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Diego Bilbao

Associate
About

Diego Bilbao focuses his practice on intellectual property and technology. He has advised national and international clients in the identification, management, and protection of trademarks, patents, domain names, trade secrets, software, and copyrights in Chile and abroad.

He collaborates with clients in the planning and development of brands and technologies with a strategic focus on rapid protection and valuation of their commercial identity. Additionally, he provides guidance to clients' research and development (R&D) areas for anticipated and global protection of their innovations and value creation.

Furthermore, he offers advice on the exploitation of intellectual property assets, including transactions, transfer and assignment contracts, due diligence, coexistence agreements, licensing, and franchises.

He has extensive experience in defending and enforcing intellectual property rights, including trademark, patents, copyrights and trade secrets infringement cases, domain name revocations, and litigation on unfair competition acts, as well as the development of legal strategies in contentious matters before the Chilean Trademark and Patent Office.

Bar admissionsChile, 2017

EXPERIENCE

  • An international pharmaceutical company in preparing a high-level multi-jurisdictional report regarding patent regulations in Chile, Peru, and Ecuador
  • A quantum-based technology company in the preparation of a multi-jurisdictional report regarding their patent in the US and Europe
  • A technology and hospitality company in preparing a legal opinion regarding using an artist’s work in an advertising campaign from an intellectual property perspective
  • An energy consulting firm in the protection of its trade secrets and confidential information through updating its employment contracts and the elaboration of a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) according to its particular needs
  • A technology and hospitality company regarding the possible contingencies for the authorization of the use of images taken and sent by users residing in remote locations, following Chilean regulations on intellectual property and data protection
  • A leading US company in the design of technological programming developments in a dispute over unauthorized use of software in the drafting and publishing a research paper in a scientific journal
  • A Colombian technology-based finance company in an opposition litigation against one of its trademarks in Chile
  • A Peruvian company that provides first-class solutions to the agricultural sector in protecting seven different names of pharmaceutical products through trademarks in Chile
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
Education
  • Diploma, Intellectual Property, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2024
  • Diploma, New Trends in Civil Liability and Tort Law, Chile University, 2018
  • J.D., Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2015

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper Chile, Diego practiced at a major Chilean law firm. 

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