Luis Diego Castro

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Life Sciences Law

Technology

Biotechnology Law

Corporate and Commercial law

Information Technology Law and Data Privacy

Real Estate Law

Career

- Law Degree from the University of Costa Rica (UCR).

- Public Notary.

-His continuing legal education includes the Program for Instruction for Lawyers at Harvard Law School (1999).

Professional Memberships

International Bar Association (IBA)

Costa Rican Bar Association.

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).

Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI).

Innovation Committee at the Costa Rican Chamber of Industries (CICR).

International Trademark Association (INTA).

Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).

ItechLaw – International Technology Law.

APPICR – Costa Rican Intellectual Property Professionals.

Costa Rican Chamber of Information and Communication Technologies (CAMTIC).

Publications

Co-authored the Costa Rican Chapter of “Trademarks - 2018 Chambers Global Practice Guides”, a publication by Chambers and Partners.

Co-authored the Costa Rican Chapter of “Patent Litigation - 2018 Chambers Global Practice Guides”, a publication by Chambers and Partners.

Co-authored the Costa Rican Chapter of Patents, the book of the collection Getting the Deal Through, a 2017 publication by Law Business Research Ltd.

Biotech and Pharma Patents in Costa Rica – Biotech Committee at the American Intellectual Property Law Association - 2013.

Personal

Collaborates and serves as board member for several biotech and life sciences clusters aiming to grow the local biotech industry and position Costa Rica as a global life sciences hub.

Languages Spoken

English and Spanish.