María del Pilar López Q

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property and Lifesciences Law

Career

Universidad Escuela Libre de Derecho (Law degree, 2006)

Master in Notary Law (candidate)

INCAE Business School and Georgetown University Law Center Joint Program: Legal Aspects of International Business Executive Program (2005)

International Seminar on Alternative Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property (2001)

Formation and Certification of Mediators and Conciliators (2001)

Professional Memberships

Costa Rican Bar Association

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Inter American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)

Costa Rican - American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) - IP Committee

Chamber of Commerce Costa Rica

Association of National Professionals in Intellectual Property in Costa Rica (APPICR) – Vice-president (2010- march of 2012)

International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) - KnowledgeNet Chair (2017-2019)

Association of National Professionals in Intellectual Property in Costa Rica (APPICR) – Secretary (2019 to date)

Member of International Bar Association (IBA)

Publications

New Legislation Eliminates Criminal Actions for IP Enforcement published in the INTA Bulletin on November 15, 2008.

Cancellation for Non-Use: Decision Shifts Burden of Proof of Use to the Trademark Owner published in the INTA Bulletin dated November 1, 2008 Vol. 63 No. 20 and also published in Marcasur in November 2008, Issue No. 8).

Enforcement and challenges of the patent regime in Costa Rica published in Marcasur on November 23, 2011.

The luxury of fashion law published in World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR) on November 1, 2013.

Clinical trials in Costa Rica: protecting patient privacy published in Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review on June 10, 2016.

Stem cells in Costa Rica: a boost for medical research published in Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review on July 4, 2017.

Costa Rica Battling for Acquired Distinctiveness published in World Trademark Review on September 1, 2017.

Costa Rica has released new rules for the clinical investigation of adult stem cells, as María del Pilar López and Esteban Monge of Zürcher Lawyers report published in Life Sciences Intellectual Property Review on October 4, 2018.

Privacy Profile published in Bloomberg Law in April 2020.

Data Protection in the Context of the Coronavirus Pandemic published in Bloomberg Law in April 2020.

Trademarking national symbols in Costa Rica – what you need to know published in World Trademark Review on July 24, 2020.