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FELIX SUAZO

FELIX SUAZO

Attorney at law
HONDURAS

Summary

Intellectual Property Lawyer with 17+ years of trademark, copyright and patent experience, with strong skills in prosecution, litigation, brand protection and/or anti-counterfeit actions in the Republic of Honduras and Central American countries.

We conduct legal actions against Intellectual Property rights infringement, developing strategies together with customs, police and public prosecution offices and related authorities, represent clients in courts and out of court negotiations and settlements.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages

Work History

IP Director

Suazo-Garcia & Asociados
01.2010 - 05.2015
  • Create and develop the Intellectual Property Department in all the areas like filing, prosecution, litigation, anti-counterfeit enforcement and training authorities for brand protection actions.
  • Regulatory affairs: assist clients in sanitary regulations process, obtain sanitary registrations and licenses for Pharmaceutical companies. (Human and animal health).
  • Oversaw company's global trademark, patent and domain name portfolios and managed prosecution of trademarks and patents.
  • Developed strategies for court proceedings and negotiations.
  • Monitored compliance with laws and regulations to protect organization from legal liabilities and penalties.

General Lawyer

Suazo-Garcia & Asociados
01.2009 - 05.2015
  • Assist attorneys in their court hearings in civil and labor courts. Prosecution of small cases.
  • Law firm
  • Prepared and reviewed contracts and other legal documents following applicable regulations.
  • Analyzed and applied legal principles and performed legal research to support litigation strategy.

Foreign Clients Manager

Central Law Honduras
01.2008
  • In charge of sending paperwork mainly for trademark applications to the other partners in Latin America. Setup foreign corporations in Honduras and abroad. Legal translations. (English-Spanish)
  • Law firm

Legal Assistant in Credit Assignments

Banco del Pais
01.2007
  • Writing credit assignments after the bank acquire three credit portfolio from other banks and submit those credit assignment documents to the commerce and property registry.

Managing Partner

Suazo Lex Abogados
05.2015 - Current
  • I create this boutique law firm, specialized in Intellectual Property Law with focus on Brand Protection and/or anti-counterfeit actions in the Republic of Honduras and some Central American countries.
  • We develop a regulatory department for health registrations of different products in the Central American region.
  • We conduct actions against trademark infringers together with customs, police and public prosecution offices.
  • I give product identification trainings for local and regional latam authorities.
  • Boutique law firm specialized in Intellectual Property Law

Legal Assistant in Labor Law

Bufete Suazo-Garcia & Asociados
01.2005 - 01.2007
  • Attend clients, check process files at court, writing labor complaints.

Judge Assistant

Criminal Court of San Pedro Sula
San Pedro Sula
01.2004 - 01.2005
  • Assist the judge in criminal hearings and writing decisions/judgments, take witness declarations.

Education

Lawyer degree - undefined

Universidad Catolica de Honduras
01.2009

Master in Finance - undefined

Universidad Tecnologica Centroamericana. (UNITEC)
08.2026

Skills

  • Intellectual Property Law
  • Competition Law
  • Domain Name Disputes
  • Regulatory compliance
  • Investor relations
  • Merger and acquisition strategy
  • Intellectual property enforcement
  • Intellectual property investigations
  • Trademark prosecution
  • Brand protection
  • Pharmaceutical law

Affiliations

  • International Trademark Association. INTA,
  • Asociacion Interamericana de Propiedad Intelectual ASIPI,
  • Asociacion Hondureña de Protection a la Propiedad Intelectual. AHPPI
  • Honduran Bar of Law

Languages

Spanish
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
English
Advanced (C1)

Representative Cases

  • 2012, Participated in a large raid organized by INTERPOL; Customs officials and the Public Prosecution office on behalf of different brands like LOUIS VUITTON, CHANEL, ADIDAS and others, seizing around 5,000 pieces.
  • 2013, Handled a criminal case against a big shoe company from El Salvador manufacturing fake PUMA shoes, organizing a raid with Police and Public Prosecution Office.
  • 2014, Gave training to police, customs officials and public prosecutors in Panama, Chile, Curacao, Costa Rica and Honduras on how to identify fake products.
  • 2015, Customs case at the main port of Honduras seizing 50,000 bottles of fake perfumes infringing brands like Chanel, Gucci, D&G, Lacoste, Procter & Gamble and Hugo Boss.
  • 2016, One of the biggest seizures ever made in Honduras on behalf of SAMSUNG and PUMA, seizing around 80,000 pieces of fake SAMSUNG goods.
  • 2018, Big seizure in Honduras on behalf of PUMA, seizing around 10,000 pieces of fake PUMA goods at Puerto Cortes Customs.

Work Availability

monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Personal Information

  • Gender: Male
  • Marital Status: Single

Interests

Music

Diving

Technology

Intellectual Property and Internet Law

Timeline

Managing Partner

Suazo Lex Abogados
05.2015 - Current

IP Director

Suazo-Garcia & Asociados
01.2010 - 05.2015

General Lawyer

Suazo-Garcia & Asociados
01.2009 - 05.2015

Foreign Clients Manager

Central Law Honduras
01.2008

Legal Assistant in Credit Assignments

Banco del Pais
01.2007

Legal Assistant in Labor Law

Bufete Suazo-Garcia & Asociados
01.2005 - 01.2007

Judge Assistant

Criminal Court of San Pedro Sula
01.2004 - 01.2005

Master in Finance - undefined

Universidad Tecnologica Centroamericana. (UNITEC)

Lawyer degree - undefined

Universidad Catolica de Honduras
FELIX SUAZOAttorney at law