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Profile
Rodrigo is the managing partner of Alessandri’s technology and intellectual property areas. He has specialized in matters related to licenses, contracts, tax aspects and litigation concerning domain names, trademarks, patents, data protection, software and internet.
He has specialized in the legal aspects of the music industry. He was president of Beethoven Foundation and was recently appointed and was recently appointed member of the board of directors of the International Technology Law Association (iTechLAw). He is also Vice-Chair of the Latin American Committee of the same association.
Between 2013 and 2015 he led the most successful trademark piracy trial in recent times, in which he represented a renowned fashion designer.
Rodrigo headed the team that granted the first registration of a sound mark in Chile, and filed the first certification trademark application in our country. He appeared before the Chilean Senate’s Committee on Education and was a member of the Advisory Committee of the National Council for Culture and Arts in connection with the latest amendment to Intellectual Property Law 17.336 and its Regulations.
In 2011, he was included, by the Minister of Culture, in the appointment of the first three arbitrators and mediators to resolve conflicts on the collective enforcement of copyright, of the National Council for Culture and Arts.
Featured cases
Michael Kors wins again an appeal and manages to cancel the WK brand
Alessandri advised Wood Productions and Manuela Martelli in "1976" film
Alessandri Abogados and Penguin Random House Reached an Agreement for Advice on Intellectual Property and Corporate Law
Forta Corporation acquires assets of Chilean company TCPavements
Chilean cosmetic company signs agreement with Ricky Martin
Education
- 2003 Biannual Program
- Berklee College of Music 2002 Attorney
- Supreme Court 2001 Bachelor of Legal and Social Sciences
- Universidad de Chile
Academic Activities
- Professor in the Diploma of Industrial and Intellectual Property of the Finis Terrae University.
Memberships
- Chilean Bar Association. International Association of Privacy Professionals. International Technology Law Association (iTechLAw). Inter-American Institute of Copyright, IIDA. International Artistic Literary Association, ALAI. International Trademark Association, INTA. Achipi member . Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property, Asipi . Asian Patent Attorney Association, APAA (observer) . Latin American Anti Counterfeiting Alliance, ALAF. Director in ChileMujeres Foundation. Director in Fundación La Fuente. Director in Fundación Beethoven. Icare Legal Circle. Director of the Center for Biotechnology and Bioengineering CeBib, Universidad de Chile.
Awards and Recognitions
- Chambers and Partners, Leading Individuals, Intellectual Property, Band 2 - 2023
- Latin Lawyer, LACCA Approved - 2022
- IP Star Managing Intellectual Property - 2022
- IAM Patents, Recommended Individual Silver - 2022
- Legal 500, Intellectual Property - 2023
- WTR 1000, Ranking Individuals, Silver - 2022
- Leaders League, Intellectual Property - 2022
- Leading Lawyers - 2013
Publications
- Speaker on ¿Cómo protegen las celebridades sus derechos digitales? Asipi, Montevideo 2020. Thomson Reuters: Data protection in Chile: overview Thomson Reuters: Privacy in Chile: overview September 2016, Acuerdo Transpacífico de Libre Comercio (TPP), propiedad intelectual e internet: Dos visiones. Debates de Política Pública, Centro de Estudios Públicos, Chile. Propiedad Intelectual en el TPP: las verdaderas consecuencias para Chile. Revista del Abogado, número 66, mayo de 2016 Bloomberg Law: Privacy and Data Security 2015 Rodrigo Velasco Alessandri of Alessandri Abogados, Santiago, provided expert review of the Chile Country Profile and wrote the Risk Environment section. Rodrigo Velasco A. colaboró en la publicación Manual para administrar empresas sociales , anexo 12: EMPRESAS CULTURALES O SOCIOCULTURALES. (páginas 359 y siguientes)
