manuel antonio rodriguez

Manuel Antonio Rodríguez advises, develops and implements programs to combat counterfeiting and prevent other types of infringements of intellectual property rights. Manages administrative and judicial actions to defend and enforce Intellectual Property rights before the corresponding government authorities. In addition, he is a specialist and advisor in training programs for public officials in Venezuela and other countries. He is a professor of Intellectual Property in postgraduate programs at the Metropolitan University of Caracas and the University of Los Andes in Mérida, and a guest professor in international courses for the training of Latin American university professors in Copyright and Related Rights, organized by the latter. institution. Likewise, he was Professor and founder of the course "Intellectual Rights and Customs Modernization" at the National School of Public Administration and Finance attached to the Ministry of Finance. In addition, he was a University Professor in the field of Intellectual Property at the Andrés Bello Catholic University of Caracas, He was featured in the publication World Intellectual Property Review (2016) as a Brand Leader in Venezuela. Likewise, it was classified in Band 3 of Intellectual Property in Venezuela by the Chambers and Partners guide (2019) and was awarded the Silver band by World Trademark Review 1000 (2019)

Education

• Specialization Program in Intellectual Property, University of Los Andes (1999) Specialization Program in Commercial Law, Andrés Bello Catholic University (1989) Lawyer, University of Carabobo, Venezuela (1985)

Memberships

• Inter-American Copyright Institute (ICI), President of the Anti-Counterfeiting Repression Committee. American-Venezuelan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VenAmCham). Venezuelan Copyright Institute (IVDA), Vice President.