Sandra Iriarte
Co-Founder and Director of the Intellectual Property Department. She has more than 20 years of experience managing intellectual property rights portfolios for national and international clients, both in terms of the protection of rights, as well as in their defense and enforcement, in a variety of administrative, civil, customs and criminal actions. Sandra has become a recognized lawyer as a key reference for these issues in the country for her experience and specialization in these matters.
She directs the firm's intellectual property team on a day-to-day basis, defining the best strategies for portfolio management, as well as in legal recommendations along with lawyers and assistants for actions that require clients to take for the protection of their rights in various aspects such as transfer of technology, license of rights, copyright, geographical indications and appellations of origin and dispute settlement and intellectual property litigation mainly in actions of infringement, unfair competition, nullity, cancellations, border measures, among others.
Sandra also has experience in the corporate law area, where she began her practice, and to date is involved to attend and manage different issues for clients in this area.
Practice areas
Intellectual Property
Studies:
Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences, Lawyer and Notary, Francisco Marroquín University (Cum Laude) (2005).
Pensum closed in the Master's Degree in Intellectual Property at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala (2009)Master's Degree in Intellectual Property from the University of Torino and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) (2012)
Languages:
Spanish, English, German, Italian.
Other:
Senior Lecturer in the Intellectual Property Class at Galileo University's Bachelor of International Trade (2010-2016)
Consultant for the European Union with the implementation and educations of Intellectual Property issues with the Free Trade Agreement signed by Central American and European Union countries (2013).
Invited Professor by the Francisco Marroquín de Guatemala University to give talks to students and professors about Intellectual Property (2016-2019).
Coach of the Guatemalan team of del Istmo University for the Oxford Intellectual Property Moot (2018).
Guatemala Intellectual Property Consulting, for the Stanford CIS WILMap program, Guatemala chapter (2018-to-date).
Professor of Intellectual Property class at the Master's Degree in Customs Administration and International Trade, Galileo University (2018)
Phone: (+502) 2279-7474
Email: sandra@palomolaw.com
Associations:
Guatemalan Bar and Notaries Association
Chairman of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Guatemalan American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) (2018-2020)
International Trademark Association (INTA), where she is currently a member of the Unfair Competition Committee (2020-2022)
Acknowledgements:
Ranked Associate-to-watch: Intellectual Property by Chambers and Partners (2020)
Associate-to-watch Sandra Iriarte is endorsed by interviewees, who say: "She's an experienced and proactive IP specialist." Another source says: "It's really easy to work with her and she has a lot of technical knowledge of IP issues."
Next Generation Lawyer for Intellectual Property by LEGAL 500 (2019)
Top TM Professional por WORLD TRADEMARK REVIEW (2020)
Leading Lawyer WHO’S WHO LEGAL (2020)
