Alejandro Castro Angulo
Partner & Managing Director

Alejandro is the Managing Partner of the firm, and his professional practice focuses on Industrial and Intellectual Property, Advertising, Privacy, and Consumer Protection.
He has over 10 years of experience providing strategic legal advice in the protection of trademarks, patents, and plant varieties in Peru. Additionally, he leads projects for the registration and international protection of brands for local and foreign companies in Latin America and other regions such as Europe, Asia and North America.
As part of his international experience, Alejandro has successfully advised the Xcaret Group from Mexico in the protection of their trademarks in the United States, which involved filing a lawsuit before the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The project was managed jointly with the law firm Allen, Dyer, Doppelt + Gilchrist from Florida.
Education
• University of New Hampshire – Franklin Pierce School of Law, Masters of Laws (LLM) in Intellectual Property (2023-2024) Winner of the ASIPI-UNH Scholarship
• Universidad ESAN, B.A. in Consumer Psychology (2021)
• Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University-The Netherlands, International Business Administration (2016). Universidad ESAN Exchange program
• Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, Lawyer, cum laude (2014)
Memberships
• Civil Association IUS ET VERITAS, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú Law Review
• Lima Bar Association
• Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)
• International Trademark Association (INTA)
Languages
• Spanish and english
Publications
• “How Competitive Poaching constitutes Trademark Infringement and Unfair Competition through the lenses of Bounded Rationality, the FCB Grid, and Information overload.” Winner Article of the ASIPI-UNH Scholarship (to be published).
• “The Kyoto Protocol, the Clean Development Mechanism and the carbon credits”. Co-authored. IUS ET VERITAS N° 36
• “Together but not coupled! An economic distance between trademarks and other Intellectual Property assets, in particular patents and copyrights”. IUS ET VERITAS N° 43
• “Trademark Cognitive Psychology and confusion. A contribution to unfair competition analysis”. Actualidad Jurídica, February 2015, N° 255 – Grupo Gaceta Jurídica.
Latest articles on our blog
Our Managing Partner, Alejandro Castro, wins the ASIPI-UNH scholarship to study the Master’s in Intellectual Property (LLM) at the University of New Hampshire (UNH), Franklin Pierce School of Law
We are thrilled to announce that our Managing Partner, Alejandro Castro, has been selected as one of the recipients of the ASIPI - University of New Hampshire (UNH), Franklin Pierce School of Law Scholarship to pursue a Master's in Intellectual Property (LLM) as a...
Law Promoting the Use of Artificial Intelligence
On July 5, 2023, Law No. 31814 was published - Law that promotes the use of Artificial Intelligence for the economic and social development of the country. Principles for the Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence Risk-Based Approach. Promotion of a Plural...
Non-traditional Trademarks – The “Postobon” case from Colombia
Relevant Articles of Decision 486 Article 134 of Decision 486 states that a trademark is: Any sign capable of distinguishing products or services in the market. A sign capable of graphic representation. Likewise, the following may constitute trademarks: e) a color...