Juan is a Partner at Ibarra del Paso Gallego, where he specializes in Industrial Property, Copyright, Life Sciences, Media & Entertainment, and Administrative Litigation.

Profile

Juan is admitted to practice law in Mexico. He is a Partner in the Firm and Chair of the Intellectual Property (IP) Practice Group. Here, he advises clients on complex IP matters with a strategic approach aimed at protecting economic and intangible interests, along with portfolio analysis and management.

As a member of the Dispute Resolution Practice of the Firm, he handles and prosecutes all kinds of matters related to trademarks, patents, trade names, copyright, domain names, within the framework of judicial, civil, criminal, and administrative litigation before the relevant authorities and courts.

He also has a leading role, as chair, in the Life Sciences Practice Group of the Firm, where he oversees relevant aspects of the pharmaceutical, chemical, technological, and food and beverage industries.

Juan works closely with the Corporate, M&A, and Transactional practices of the Firm in protecting, assessing, and negotiating IP rights in transfers and dispositions, as well as with our Civil, Commercial, and Labor Litigation practices in preparing and enforcing sophisticated non-compete and non-disclosure agreements.

He also acts as a Mediator for Intellectual Property Disputes before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).

Professional Background

Before joining the Firm, Juan had over twenty-five years of experience in Intellectual Property, starting at leading IP boutiques in Mexico, such as Olivares & Cía (1997-1998), Clarke Modet (1999-2002), Arochi & Lindner (2002-2005), Cervantes Sainz (Partner, 2005-2011), where he led the IP practice, and Ocampo 1890, S.C. (Partner, 2016-2019), an insurance and high-profile litigation boutique.

Some of the companies that Juan has represented recently in significant matters and transactions include:

• AT&T.
• Burger King Company.
• Choice Hotels International.
• Laboratorios Sanfer.
• Qualcomm Incorporated.
• Tesla, Inc.
• Tim Hortons, Inc.
• Warner Bros. Discovery.
• World Trade Centers Association.

Teaching, Publications, and Speaking Engagements

With over two decades of teaching experience at the bachelor and graduate levels in prestigious universities in Mexico, Juan is a renowned Professor of Intellectual Property and Industrial Property. He has taught at Universidad Anáhuac Law School (Mexico City), Universidad Anáhuac de Xalapa MBA Program (Xalapa, Mexico) and the Centro de Estudios Profesionales Fray Bartolomé de las Casas MBA Program (Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas).

Currently, Juan is a professor at the Law School of Universidad Anáhuac, the Master in Intellectual Property program of the Universidad Panamericana (UP) Law School at the Mexico City and Aguascalientes campuses, and a collaborator with the iLab Business Hub in Xalapa, Veracruz.

Academic Background

• 1998, at Universidad Anáhuac (Mexico City), he obtained his Law Degree (J.D./LLB Equivalent).
• 1999, at Universidad de Alicante (Spain), he obtained a Master’s Degree in Intellectual Property.
• 2000, at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), he completed a post-graduate specialization program in Intellectual Property.
• 2023, at Harvard Law School, he participated in the first edition of the Executive Education “Smart Collaboration” Master Class, taught by Professor Heidi K. Gardner.

Languages

Juan is a native speaker of Spanish and is fluent in English.