Alejandro Castro Angulo

Partner & Managing Director

Alejandro Castro

alejandrocastro@unionandina.com

Alejandro Castro Angulo

+51 920 002 829

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

Legal Procedure for Plant Variety Registration in Peru

Legal Procedure for Plant Variety Registration in Peru

Applicable Regulations Regulation for the Protection of Plant Variety Rights - DS 35-2011-PCM Chief Resolution No. 0127-2021-INIA Decision 345 - Common Regime for the Protection of Plant Variety Rights  1991 UPOV Convention Act Competent Authorities: Administrative...

The Legal ABC of Brands – Register, Protect, and Grow

The Legal ABC of Brands – Register, Protect, and Grow

On July 12th, the workshop titled "The Legal ABC of Brands - Register, Protect, and Grow" was held, co-organized by the Entrepreneurial Development Center (CDE) of ESAN and ASIPI. The event featured the participation of our Managing Partner, Alejandro Castro, member...

XIV Latin American Forum – Law, Business, and Innovation

XIV Latin American Forum – Law, Business, and Innovation

On July 6th, our Managing Partner, Alejandro Castro, attended the XIV Latin American Forum - Law, Business, and Innovation organized by Gericó Associates. In this edition, the focus of the discussion was on key industries for the sustainable growth of the region:...