Carlos Pulcha
External legal consultant at Brand Protection
legal@unionandina.com
Carlos is an Intellectual Property attorney with over ten years of dedicated experience in Brand Protection. He has led the Brand Protection division at a well-established law firm, coordinating enforcement raids against piracy affecting prominent international brands. Additionally, he possesses extensive expertise in the administrative registration and protection of trademark and patent portfolios for both national and international clients, providing comprehensive and strategic advice in the defense of Intellectual Property rights.
Education
• Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lawyer with summa cum laude honors (2014)
Languages
• Spanish and English
Publications
• “Exhaustion of Trademark Rights in the Andean Community and the European Union: A Perspective from Competition Law and the Utopia of a Truly Integrated Market,” thesis submitted for the law degree.
Latest 3 articles on our blog
The Acte clair in the Andean Community
In the pronouncements corresponding to Cases 1-IP-87 (VOLVO), 7-IP-89 (CIBA-GEIGY AG), 3-IP-93 (SOCIEDAD ALUMINIO NACIONAL S.A.), and 11-IP-96 (BELMONT), The Court of Justice of the Andean Community (TJCA) established the foundations for the application of mandatory...
Potential greater restrictions on spam or initial contact
On May 8, 2023, the Consumer Defense Commission unanimously approved the report recommending the persistence of the draft law that amends Law 29571, the Consumer Protection and Defense Code, with the aim of regulating spam or unsolicited commercial prospecting...
Opportunity to submit a divisional patent application
Article 34 of Decision 486 of the Andean Community states that a patent application may be modified at any time during the process, as long as it does not imply an extension of the disclosure contained in the initial application. In this regard, the Court of Justice...