The risk of operating without local protection
Marketing your products or services in the Dominican Republic requires a proactive strategy. A legal oversight in registering your intellectual property can cost you your market position and halt your operations in the country.
Without trademark registration, companies are exposed to unauthorized use, counterfeiting, and loss of value in the Dominican market.
The Dominican Intellectual Property system requires local expertise to navigate processes before ONAPI, ONDA and courts, where deadlines and requirements are strict.
A registration abroad does not guarantee protection in the Dominican Republic. Without a local registration, any third party can legally appropriate your trademark in the country.
Our key services
Services included
— Trademark registration (words, logos, mixed)
— Brand renewal
— Transfer and assignment of trademarks
— Registration of trade names
— Registration of commercial slogans
— Registration of collective and certification marks
— Opposition to third-party registration
— Brand availability search (trademark clearance)
Services included
— Trademark monitoring
— Brand protection strategy
— IP portfolio audits
— Regional brand portfolio management
— Licenses and franchise agreements
Services included
— Registration of invention patents
— Utility model registration
— Registration of industrial designs
— Patent renewal and maintenance
— Patentability search
— Drafting patent applications
Services included
— Administrative litigation before ONAPI
— Trademark infringement litigation
— Fight against counterfeiting and piracy
— Copyright disputes
— Precautionary measures and confiscation of counterfeit goods
— Unfair competition litigation
Our specialists
Area led by lawyers with vast experience in Dominican and international trademark law.
Representative experience
Swagelok Company
Regional portfolio management to maintain the validity and enforceability of your rights in different jurisdictions: Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Ecuador.
Real Hotels & Resorts Inc. (Grupo Poma)
Integrated brand portfolio management strategy in the Dominican Republic.
Forza Cash Logistics
Protection of various distinctive signs and corporate structure.
Sika Technology AG
Trademark defense and cessation of infringing use against the unauthorized use of the ANTISOL trademark in the Dominican market.
Public Joint Stock Company “Oil Company “Lukoil”
Defense and regularization of trademark rights, achieving the removal of trademarks registered without the owner’s authorization and the regularization of the client’s trademark portfolio in the country.
Empresa de Software (capital privado)
Advice on the Industrial Property aspects of the acquisition of your Dominican affiliate, including the structuring and formalization of the assignment of rights before ONAPI and ensuring compliance with local regulations and regulatory requirements.