Firm overview
Bentata Abogados is a Venezuela-based boutique practice with more than 70 years of experience, dating back to the firm’s inception in 1954. The firm is widely recognized for its global reach through an extensive partnership network with trusted firms abroad, enabling coordinated multi-jurisdictional strategies for filings, renewals, enforcement, and portfolio management. This international connectivity is reinforced by multilingual service capabilities and internationally trained, which facilitates seamless collaboration with in-house teams and counsel worldwide.
The firm's Intellectual Property Group provides end-to-end IP protection across trademarks and patents, including prosecution, renewals, enforcement, and strategic portfolio management. Its practice also covers copyrights, digital rights, and trade secrets, and the group regularly advises on the IP aspects of transactions such as technology transfers, licensing agreements, franchising and distribution arrangements, and broader commercial deals where ownership, scope of rights, and freedom to operate are central to risk allocation and value creation.
A core strength of the practice is its proactive, risk-driven approach to trademark protection. At the outset of the registration process, the team conducts thorough trademark investigations with a global scope to identify potential conflicts and assess registrability, allowing clients to calibrate strategy early, reduce friction during prosecution, and manage budgets effectively. In parallel, the firm supports portfolio optimization through coordinated filing strategies, renewal planning, and enforcement roadmaps tailored to business priorities and market realities.
On the contentious side, Bentata Abogados maintains a robust trademark litigation practice, representing clients in cancellation and nullity actions, oppositions, infringement matters, and related enforcement proceedings before both administrative and judicial authorities. The team’s experience spans the full review chain, from the Venezuelan Patent and Trademark Office to the Contentious Administrative Courts and, when necessary, the Supreme Court, with a focus on practical outcomes and consistent, evidence-based advocacy.
