Ricardo Alberto Antequera H. is the Firm’s Managing Partner and has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property. He has provided advice and developed strategies for transactions and litigation related to trademarks, copyright, unfair competition, advertising, data protection, privacy, and entertainment.
“Ricardo Antequera is a pre-eminent figure in Venezuela’s IP sphere and offers stellar expertise in trade mark and copyright matters, with a specific focus on the advertising and entertainment sectors”.
Chambers & Partners (2019)
In the Latin American Chambers and Partners Ranking, he is ranked in Band 1 for intellectual property (2019), also being referred to as “an excellent lawyer” and a “real client-oriented.” Likewise, he has been highlighted as “Leading Lawyer” by The Legal 500 (2018), as “Trademark Leader” by World Intellectual Property Review (2016) and with Gold Band by World Trademark Review 1000 (2019).
Currently, he is an arbitrator for the Arbitration Center of the Chamber of Commerce of Caracas, President of the Venezuelan Chamber of Franchises, PROFRANQUICIAS and ambassador for intellectual property matters of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Education
- Certificate of Professional Education on the Application of Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation (Aplicación de la Conciliación y el Arbitraje Comercial) (Universidad Catolica Andres Bello) (Caracas, Venezuela – 2002); with excellence mention.
- Specialization Program in Intellectual Property, Universidad de Los Andes (Merida, Venezuela – 1999); Graduation project with Honors.
- Intellectual Property Summer Institute, University of New Hampshire School of Law, Franklin Pierce Center for Intellectual Property (New Hampshire, USA – 1996).
- Lawyer, Universidad Catolica Andres Bello (Caracas, Venezuela – 1993)
Areas of Practice
- Trademarks
- Copyrights
- Unfair Competition
- Advertising Law
- Anti-Counterfeiting, Customs, and Border Measures
- Litigation
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Licensing
- Sports and Entertainment
Professional Networks
- International Trademark Association (INTA), member of the Copyright Committee.
- Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance (GALA)
- Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI, Spanish acronym)
- Association of European Trade Mark Owners (MARQUES)
- Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group (PTMG)
- Member of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC)
- International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI)
- Inter-American Copyright Institute (ICI)
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Ambassador of Intellectual Property.
- Legal Director of the Venezuelan Chamber of Franchises (Profranquicias)
- Member of the Advisory Council of Cultura Chacao (2014 – present)
Languages
- Spanish
- English
Manuel Antonio Rodríguez
Ricardo Enrique Antequera H.
Dinora García Torrealba
Mariana Montiel
María Rusé Ruggiero
Ramón Augusto Ramírez
