Octavio Espejo Hinojosa
Senior Partner, Patent and Technology Practice
Octavio is an Electrical Mechanical Engineer, graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and holds a law degree from the Universidad del Valle de México (UVM).
He started in the patent practice in 2005, and since then has served as a consultant in the analysis, procurement and use of patents, specifically in the fields of mechanical, electrical, industrial designs and computer-implemented inventions; Octavio has been responsible for the area of operations management and maintenance matters of the firm.
Areas of Practice:
Patent Prosecution and Registration in Mexico and abroad.
Technical Advice in Litigation Matters.
Technological Intelligence.
Technology Transfer.
Plant Varieties.
Trade Secrets.
He currently leads the Patents and Technology team, responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of patents, utility models and industrial designs; technological intelligence studies, valuation of intellectual assets, technology assessment and technical aspects of patent litigation; he also directs the Technology Transfer Office. Additionally, he has under his responsibility the operation of the branch office in Guadalajara and the area of specialized Translation.
Active Member of:
Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI).
Chairman of the Patent Committee (2017-2018).
Chairman of the Information Technology and Communications Committee (2019-2020).
Member of the Board of Directors (2021-2022).
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
Representative of Mexico in the Industrial Designs Committee since 2015.
Representative of Mexico in the Digital Economy Committee since 2019.
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
Voting member of the Industrial Designs, Emerging Technologies and Latin American Practice Committee since 2016.
International Trademark Association (INTA).
Member of the Designs Committee.
Recognitions & Awards:
Mexican IP Star according to Managing Intellectual Property since 2017.
WIPR Patent Leader since 2016.
Other relevant activities:
He was invited by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) to participate in the JPO/IPR Training Course for Practitioners Specializing in Patents (IPPP) postgraduate course at the Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation (JIPII), Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development Association (HIDA) and Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center (APIC).
Octavio is the author of several articles for national and international publications, including Mexico's contribution to the book Design Rights - Functionality and Scope of Protection jointly published by AIPPI and Wolters Kluwer. He has been a speaker on the topic Industrial Design protection in Mexico during the LES Pan-American YMC in 2016 (Ottawa CA), the AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute in 2017 (Ft Lauderdale FL) and AIPPI World Congress (Cancun) in 2019, among others.
Octavio is an Electrical Mechanical Engineer, graduated from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) and holds a law degree from the Universidad del Valle de México (UVM).
He started in the patent practice in 2005, and since then has served as a consultant in the analysis, procurement and use of patents, specifically in the fields of mechanical, electrical, industrial designs and computer-implemented inventions; Octavio has been responsible for the area of operations management and maintenance matters of the firm.
Areas of Practice:
Patent Prosecution and Registration in Mexico and abroad.
Technical Advice in Litigation Matters.
Technological Intelligence.
Technology Transfer.
Plant Varieties.
Trade Secrets.
He currently leads the Patents and Technology team, responsible for the filing, prosecution and maintenance of patents, utility models and industrial designs; technological intelligence studies, valuation of intellectual assets, technology assessment and technical aspects of patent litigation; he also directs the Technology Transfer Office. Additionally, he has under his responsibility the operation of the branch office in Guadalajara and the area of specialized Translation.
Active Member of:
Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI).
Chairman of the Patent Committee (2017-2018).
Chairman of the Information Technology and Communications Committee (2019-2020).
Member of the Board of Directors (2021-2022).
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).
Representative of Mexico in the Industrial Designs Committee since 2015.
Representative of Mexico in the Digital Economy Committee since 2019.
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA).
Voting member of the Industrial Designs, Emerging Technologies and Latin American Practice Committee since 2016.
International Trademark Association (INTA).
Member of the Designs Committee.
Recognitions & Awards:
Mexican IP Star according to Managing Intellectual Property since 2017.
WIPR Patent Leader since 2016.
Other relevant activities:
He was invited by the Japan Patent Office (JPO) to participate in the JPO/IPR Training Course for Practitioners Specializing in Patents (IPPP) postgraduate course at the Japan Institute for Promoting Invention and Innovation (JIPII), Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development Association (HIDA) and Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center (APIC).
Octavio is the author of several articles for national and international publications, including Mexico's contribution to the book Design Rights - Functionality and Scope of Protection jointly published by AIPPI and Wolters Kluwer. He has been a speaker on the topic Industrial Design protection in Mexico during the LES Pan-American YMC in 2016 (Ottawa CA), the AIPLA Mid-Winter Institute in 2017 (Ft Lauderdale FL) and AIPPI World Congress (Cancun) in 2019, among others.
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