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Eduardo Varela

Trademarks, Copyright & Entertainment

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Biography

Eduardo Varela is a trademark and entertainment law attorney and partner at Cavelier Abogados. Eduardo is one of the heads of the trademark and copyright practice of the firm.

With over a decade of experience, Eduardo focuses on strategic counseling, structuring, drawing and negotiating complex IP licensing and distribution agreements, trademark clearance and prosecution, copyright litigation, and large-scale consumer disputes. Eduardo has also handled hundreds of trademark opppositions, provisional refusals and appeals before the Superintendency of Industry & Commerce in Colombia, while also being appointed as a panelist at the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center in Hong Kong.

In addition to his client work, Eduardo acts as counsel in Colombia for the Business Software Alliance (BSA) in pursuing copyright enforcement activities and assisting in the development of an anti-piracy campaign within Colombia.

Eduardo currently teaches Intellectual Property Law at Universidad del Rosario, and has published extensively on copyright and trademark law trending topics.

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Work Experience

  • 2013 – currently. Partner and Head of the Trademarks Division at Cavelier Abogados (Bogotá, Colombia)

Published Work

  • Tobón Franco, N., & Varela Pezzano, E. (2016). Legal complexities of adult entertainment law. Mercantile Law Forum, 50, 53–90.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. & López, R. (2015). J European Jurisprudencia on intellectual property rights: recent cases. Mercantile Law Forum, 46, 95–104.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. & León Robayo, EI (2015). The apparent illegality or permanent violation: Copyright and P2P technologies. Bogotá: University of Rosario. ISBN 978-598-738-641-7.
  • Tobón Franco, N. & Varela Pezzano, E. (2014). Unfair competition between forms of lawyers. Mercantile Law Forum, 43, 125–138.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. & Durán Fernández, A. (2014). Jurisprudential overview of three-dimensional trademarks in the Andean Community. Mercantile Law Forum, 36, 163–175.
  • León Robayo, EI & Varela Pezzano, E. (2014). The rights to privacy and habeas data against the technological threats of the Internet. In ME Rodríguez Palop, & MT Palacios Sanabria (Eds.), Economic crisis: globalization and its impact on human rights. Bogotá: University of Rosario; Carlos III University of Madrid, Bartolomé de las Casas Human Rights Institute. ISBN 978-958-738-453-3.
  • León Robayo, EI & Varela Pezzano, E. (2012). Trademark infringements in Internet search engines. In R. Metke Méndez, É. I. León Robayo, & ES Varela Pezzano (Academic Coord.), Intellectual Property: Reflections. Bogotá: University of Rosario. ISBN 978-95-87-382-46-4.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. (2012). Anatomy of the Madrid Protocol. In R. Metke Méndez, É. I. León Robayo & E. Varela Pezzano (Academic Coord.), Intellectual Property: Reflections. Bogotá: University of Rosario. ISBN 978-95-87-382-46-4.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. & Tobón Franco, N. (2011). Doing business in Colombia. Juris Publishing. ISBN 978-1-57823-310-6.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. & León Robayo, EI (2011). Legal nature of the protection granted by copyright. In R. Metke Méndez, É. I. León Robayo & E. Varela Pezzano (Academic Coord.), Intellectual Property Studies. Bogotá: University of Rosario. ISBN 978-958-738-190-0.
  • Varela Pezzano, E., & Tobón Franco, N. (2011). Intellectual property in advertising campaigns. In R. Metke Méndez, É. I. León Robayo, & E. Varela Pezzano, (Academic Coord.), Intellectual Property Studies. Bogotá: Universidad del Rosario, ISBN 978-958-738-190-0.
  • Tobón Franco, N. & Varela Pezzano, E. (2011). Jurisprudential overview of the right to privacy of public figures in Colombia. Mercantile Law Forum, 33, 75–92.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. & Tobón Franco, N. (2010). Adult entertainment law. Bogotá: Ed. Ibáñez Group. ISBN 978-958-749-034-3.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. & Tobón Franco, N. (2010). Copyright for creatives. Bogotá: Ed. Ibáñez Group. ISBN 978-958-749-002-2.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. (2010). In vogue: design, fashion and intellectual property. Business Law Review, 21, 143–160.
  • Varela Pezzano, E. (2020). “Ambush Marketing” in South Africa 2010: Lessons on Protecting Brands at Sporting Events. Commercial Law Forum, 29, 95–115.
  • León Robayo, EI & Varela Pezzano, E. (2008). Jurisprudential overview of "peer-to-peer" technologies . Business Law Review, 13, 101–132.

Education

  • 2009. Specialist in Intellectual Property from Universidad Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia)
  • 2008. Attorney from University Colegio Mayor de Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Bogotá, Colombia)

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English
  • Italian

Fields of expertise

Trademarks
Copyright
Entertainment