Biography • Trademarks

Martín Michaus Romero has been a partner of the firm since 1993, in the intellectual property practice in Mexico City, and is a member of the executive committee of the firm. He focuses on intellectual property, franchises, licensing, litigation and ownership of names.

Martín is a former president of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) (since November 2006); member of the International Association for the Intellectual Property Teaching and Research (ATRIP); and former president of Mexican Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AMPPI) and of the Mexican Group of the International Association for the Protection of the Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

He is a member of the WIPO panels on trademarks, domain names and arbitration disputes, and of the Independent Film and TV Association (IFTA), and a former coordinator of the Mexican Bar Association. He is also a collaborator on various national and international publications specialising in intellectual property, and a lecturer and speaker on intellectual property at various national and foreign universities.

Martín graduated from the Universidad Iberoamericana, and has a Masters degree in comparative law from the University of Illinois. He is currently a candidate for a doctorate in law from the Universidad Panamericana. He speaks Spanish and English.

Other Practice Areas

Martín Michaus also features in the following practice areas:

• Patents
• Life Sciences - IP
• Who's Who Legal Mexico: Intellectual Property