Edy Guadalupe Portal, Partner
 

 

  PRACTICE AREAS
 
  • Patents
  • Trademarks
  • Copyrights
  • Unfair Competition
  • Anticounterfeiting
  • Foreign Investment
  • Food and Drug Registration
  • CAFTA issues
  • Licensing and Franchising
  • Mercantile Law
  • Litigation
  • Internet Law
 
 

The current Chair of the firm's Intellectual Property Department, Edy Portal has been recognized as the Salvadoran voice of intellectual property protection since 1995. During the course of her career, Edy Portal has helped national and international corporations and outside counsel with all facets of their IP interests in El Salvador and Central America.

She is the Salvadoran correspondent for INTA's The Trademark Reporter, and a Founding and current Member of the Board of Directors of the Salvadorean Association of Intellectual Property (ASPI), presently serving as its Treasurer. Edy also serves as a member of the Center of Legal Studies and she is a Standing Member of the Ad Hoc Committee of Trademark Attorneys at the Registry of Commerce. From 1998 - 2000, she was the National Delegate for the Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI) and alternate National Delegate from 2001-2003.

 

 
 

LANGUAGES

Spanish, English and knowledge of French

   
 

EDUCATION

  • University Dr. José Matías Delgado (Licenciate Degree in Law)
  • Florida International University (X Course in International Commerce Negotiation. Intellectual Property Rights: From Negotiation to Implementation. Miami, Florida.)
  • International Arbitration Course organized by ASIPI, WIPO and Bogotá Chamber of Commerce. Cartagena, Colombia.
  • Yale University, Managing Program for Lawyers (MPL), New Haven, Connecticut.
   
 

RECOMMENDATIONS

  • "Edy Portal chairs the IP group and focuses on patent and trade mark work. Dubbed the “first lady of IP for Central America,” she impresses clients and global peers with her “highly organized and intelligent” approach to work.

 Chambers Global Guide 2008 (Chambers and Partners, UK)

 
  Home | PORTAL & ASOCIADOS Phone: Int. Area Code (503) 2263-1717

     

egportal@portallaw.com

  

Tel (503) 2263-1717
Fax (503) 2264-3484

79 Avenida Norte y 13 Calle
Poniente No. 4109
Col. Escalón,
San Salvador, El Salvador

  
  
MEMBERSHIPS

International Trademark Association (INTA)

Inter-American Association of Industrial Property (ASIPI)

Salvadorean Association of Intellectual Property (ASPI)

European Communities Trademark Association (ECTA)

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI)

Institute of Trademark Agents (ITMA)

Intellectual Property Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce