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Partner: Sergio L. Olivares Lobato
Quick facts
Firm - Year of Establishment

1969

Number of Partners

11

Total Number of IP Practitioners

30

Languages Spoken at the Firm

Spanish, English, German, Portugese

Network Memberships

INTA, AIPPI, AMPPI, IPO, AMCHAM, AIPLA, ANADE, ASIPI, BMA, IAPP, IBA, ICC, ITECHLAW, MARQUES

Key practice areas
Intellectual property
Trade mark
Patent
Plant variety
Dispute resolution
Firm overview

Our mission is to provide innovative solutions and highly specialized legal advice for clients facing the most complicated legal and business challenges in Mexico.

OLIVARES is continuously at the forefront of new practice areas concerning copyright, litigation, regulatory, anti-counterfeiting, plant varieties, domain names, digital rights, and internet-related matters, and the firm has been responsible for precedent-setting decisions in patents, copyrights, and trademarks.

  • Patents
  • Trademarks
  • Copyrights
  • Litigation
  • IP Litigation
  • Anti-Piracy | Anti-Counterfeiting
  • Civil Litigation | Commercial Litigation
  • Constitutional & Administrative Litigation
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) |Mediation & Arbitration
  • Licensing, Tech Transfer & Franchising
  • Corporate and Commercial Law
  • Regulatory Law

Our firm is committed to developing the strongest group of legal professionals to manage the level of complexity and interdisciplinary orientation that clients require. During the first decade of the 21st century, the team successfully led efforts to reshape IP laws and change regulatory authorizations procedures in Mexico, not only through thought leadership and lobbying efforts, but the firm has also won several landmark and precedent-setting cases at the Mexican Federal and Supreme Courts levels, including in constitutional matters.

Today, the team at OLIVARES includes 9 partners and more than 45 associates working across intellectual property, regulatory, administrative, civil, and commercial and corporate law, serving many different industries, and is constantly awarded for excellence in legal service.

We aim to utilize every available resource to help clients achieve optimum results, protecting their business interests, intellectual property, and other rights at every level and through the applicable administrative or judicial venue, in order to maximize successful outcomes - all while maintaining an overarching goal of contributing to Mexico’s broader stance in the global economy and for the greater good of the Mexican people.

Our vision is to shape the legal environment that opens Mexico to the greatest innovations the world has to offer by:

  • Providing exceptional legal services that result in client growth and business success
  • Creating an atmosphere where lawyers, technical experts, and staff, work together on solutions that lead to brilliant achievements
  • Inspiring improvements to the legal landscapes in Mexico that foster economic progress

KNOWLEDGE • INNOVATION • RESPONSIBILITY • TRUST •SOCIAL COMMITMENT

Practice Areas & Sector Specialisations

Key IP Areas

Copyright & related rights, Designs, Intellectual property (contentious), Intellectual property (prosecution), IP transactions, Life sciences IP, Patent, Patent contentious, Patent prosecution, Trade mark, Trade mark contentious, Trade mark prosecution

Key Sector Expertise

Biotechnology, Chemical, Fashion & luxury goods, Film, Food & beverage, Furniture, Gaming, Hospitality & leisure, ICT & software, Life sciences, Media, Medical device, Music, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Publishing, Technology hardware, Tobacco, Transport

Address:
Pedro Luis Ogazon 17 San Angel
Alc. Alvaro Obregon
Mexico City 01000
Tel:+5255 5322 3000 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://olivares.mx

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Overview

OLIVARES has had a presence in Mexico for 50+ years, and is at the forefront of the IP domain in the country. The firm provides services in areas such as patents, trademarks, copyrights, litigation, enforcement, and corporate law. The team at OLIVARES is composed of 11 partners, and over 50 associates and additional professionals. The firm is heavily involved in the chemistry, electronics, biotechnology, and mechanics sectors among others. OLIVARES is known for its consistently precedent setting work, breakthrough strategies, and application of technology in its pursuit of client satisfaction.  

Notable IP practitioners: Ingrid Ortiz, Eduardo Arana, Mauricio Llanes, Sergio Olivares, L., Luis Schmidt, Gustavo Alcocer, Alejandro Luna, Alonso Camargo, Daniel Sanchez, Abraham Diaz, Armando Arenas, Víctor Ramírez, Rommy Morales, Jaime Rodriguez, Jorge Juarez, Mauricio Samano, Jose Eduardo Peña 

Sergio Olivares is the Chairman of the Management Committee at OLIVARES, and is supported by a large team of partners, associates, and technical professionals.  

Testimonials

2025

"Excellent responses, knowledge of IP field, competitive fees."

"I appreciate how easily they work hand-in-hand to resolve critical matters for our business."

"I appreciate OLIVARES for their exceptional advice on complex litigations."

"I appreciate their immediate responsiveness and reasonable pricing for their services."

"Reasonably priced and quick to understand the issues."

"OLIVARES is very responsive and takes a practical business approach to advice. They provide our clients with value in their services."

"Professionalism. We have found in OLIVARES our ideal ally in Mexico for IP work.”

"Strategic approach with a solid litigation team. "

"Strong reputation for franchise work.”

"They have deep knowledge of national and international law, as well as of specific industries."

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Early this year, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property issued decisions denying registration for the trade mark PINCHE GRINGO BBQ & Design in classes 43 (restaurants) and 30 (sauces)
In Mexico, droit moral is attached to the author and is inalienable, does not expire, cannot be waived and cannot be encumbered. The author and his/her heirs can enforce this right.
It has become common practice for parties of any administrative proceeding to ask the Institute of Industrial Property to require a third party, not related to the proceeding, or even its counterpart, to respond to several questions raised by the offeror of the proof.
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  • Sponsored by OLIVARES
    In Mexico, droit moral is attached to the author and is inalienable, does not expire, cannot be waived and cannot be encumbered. The author and his/her heirs can enforce this right.
  • Sponsored by OLIVARES
    Early this year, the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property issued decisions denying registration for the trade mark PINCHE GRINGO BBQ & Design in classes 43 (restaurants) and 30 (sauces). The grounds of denial were a supposed violation of Article 4 of Mexican IP Law, which states that no patents, registrations or authorisations are to be granted for any legal figures or institutions regulated by this law, when the contents of an application are contrary to public order, morals and good customs.
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    Mexico is a nation made up of diverse cultures supported by its indigenous people. The population that is considered indigenous represents 21.5% of the total population of the country.