Simón Valverde

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property and Lifesciences Law

Career

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

- Post-graduate Studies in Notary Law from the Universidad Autónoma de Centroamérica.

- LLM in Intellectual Property, Commerce and Technology Degree from the University of New Hampshire (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center).

Professional Memberships

- Member of International Bar Association (IBA)

- Costa Rican Bar Association.

- International Trademark Association (INTA).

- Costa Rican Association of Intellectual Property Professionals (APPICR)

Publications

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

Co-authored the Costa Rican Chapter of Patent Litigation, the book of the collection Chambers Global Practice Guides, a 2018 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

Are you using correctly your mark in Costa Rica Lexology, March 6, 2014

The effectiveness of patent examiner interviews. Lexology, September 12, 2013

Personal

Simon has been a professor at several universities since 2012 as he is passionate about preparing new generations of lawyers to excel at Intellectual Property Law. His current courses include Patents at Universidad Estatal a Distancia de Costa Rica, and Intellectual Property courses at ULead in the Corporate Law Master's Degree and at the National University in the Innovation Management Master's Degree.