Ricardo Alberto Antequera

Ricardo Alberto Antequera H.
Director of the Department of Trademarks, Advertising and Sports and Entertainment
Managing Partner

Recent Recognitions

• Informa WORLDLeaders Award Excellence in Exercise and Litigation Marcario Latin America and the Caribbean (Nov. 2008)
• Clasificado en la “Banda 1” por la Latin American Chambers and Partners Guide 2009.Exercise
  • Trademarks
  • Copyright
  • Unfair Competition
  • Advertisement
  • Antipiracy, Customs and Border Measures
  • Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
  • Licensing
  • Sports & Entertainment

  Ricardo Alberto Antequera advises and develops strategies for transactions and litigation relating to trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, advertising, sports and entertainment. Directs and coordinates teams of lawyers in a wide variety of IP matters, including anti-piracy software.

  Education

  • Lawyer, Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (1993)
  • Intellectual Property Summer Institute, Franklin Pierce Law Center (New Hampshire, USA, 1996)
  • Specialization in Intellectual Property, University of Los Andes (1999) Honors Thesis.
  • Certificate of vocational training for the implementation of commercial arbitration and conciliation, mention “Excellent” (Catholic University Andres Bello)

  Professional Experience

  • Former Consultant, Department of Intellectual Property and Electronic Commerce, Economic Integration Secretariat (SIECA).
  • Study Partner Parilli & Rodríguez Antequera since 1997.

  Teaching Experience

  • Graduate Guest Professor, Intellectual Property, University of Los Andes and Universidad Metropolitana.
  • Professor, Intellectual Property management courses organized jointly by the Venezuelan Chamber of Medicines (CAVEME) and Catholic University Andrés Bello.
  • Speaker at conferences, seminars and courses organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Regional Center for Book Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLALC), SIECA, the ILATID, the IIDA, INTA and International Law Committee of the Section of Intellectual Property Law at the Bar of New York.
  • Visiting Professor in the graduate courses in Latin American university teacher training in Copyright and Related Rights, organized by the Universidad de Los Andes.
  • Guest Professor at the Graduate of Intellectual Property organized by the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and the Venezuelan Chamber of Medicines (CAVEME)

  Publications

  • Co-publisher, Intellectual Property: Relevant Issues in International Trade (2000)
  • “Trademarks and Internet”, paper published in the book “Intellectual Property tribute to Dr. Ricardo Antequera Parilli (2004)

  Ricardo Alberto Antequera has also published numerous papers on topics such as:

  • Intellectual Property in the international arena.
  • Domain names in the field of trademark law and other fields of Intellectual Property.
  • The system of audiovisual works in satellite broadcasting and cable.
  • Intellectual Property in the Andean Community.
  • The moral rights to new technologies.
  • The smells and tastes as trademarks.
  • Electronic commerce and management of trademark rights.

  Recent Presentations

  • Trademark Registration Process in Venezuela: Special Emphasis on Trademarks in Foreign Language (INTA Annual Meeting, 2008)
  • Counterfeiting in Venezuela (State Bar of New York, 2007)
  • What Can Happen When a Country Gets Serious about IP Enforcement (Paper presented at Fralklyn Pierce Law Center, 2008)

  Memberships

  • Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI)
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)
  • The Association of European Trademark Holders (MARQUES)
  • International Federation of Intellectual Property lawyers (FICPI)
  • Emerging Issues Committee, Subcommittee on fair use and other limitations (2006-2009)
  • American Institute of Copyright (IIDA)
  • ILATID