Camilo Suárez

Head of the Intellectual Property team. His professional practice focuses on litigation practice and evidence gathering in matters relating to Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property as well as in Unfair Competition and Consumer Law. He has more than 12 years of professional experience in these fields, advising national and foreign clients and, likewise, acting as their representative before different national and international judicial, arbitration and administrative authorities. Camilo has been venturing for the last two (2) years in the autonomous construction of the Anti-Counterfeiting and Counterfeiting practice, representing national and foreign clients in these fields.

Experience:

2023 - TO PRESENT
DIRECTOR
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

2016 - 2022
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Philippi Prietocarrizosa Ferrero DU & Uría

2012 - 2014
SENIOR ASSOCIATE
Prietocarrizosa

2010 - 2012
LEGAL BUSINESS DIRECTOR
Talaris Former De La Rue company

2007 - 2010
LITIGATION DEPARTMENT ASSOCIATE
Triana, Uribe & Michelsen

2006 - 2007
LAWYER - LEGAL VICE-PRESIDENCY
Central de Inversiones S.A.

Education

• 2013
• MASTER’S DEGREE
• Intellectual Property and Competition
• University of La Rioja
• 2012
• SPECIALIST
• Procedural Law
• University of Rosario
• 2011
• DIPLOMATE
• Introduction to the United States Legal System
• Georgetown University

Academic Activities

• 2018 - TO DATE
• Legal Regime of the Lawyer
• PROFESSOR - Universidad del Bosque
• 2018 - TO DATE
• Intellectual Property Module - Real Rights Class
• PROFESSOR - Universidad de Los Andes

Memberships

• Rosarista Bar Association Competition Committee of the Colombian-American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM) Colombian Association of Intellectual Property (ACPI)

Publications

• Sodimac Colombia obtains compensation for unlawful use of its trademark The Blackstone Group becomes sole owner of Spanish gaming giant Cirsa Cantaclaro could not be registered as a trade mark Wolf’s trademark could not be registered with the SIC What can you do when a product or service has quality problems? In which cases is plagiarism considered to have occurred and to which authorities could you turn? PPU, Ojam, Flor Bustamante, Olivares and Sargent & Krahn announce new partners PPU announces new regional additions, adding 59 partners in total PPU appoints new partners and directors at regional level: 4 are Chileans PPU appoints new partners and regional directors