Graciela Sarahí Cruz Raudales
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Band 4 : Intellectual Property
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Provided by Graciela Sarahí Cruz Raudales
Practice Areas
Graciela Cruz is Partner of García & Bodán and Director of the Intellectual Property practice area at García & Bodán Honduras.
Her professional practice is specialized in the areas of intellectual property and health regulation, including everything related to portfolio management, processing and defense of portfolios before the various competent Administrative Authorities in each area.
In addition to the current services provided by the department, Graciela Cruz has developed a systematic process of capacitation through Embassies and several Chambers of Commerce to guide new entrepreneurs interested in expanding their market share to Central America.
Graciela has experience advising international companies such as Kraft Heinz, Grupo Lala, Cargill, Ambev, PepsiCo, Novo Nordisk, Saba, United Airlines, INDITEX, AjeGroup, Banistmo, Puma Energy, Mophie, Spotify, Fox, HBO, SKY, PetSmart, Grupo Cerca, among other national and international clients, on Intellectual Property and health regulations.
Besides her successful career, Graciela has been asked to participate as Specialist in IP matters at the Universidad Católica de Honduras, Universidad Metropolitana, and Universidad Tecnológica de Honduras, for Law, Marketing and Business Administration students.
Practice areas:
- Trademarks and other Distinctive Signs
- Patents and Industrial Designs
- Copyrights
- Plant variety rights
- Sanitary registration of food products, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals
- Franchises
- Consumer Law
- Corporate-Commercial
- Commercial Promotions
- Entertainment Law
Professional Memberships
- Honduras Bar Association.
Publications
- Contribution in Annual Report of World Bank and the International Finance Corporation “Doing Business”, 2012-2014.
- Contribution in Report of World Bank and the International Finance Corporation “Women, Business and the Law”, 2014.
Work Highlights
- Filing and obtaining health registrations of over 400 for food products of Mondelēz International in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.
- Introduction of a portfolio of over 40 trademarks in El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua for Rainbow Agrosciences.
- Filing and obtaining health registrations of over 200 for food perfumery products of INDITEX, S.A. for the cosmetic products under trademarks Zara and Pull & Bear
- Represented Laboratorios La Santé in administrative litigation to defend our client’s new commercial name and group of trademarks, against an opposition filed by a local company claiming prior and superior rights to the name.
- Management of the trademark, patents and copyrights portfolio in Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panamá y Belize to one of the leading food company in Latin America.
- Filing and obtaining health registrations of cosmetic products for Clinique, from Estēe Lauder.
- Trademark registration of Bago Group in Nicaragua and Honduras.
- Counseled to Mexican dairy company Grupo Lala in their acquisition of Eskimo, S.A., Nicaragua’s largest dairy producer. Counsel consisted on the elaboration of a due diligence of Eskimo and its Honduran subsidiary, and legal advice on issues
Languages Spoken
Spanish
English
Education
Universidad Católica de Honduras (UNICAH)
Master of Business Administration
2012
Universidad Católica de Honduras (UNICAH)
Graduated in Law
2008
Chambers Review
Latin America
Co-head of the department Graciela Sarahí Cruz Raudales is well regarded by market commentators within the Honduran intellectual property field.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Graciela Sarahí Cruz Raudales delivers excellent client service."
"Graciela Sarahí Cruz Raudales delivers excellent client service."
Articles, highlights and press releases
1 item provided by García & Bodán
García & Bodán strengthens practice areas with promotion of Partners
García & Bodán received the year with three new Partners in two of their offices in the region, strengthening three of its main practice areas. Melvin Estrada from Nicaragua, Graciela Cruz and Godofredo Siercke from Honduras, were promoted to Partners last January 19th.
García & Bodán strengthens practice areas with promotion of Partners
García & Bodán received the year with three new Partners in two of their offices in the region, strengthening three of its main practice areas. Melvin Estrada from Nicaragua, Graciela Cruz and Godofredo Siercke from Honduras, were promoted to Partners last January 19th.
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Agriculture and Agribusiness
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Health and Life Sciences
Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT)