Miguel Ángel Carpio

Throughout his career he has accompanied companies from different sectors in the design of comprehensive IP protection strategies, aligned with business objectives and national and international regulatory frameworks. He has solid experience in the management of trademark portfolios, copyright defence, dispute resolution and legal structuring of intangible assets, as well as in corporate law matters related to the exploitation and transfer of such assets.

He is a Certified Intellectual Property Expert by the Ministry of Public Education and has actively participated in projects related to the harmonisation and application of international intellectual property standards, collaborating with organisations such as the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI). He has also held institutional leadership roles, including as Deputy Coordinator of the Working Group on the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Registration of Marks (Nice Agreement), and acts as an accredited mediator in trade and intellectual property negotiations before the Mexico City Chamber of Commerce.

Academic background

• Law Degree, Universidad Anáhuac del Norte, Mexico City.
• Thesis: "Analysis of the link between the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property".
• Specialisation in Intellectual Property (LL.M. option), WIPO / University of South Africa (UNISA)
• Specialisation in Industrial Property, Industrial Property Asia-Pacific, Tokyo
• Specialty in Intellectual Property Law (Copyright and Industrial Property)
• General and advanced courses on Intellectual Property, WIPO Worldwide Academy

Teaching Activity

• Professor of Copyright and Industrial Property at the Universidad Anáhuac (North Campus, Xalapa and Querétaro).
• Professor at the Universidad del Mayab (Anáhuac Mérida)
• Professor at the Universidad Iberoamericana

Recognitions and professional affiliations

• Member of the Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI)
• Member of the International Trademark Association (INTA)
• Member of the Association of Intellectual Property Firms (AIPF)
• Member and Deputy Coordinator of the Copyright Commission of the Mexican Bar Association (Barra Mexicana, Colegio de Abogados)
• Founding member of the Mexican Confederation of Intellectual Property Specialists, A.C.

Languages

Spanish and English