Fernando García

Counsel of Carey’s Intellectual Property and Information Technology Group. His practice focuses on intellectual property, especially on invention patents, including strategies for protection mechanisms, administrative and contentious registration processes, nullity procedures for granted registrations, technology transfer projects, and trademark and patent infringement litigation.

Education

• Law, Universidad Central.
• Degree in Intellectual Property for countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, Industrial Property Office of Brazil (1997).
• Degree in Administrative Management of Industrial Property, European Patents Office, The Hague, Netherlands (1999).
• Degree in New Criminal Procedure, Universidad del Desarrollo (2004).
• Degree in Unfair Competition Law, Instituto de Estudios Judiciales (2007).
• Academy of American and International Law, Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA (2008).
• Degree in Intellectual and Industrial Property, Universidad Finis Terrae (2008).
• Degree in Economic Administrative Law, Universidad de Chile (2011).
• Degree in Pharmaceutical Regulatory Affairs in Pharmaceutical, Biological and Cosmetic Products, Universidad de Chile (2013).

Activities and Memberships

• Vicepresident, Licensing Executives Society (LES) Chile.
• Professor of Intellectual Property, Copyright, Trademarks, Patents and Litigation, Universidad Andrés Bello (since 2017).
• Professor of Graduate Program and Master on Law and New Technologies of Universidad de Chile.
• Professor of Graduate Program of Intellectual and Industrial Property, Universidad Finis Terrae.
• Head of the Legal Sub-Department, Chilean Industrial Property Department (1998-2000).
• Member of the Legal Division of the Comptroller General of the Republic (1995-1996).
  

Publications

• Co-author of The Pharma Legal Handbook: Chile, Pharma Boardroom (2019).

Seminars

• Frequent lecturer in seminars and conferences in Chile and abroad.