OUR SERVICES
Industrial and Intellectual Property
Panama has a comprehensive legal framework to protect Industrial and Intellectual Property rights.
The General Directorate of the Industrial Property Registry (DIGERPI), attached to the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, is in charge of the registration process of Industrial Rights: Trademarks, Patents, Designs and Plant Varieties.
The National Directorate of Copyright, attached to the Ministry of Culture is in charge of the Copyright registration process in Panama: literary and artistic works, software, databases and other original creations.
We have a team of experienced lawyers with extensive and successful experience in the field, who can advise and assist our clients at all stages of the process to obtain the registration of industrial and intellectual property rights.
Our legislation contemplates judicial proceedings for Intellectual Property, in the civil and criminal field. Panama has a special Intellectual Property jurisdiction, made up of Courts of Justice and Prosecutor’s Offices specialized in this matter. Our team of lawyers has expert litigators who successfully argue judicial proceedings before the circuit courts, superior courts and the Supreme Court of Justice.
Opposition, Cancellation and Nullity proceedings, as well as the civil infringement of Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights are handled before the civil sphere.
In the Criminal field, crimes related to the unauthorized use of Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights are investigated and prosecuted.
Our firm specializes in advising, drafting, verifying and adapting licensing and distribution agreements.
JIMENEZ, MOLINO y MORENO, with 90 years of experience in the area of Intellectual Property, has a vast portfolio of national clients and we also represent a large number of foreign clients throughout the five continents.
The General Directorate of the Industrial Property Registry (DIGERPI), attached to the Ministry of Commerce and Industries, is in charge of the registration process of Industrial Rights: Trademarks, Patents, Designs and Plant Varieties.
The National Directorate of Copyright, attached to the Ministry of Culture is in charge of the Copyright registration process in Panama: literary and artistic works, software, databases and other original creations.
We have a team of experienced lawyers with extensive and successful experience in the field, who can advise and assist our clients at all stages of the process to obtain the registration of industrial and intellectual property rights.
Our legislation contemplates judicial proceedings for Intellectual Property, in the civil and criminal field. Panama has a special Intellectual Property jurisdiction, made up of Courts of Justice and Prosecutor’s Offices specialized in this matter. Our team of lawyers has expert litigators who successfully argue judicial proceedings before the circuit courts, superior courts and the Supreme Court of Justice.
Opposition, Cancellation and Nullity proceedings, as well as the civil infringement of Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights are handled before the civil sphere.
In the Criminal field, crimes related to the unauthorized use of Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights are investigated and prosecuted.
Our firm specializes in advising, drafting, verifying and adapting licensing and distribution agreements.
JIMENEZ, MOLINO y MORENO, with 90 years of experience in the area of Intellectual Property, has a vast portfolio of national clients and we also represent a large number of foreign clients throughout the five continents.