciliation
• mediation
• Amicable composition
• arbitration

We advise our clients in the defense of their intellectual property rights, including patents, trademarks, plant breeders' rights, industrial designs, trade secrets, copyrights, among others.

Based on the objectives and culture of each of our clients, we evaluate each case from a legal and practical perspective to develop alongside our clients a strategy that adapts to those objectives and culture and allows us to obtain results in an efficient, effective and practical manner.

We have extensive experience in intellectual property rights litigation before both criminal and civil jurisdictions.

We advise our clients in litigation that derives from acts of unfair competition, including acts of confusion, misleading, imitation, exploitation of another's reputation, violation of norms, among others, both before the Superintendency of Industry and Commerce, and before the Civil Courts.

We also advise our clients on the prevention of unfair competition, from training on unfair competition matters to the review of procedures, labels and advertising of their products and/or services, becoming a strategic ally to our clients as they participate in the market under the fair competition premise.

There are many cases in which it is necessary to go before the Contentious-Administrative jurisdiction to invalidate administrative acts by means of which certain cases are decided.

For example, in case trademarks, patents or designs are rejected, as well as when health registrations are denied, we defend our clients' rights by means of Annulment and Reinstatement Actions.

Similarly, when seeking to annulment of an administrative act that grants a right to a third party, either because it violates our clients' rights or because it does not comply with the legal requirements, we defend our clients' interests by means of Annulment Actions.

We advise our clients in litigation that derives from the non-compliance of the sanitary and health regulations in matter of publicity and promotion that can generate sanctionatory investigations.

We also advise our clients in the prevention of this type of investigations, providing training to company officials, as well as conducting review, filing and procurement of advertising and promotional material of all types of products before the INVIMA when required, or in case prior approval is not necessary, we review the material in accordance with the applicable legislation for each type of product, becoming a strategic ally of our clients when it comes to participating in the market under the premise of fair competition.

We aggressively defend the rights of our clients against counterfeiting and piracy of their products, from medical products and luxury goods, to perfumes and software.

We work together with our clients to develop a strategy to combat counterfeiting and piracy that meets their specific needs, always seeking to be effective and efficient in the pursuit of said objectives. We maintain an open and creative mind to propose and evaluate any strategic alternative, because we clearly understand that individual experiences add to the collectivity and that counterfeiters are people and groups that adapt easily, so we also have to adapt to be one step ahead.

We have very close professional relations with the Attorney General, Civil Courts, Judicial Police and National Police, DIAN, INVIMA and other public entities, to jointly dismantle organizations dedicated to counterfeiting and piracy of all types of products, and throughout the Colombian territory.

We advise our clients integrally to establish a relationship with their clients and potential clients based on the respect of consumer protection laws.

Thus, in order to prevent lawsuits or investigations for violation of consumer protection regulations, we begin with a diagnosis of the relationship between our clients and their clients or potential clients, focused on compliance with the consumer protection norms, in order to develop a joint strategy to improve, refine and comply with consumer protection laws in the shortest possible time.

We provide permanent counseling to our clients in terms of consumer protection, including guarantees, advertising and information, adhesion contracts, PQRs (petitions, complaints and claims), Internet sales, among others.

We defend our clients in suits filed by consumers or investigations carried out by the Superintendence of Industry and Commerce regarding these issues.

We advise our clients in the defense of their rights acting in representation or victims or defendants within criminal investigations before the Prosecutor's Office and cases before the Criminal Courts, Tribunals and Supreme Court of Justice.

Our representation is directed to crimes which basis are economic relations between people and their productive environment. As such, we advise and represent clients in crimes against the economic patrimony, information security, copyrights, social and economic order, public faith, the environment and natural resources, public safety, public health, effective and fair administration of justice and administration of justice.

We likewise advise our clients in crime prevention as a consequence of their economic activities.

We advise our clients in litigation that derives from the non-compliance of the sanitary and health regulations in matter of publicity and promotion that can generate sanctionatory investigations.

We also advise our clients in the prevention of this type of investigations, providing training to company officials, as well as conducting review, filing and procurement of advertising and promotional material of all types of products before the INVIMA when required, or in case prior approval is not necessary, we review the material in accordance with the applicable legislation for each type of product, becoming a strategic ally of our clients when it comes to participating in the market under the premise of fair competition.

We advise our clients on disputes that may arise over domain names under ICANN's UDRP rules and WIPO's Supplemental Rules for UDRP, both before ICANN.