Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property

This practice analyzes all types of IP portfolios to assess our clients’ needs, risks and opportunities for evolution and progress. We provide strategies that guarantee an increase in the value and level of protection and monetization of the portfolio by integrating clients’ corporate profiles, businesses and IP assets with their short-, medium- and long-term goals.

We Handle

  • Negotiating and drafting IP licensing agreements
  • Coordinating enforcement litigation for all IP areas in Puerto Rico and the U.S.
  • Patent, trademark and copyright prosecution, registrations and management worldwide
  • Global recordation of assignments, mergers and name changes
  • Website agreements and privacy policies
  • Work-for-hire agreements
  • IP assignment agreements
  • Cybersquatting and UDRP proceedings
  • Domain name registration
  • Domain name management
  • Name portfolios
  • Internet monitoring for infringements
  • Patent priority and novelty issues
  • Global filing of patent applications
  • Pre-acquisition and pre-investment due diligence for mergers/acquisitions
  • Portfolio assessment to match clients’ strategic plans

Notable Clients

  • Grupo Guayacán
  • Puerto Rico IT Cluster
  • Founders’ Institute
  • Piloto Labs
  • Foundation for Puerto Rico
  • Diageo
  • Coca-Cola Puerto Rico Bottlers
  • CPA Global
  • NGB Corporation
  • Lanco Paints
  • Publicidad Tere Suárez
  • Marcaria
  • GFR Media
  • University System Ana G. Méndez
  • Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico
  • Evertec
  • Softek
  • Tecnofor

Notable Cases & Transactions

$700 Million renewable energy investment

Handled the first and single Puerto Rico resource recovery project for the development, design, financing, construction and operation of a 2,100 ton/day, 80MW renewable energy power plant using processed refuse[…]
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$14 Million credit agreement

Acted as counsel to bank in the closing of a $14 million credit agreement for the financing of seven solar photovoltaic energy projects involving the P.R. Aqueduct and Sewer Authority,[…]
World Class Public Private Partnership Transaction

World class public private partnership transaction

In a groundbreaking transaction and first-ever in Puerto Rico, Ferraiuoli acted as local counsel to the entities listed below in a world-class P3 transaction involving Puerto Rico’s Luis Muñoz Marín[…]
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)

Federal deposit insurance corporation (FDIC)

Acted as local counsel to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the 2010 consolidation of three failed Puerto Rico banks, including the drafting of the perfection of a security interest[…]