The Women's IP World Annual 2019/2020

COLOMBIA
Name: Claudette Vernot
Law firm name:
Estrategia Juridica
Country: Colombia
Position: Director & Attorney at Law
Website: www.estrategiajuridica.co
Claudette Vernot has focused her career on studying and improving brand
protection programs and IP litigation strategies in Colombia. After receiving
her Law Degree from the Universidad Externado de Colombia, she completed
a postgraduate diploma in the University Pantheon Assas in Paris. She is the
Chair of the Anti-counterfeiting Sub-Committee for the Latin-American and
Caribbean region in INTA and is also a member of ACPI, IPCA, and APRAM
associations.
Ms. Vernot is an expert in the protection of trademarks throughout Latin America and Central
America. She advises several companies at the regional level in the definition of strategies to
protect trademarks and enlarge markets while providing solutions to fight contraband and
counterfeit. Ms. Vernot was Regional Outside Counsel for five years, assisting the General Legal
Counsel in the fight against the Illegal Trade for the Company PMI, specifically covering the
Latin American Region.
INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY
brands patent
trademarks invention
licensing copyright
protection
BRAND PROTECTION AND ENFORCEMENT
IN COLOMBIA
Corporate Law
Our firm is experienced in
the handling of any sort
of corporations. It also
has the capacity to
incorporate companies
in Colombia and abroad.
Commercial Law
The department of
Commercial and Corporate
Law at ESTRATEGIA JURIDICA
offers comprehensive
advisory service in those
aspects typical of companies
or corporations.
Intellectual Property Law
ESTRATEGIA JURIDICA provides
review, evaluation, assesment
and management of the
intellectual property rights of
our clients.
Competition Law
The attorney at ESTRATEGIA
JURIDICA have specialized
training in the fields of unfair
competition and restrictive
competition practices.
Bogota D.C, Colombia Calle 90 # 12 - 28 (110221)
Tel: (57 - 1) 638 10 71
E-mail: estrategia@estrategiajuridica.co
www.estrategiajuridica.co
Criminal Law
ESTRATEGIA JURIDICA has
the capacity to advise
clients in all those issues
regarding possible legal
infractions covered by our
criminal ordainment.
Litigation
ESTRATEGIA JURIDICA
enjoys ample expertise in
the search of solutions
regarding processes in
the area of contentious
administrativa, civil and
commercial law.
Claudette Vernot was the pioneer lawyer in Colombia for IP criminal cases
for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Levi’s, Nike, Adidas, and Microsoft. New
actions such as Customs Border Measures and Consumer law were part of
the latest strategies for brand holders.
She began programs for training Customs officers, members of the Police
force, and different agencies in 1999.
Her experience in the Intellectual Property field makes her one of the
most recognised attorneys in Colombia. She has trained her team to
understand that the client is a business partner and that they must
collaborate to find strategies to protect their IP Portfolio. She works for
several brand holders, advising the Latin American Region in order to
find legal strategies against transnational counterfeiters. She focuses her
programs in the main Ports of the country and has actively collaborated
with The National Tax and Customs Direction in the modifications to
Customs Law related to border measures in the country.
She has worked as a professor in the area of Commercial Contracts
related to Industrial Property Rights, Copyrights and New Technology at
Universidad Externado de Colombia.
Ms. Vernot is fluent in Spanish, English, French, and Italian.
Ms. Vernot first embarked in her practice in IP Law in a French Company -
SODIAL in Paris. This was followed by working for three years in a Bogota
law firm - Cavelier Abogados. Ms. Vernot then founded her own practice,
Estrategia Juridica, in 1998.
Estrategia Juridica’s primary focuses include the litigation of IP cases,
Consumer Law, Unfair competition, Brand Protection Programs, and the
Enforcement of IP rights.
Practice areas include Brand Protection, Criminal and Civil Law,
Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights, Consumer Law, and Data Protection.
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