In our firm, we understand that trademarks, brand names, advertising slogans, invention patents, industrial designs and drawings, utility models and geographical indications are part of a company's assets; therefore, they need protection. All those elements distinguish and identify each company or business; consequently, they must be registered. Solano Montenegro is there to assist clients in the identification of the elements subject of registration. We assess you in the global search and availability studies of said elements. In addition we offer the registration, renovation, name and address changes, transfers or mergers, licenses for use, cancellations, rejoinders and surrejoinders and other related procedures.

Owing to our data base, we can provide you an active track of the distinctive signs and inform you on an ongoing basis of the expiration dates of registration rights for their consequent renovation. We also monitor these signs in order to avoid third parties trying to register a similar distinctive sign that might affect our clients’ rights.

Copyright applies to every artistic creation and as they’re increasingly booming, our firm wishes to provide legal counsel on the protection of works of art and their related rights: those derived from their creations. Copyrights contains a series of economic rights (reproduction, communication, transformation, distribution and follow-up) as well as moral rights (dissemination of the work of art, authorship recognition, respect and integrity of the piece and withdrawal) of these rights we offer our protection and counseling services.

Solano Montenegro Abogados y Notarios offers the registration of works of art (paintings, busts, portraits and other fine arts pieces), cinematographic works, phonograms, software, data bases, and others. We also provide services for the effective and integral protection of intellectual property rights according to what’s stated in the Law of Intellectual Property Observance Procedures (Law Number 8039). We analyze each individual case according to our clients’ needs, either to request precautionary measures or handle the procedures before the correspondent authorities.

Solano Montenegro Abogados y Notarios offers clients intellectual and industrial property protection, not only in Costa Rica but also globally at a competitive cost and with the technical advice required according to each country’s legislation.

At Solano Montenegro Abogados y Notarios we are interested in helping you with topics concerning the Ley de Promoción de la Competencia y Defensa Efectiva del Consumidor, Law N° 7472, specifically regarding unfair competition and the costumer relationship. As indicated in this law, there are a series of prohibited acts occurring when there’s confusion regarding the commercial establishment, products or economic activity of one or more competitors; when false statements are created to discredit the commercial establishment, products, activity or identity of a competitor; when the means used can lead to assume the existence of rewards granted to the good or service but based on false information; when there’s inadequate use, imitation, reproduction, substitution or disposal of trademarks, commercial names, designations of origin, expressions of propaganda, inscriptions, packaging, labels or any other means of identification, related to goods or services property of a third party as well as when market transparency is distorted in prejudice of the consumers or competitors.