Background
José is partner of Bufete Lugo Lovaton and the Intellectual Property Department Director, having accumulated around fifteen years of experience in the field. He has a degree in Law, graduated summa laude from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), with a master’s degree in Corporate Business Law from the same university. He has several studies in Industrial Property and Copyright, from CERLALC and the EAFIT University of Colombia.
He is a consultant for several projects executed by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Dominican Republic, in addition to being part of the body of professors of the Academy of the National Copyright Office, guest professor at mayor Dominican Law Schools and an IP columnist for several journals. He is an active member of local and international intellectual property associations, and a member of the board of directors of the Intellectual Property Caribbean Association (IPCA).
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law. Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Summa Cum Laude. Dominican Republic (2012).
- Master’s in Corporate Business Law. Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra. Dominican Republic (2014).
- Copyright Teaching. World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). Dominican Republic (2022)
- IV Virtual Diploma in “Copyright Law and Related Rights” by Centro Regional para el Fomento del Libro en América Latina y el Caribe (CERLALC) and the Universidad Escuela de Administración, Finanzas y Tecnología (EAFIT). April – (2013)
- Diploma in “Intellectual Property Law” by Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia (FINJUS) and the Universidad Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (2014)
- Diploma in “Competition Law” organized by Fundación Institucionalidad y Justicia (FINJUS) and the Universidad Pedro Henríquez Ureña (UNPHU). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. (2014)
Fields of Practice
- José’s expertise encompasses the field of intellectual property, including the protection, prosecution and enforcement of distinctive signs. His scope reaches the management of local and international trademarks and trademark portfolios. He provides clients with counseling for all concerns regarding intellectual property rights and his other areas of knowledge.
- Jose’s practice also includes patent prosecution, as well as brand enforcement, anti-counterfeiting actions, border measures, customs protection and copyright infringement. Highly skilled in trademark counseling and administrative actions, that includes clearance, oppositions and cancellations and due diligence.
- Furthermore, he has experience working with contracts concerning advertising and image rights, marketing, promotions, copyright, licensing of musical works, related rights and beyond.
Jose is also legal interpreter in English-Spanish before Dominican Courts, as well as an active member of several local and international intellectual property associations, project consultant for the Word Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), professor of the Academia of the National Copyright Office and Board member of the Intellectual Property Caribbean Association (IPCA) and the Dominican Intellectual Property Association (ADOPI).
Memberships
Colegio de Abogados de la República Dominicana
International Trademark Association
Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Caribbean Association
Dominican Intellectual Property Association
Recognitions
- Chambers and Partners
- INTA Rising Star 2023-2024
- WTR 1000 – World Trademark Review
- Sub-Champion and Best Speaker, Judicial Competition “Manuel A. Amiama”, Procedimiento ante la Jurisdicción Contencioso Administrativa, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Campus Santo Tomás de Aquino. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. July 2011.
- Sub-Champion and Best Writer in the First Edition of the “Competencia Jurídica de Propiedad Intelectual, Procedimiento ante la Jurisdicción Civil”, of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Campus Santo Tomás de Aquino. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. December 2011.
Laguages
Spanish
English
French
Publications
- “RICA como Marca Notoriamente Conocida de la República Dominicana” (RICA as Well-Known Mark in the Dominican Republic). National Office of Industrial Property’s Institutional Magazine “Propiedad Industrial: Impulsando el Emprendimiento, la Innovación y la Tecnología”. June 2024.
- “La Marca País como Estrategia para la Exportación de la Artesanía Dominicana” (Country Brand as a Strategy for of Dominican Crafts Export). National Office of Industrial Property’s Institutional Magazine “Artesanía: Tradición e Inspiración”. December 2023.
- “El registro de marca como acto de competencia desleal – competencia de la Oficina Nacional de la Propiedad Industrial (ONAPI) para conocer de actos de competencia desleal por registros de marcas bajo la ley núm. 20-00” (Trademark registration as an act of unfair competition – faculty of the National Office of Industrial Property). Gaceta Judicial, No. 384, April 2019.
- “Marcas de Ficción (Fictional Trademarks) en la República Dominicana” (Fictional Trademarks in Dominican Republic). Gaceta Judicial, No. 343, July 2015.
- Thesis “El Régimen de Exclusividad en los Contratos de Distribución. Controversias y Aplicación en República Dominicana” (The exclusivity regime of Distrition Contracts, Controversies and Application in Dominican Republic). Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. July 2014.
- Thesis “La Tutela del Derecho de Autor en Internet en República Dominicana” (Protection of Internet Copyright in Dominican Republic). Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. July 2012.