Geovanny Azuaje
Partner, Hoet Pelaez Castillo & Duque
Geovanny Azuaje graduated from Universidad Central de Venezuela in 2006. He joined Hoet Peláez Castillo & Duque in March 2011. He has extensive experience in the area of intellectual property, including 11 years at the Trademark Office, where his activities comprised the revision and classification of trademark application briefs, and the formal examinations of patents, utility models and industrial designs. Mr Azuaje also worked as a legal assistant at Seintex Consultores (2000), where he participated in a project aimed at streamlining the Supreme Court Board of Appeals system. As a legal assistant at CorpBanca (1997- 1999), he gained experience in monitoring judicial and labour cases handled by different courts located in the Caracas jurisdiction. Mr Azuaje has attended various courses on intellectual property (formal examination substantive trademark review, formal examination substantive patent review, legal aspects and formal procedures about copyright). He is a member of the Caracas Bar Association.