Carlos Pérez de la Sierra

Carlos is the founding and managing partner of Calderon & De La Sierra and has devoted his professional life to Intellectual Property.

While his principal activities have traditionally encompassed litigation and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, he has also been active in counseling, prosecution, searches and strategy for both patents and trademarks.

He frequently lectures in Mexico and abroad on a wide range of Intellectual Property Issues, and has actively collaborated with the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office and in professional associations involving Intellectual Property in legislative efforts and educational events pertaining to Intellectual Property Issues.

Carlos is a professor of Patent Law and Intellectual Property Law for post-graduate courses at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and has been a visiting professor of Intellectual Property at the University of California and at Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City.

Distinctions

• President of the Intellectual Property Commission of the Mexican Bar Association (2009-2012)
• Member of the Board of Directors of the Mexican Bar Association
• Permanent Member of the Board of the Mexican Bar Association’s Foundation.
• Managing IP Magazine: Recognized on several occasions as an IP Star.
• Chamber and Partners: Ranked as an IP Global Top Litigator.
• IAM 1000: Considered as a gold-rated practitioner and top tier litigator of transactions and litigation of patents.
• The Legal 500: Ranked as a leading lawyer in IP practice in Mexico.
• WTR 1000: Considered as a leading lawyer in litigation and enforcement practices, 2015. “Market’s IP stalwarts”

Publications

• Key Aspects of Mexican Patent Litigation, 2014.
• Well-Known Marks.
• Propiedad Industrial en la Investigación y Desarrollo Farmacéuticos (Industrial Property on Pharmaceutical Development and Research).
• Propiedad Intelectual en la Academia. Abril, 2011.
• Lost of Novelty for late filing of translations? May, 2001.
• Aspectos Procedimentales de la Propiedad Intelectual (Procedural Aspects of Intellectual Property), February 2008.
• Temas Relevantes en Materia de Propiedad Intelectual, Protección y explotación de las Patentes Farmacéuticas (Relevant Topics on Intellectual Property Matters, Protection and exploitation of pharmaceutical patents), May 2011.
• Some thoughts of Trademarks in Mexico, Proof of Use.

Associations

• Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPII)
• Mexican Bar Association (BMA)
• Permanent Member of the Board of the Mexican Bar Association’s Foundation.
• Asociación Internacional para la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (AIPPI)
• Asociación Internacional de Marcas (INTA)
• Asociación Americana del Derecho de la Propiedad Intelectual (AIPLA)

Languages

Spanish, English, French

Education

• Instituto Superior de Ciencias Jurídicas, Licenciatura en Derecho
• Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), Diplomado en Amparo
• Universidad de Castilla–La Mancha (España), Especialidad en Propiedad Intelectual
• Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual (Suiza), Diploma en Mediación en Disputas de Propiedad Intelectual