Magdalena Almonte

Languages Spoken

Magdalena Almonte is fluent fluent in both Spanish and English. She has basic knowledge of French.

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property

Consumer Law

Competition Law

Sports Law

Health Regulation

New Technologies

Business Law

Career

Magdalena has more than 10 years of experience concentrating her practice in Corporate Law, Intellectual Property, Consumer Law, Competition Law, Health Regulation and New Technologies. She has successfully coordinated the firm’s Intellectual Property and Regulatory department, representing well-known international brands.

She has extensive experience in New Technologies, her legal advisory work in this area allows the Firm to identify the legal measures and actions available to protect and preserve the right to image; the privacy and integrity of individuals and to seek the imposition of sanctions where appropriate.

Magdalena also led the team that advised Delivery Hero on the acquisition of the main vertical business lines of the Hugo digital platform.

Professional Memberships

Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)

Dominican Association of Intellectual Property (ADOPI)

National Association of Young Entrepreneurs (ANJE)

Association of Industries of the Dominican Republic (AIRD)

Dominican Bar Association (CARD)

Member of the ASIPI Trademarks Committee, period 2012-2015.

Member of the ASIPI Sports Law Committee, period 2015-2018

Member of the ASIPI Anti-Counterfeiting Committee, term 2018-2021

ADOPI Patent Committee Coordinator, period 2020-2022

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Member of INTA’s Committee of Famous and Notorious Trademarks, 2018-2019

Member of the INTA Unfair Competition Committee, 2022-2023

Publications

The Role of Industrial Property in Eco-Innovation, co-author. 2021.

The Rules of the Game in the Digital Economy, AMCHAM-DR, June 2021.

(IN) Existence of Trademark Infringement or Unfair Competition in the use of Online Advertising Keywords. Judicial Gazette, April 2019.

Intellectual Property and blockchain: Opportunities and developments. Funglode, 2019.

“La Vulgarización en la legislación nacional”, Suplemento Marcasur edition No. 10, Marcasur Magazine, 2013.

Effectiveness of international decisions during a transnational insolvency process on security interests granted in the Dominican Republic. Final report for the Master’s Degree in Business Law. PUCMM-RSTA, 2012, co-author.

Legal analysis of cross-border insolvency: Towards a proposal for international integration. Final Report for the Law Degree, PUCMM-RSTA, 2010.

Webinar on the Relevance of Content and AI legal implications on the legal profession, together with the Regional Director of Central American law firm conglomerate, Consortium Legal, Valeria Di Palma, Partner for Central American and Caribbean of KermaPartners| UpWyse, Natalia Villanueva and Latin Counsel. 2023.

Webinar on Health Regulation: challenges and projections, together with the Director General of the General Directorate of Medicines, Food and Health Products (DIGEMAPS), Leandro Villanueva. French-Dominican Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFD), 2021.

Franco-Dominican legal cooperation seminar, digital transition panel. French-Dominican Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFD), 2021.

On Civil Liability in Intellectual Property,

Diploma in Civil Liability, Judicial Gazette, 2020

Coordinator and lecturer

Diploma in Intellectual Property, Gaceta Judicial, 2020

On Industrial Property Protection,

Diplomado en Derecho Empresarial, Gaceta Judicial, 2017, 2019 and 2021

On Unfair Competition,

Diplomado en Derecho de la Competencia, Gaceta Judicial, 2017