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Clients hail Victor Garrido’s Dumont as being “outstandingly one of the best options for IP services in Mexico. The team is not only responsive, but they are fully aware of the clientele's needs, providing excellent advice and assistance beyond standard services. The excellent and professional group complies with clients’ requests in a timely manner and is affordable at a fair price compared to European or American firms.” Garrido is the head of the practice. He is fortunate to have over 20 years of experience in filing highly technical patents. He combines this expertise with his background in chemical engineering to offer highly detailed solutions to applications in the life sciences field. Israel Escobedo is a renowned litigator. He is heralded as an expert in infringement matters, having set a legal precedent at the Mexican Supreme Court. Lastly, Angélica Domínguez is a tenacious patent filer; her talents in prosecution have been instrumental in Dumont’s work for Kraft Foods Group brands.
Victor Garrido is a partner and head of patents at Mexican IP firm Dumont. He is an industrial chemical engineer with specialisation in polymers and IP law. Mr Garrido has 20 years of experience handling both administrative and technical aspects of patents, industrial designs and utility models, including prior art searches, drafting and filing of applications, counselling in examination, technical opinions on patentability, clearance analysis and opinions for litigation.
Mr Garrido has represented a variety of clients in a plurality of technological fields, from domestic individual inventors and start-ups to Fortune Global 500 companies.
As head of patents, Mr Garrido oversees all activities concerning patents, industrial designs and utility models at Dumont, including managing the patent team and development of the firm’s patent client portfolio. Mr Garrido’s role as head of patents is pivotal to Dumont’s expertise, which makes it stand out among Latin American IP firms.
Mr Garrido has published articles in some of the most renowned international IP publications, such as Managing Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Review and The Patent Lawyer Magazine, on topics ranging from domestic innovation systems to substantive patentability requirements and IP law amendments. He wrote the Mexico chapter for the fourth to seventh editions of the book The Intellectual Property Review published by Law Business Research Ltd. Mr Garrido has taken part as a speaker in both national and international events.
Mr Garrido is an active member of the Standing Committees on the Agreement on Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and the Free Trade Agreements at the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, of the INTA Law Firm Committee and of the Patent Committee at the Association of Intellectual Property Firms; he is also chair of the Industrial Designs and Utility Models Committee at the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
Dumont is a Mexican IP law firm founded in 1940. It is committed to assisting its clients with the selection, clearance, protection, enforcement and exploitation of their IP rights and business interests. Dumont’s professionals are experts on inventions (patents, utility models and industrial designs) and distinctive signs (trademarks, trade names, commercial signs, and appellation of origin and geographical indications).
Dumont’s practice extends to highly specialised fields, such as litigation, copyright, IT, corporate law and anti-counterfeiting, and appraisals of both trademarks and patents in compliance with the Financial Reporting Standards. The team of expert lawyers, litigators and advisers stay on top of recent developments in the market and in the legal arena to provide value-added services. While taking their clients’ commercial situation into account, they provide high-quality services that are tailored to the needs of their clients around the world.
The firm is committed to maintaining a leadership position in legal trends, technology and business, as well as offering personalised, proactive and preventive legal strategies, corporate tax advice (related to IP issues) and value-added services. It strives to provide the most responsive advice in order to achieve and exceed the expectations of its clients.
Dumont’s broad experience in the field, specialisation in intellectual property and close contact with clients set it apart. In addition, it uses cutting-edge technology created for its area of expertise (Patrix Helpware) and it is the only firm in Mexico certified by TÜV Rheinland (Registration No 74700 8162) since 2008 in both operational and administrative quality systems (ISO 9001:2015). These distinctions allow Dumont to provide services to the highest-quality standards.
Dumont’s professionals take pride in building strong business and personal relationships with their clients. They remain committed to being extremely responsive and able to answer queries within 24 hours. They are devoted to delivering first-class legal services to meet their clients’ high expectations. Many of their clients have remained with them for 40–50 years – a testament to the quality and care that the firm provides.
The firm has digitalised its archives and can assist clients that are looking for a paperless process. The main contacts of the firm and other colleagues receive training in different areas, not only in legal or technical areas, but also on how to achieve client satisfaction.
Dumont remains attuned and responsive to the ever-changing needs of its clients. As part of its engagement to make use of modern technologies that enable its associates to offer the highest quality and most complete IP service, Dumont has implemented Patrix Helpware, a state-of-the-art docketing system.
Dumont’ patent department is dedicated to ensuring client confidence in the firm’s ability to protect its efforts to contribute to technological development. With a specialised team, Dumont offers services directed at filing, prosecuting, maintaining and capitalising on all types of rights related to inventions, such as patents, utility models, industrial designs, plant varieties, integrated circuit layouts and trade secrets.
The trademark team is highly specialised and has extensive expertise in classification issues, strategies and prosecution, which has been applied to the pharmaceutical, fashion and luxury, healthcare, technology and electronics industries. Dumont understands the intricacies of the recently implemented Madrid System, which does not always work smoothly with Mexico’s domestic regulations.
The litigation and contentious department offer market-leading expertise in trademarks, patents and copyright issues.
The firm’s employees are members of organisations including the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (the AIPPI Mexican Chapter), the International Trademark Association, the International Association of Lawyers, the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property, the Mexico Bar Association, the Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group, MARQUES, the Association of Intellectual Property Firms, the European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA), the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Licensing Executives Society International.
The firm’s professionals speak English, French, German and Spanish.