Celia is a lawyer (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella – UTDT, Valedictorian), Intellectual Property LLM (Universidad Austral, with honors) and Master in the Science of Law (JSM, Stanford University). She is also a technical bachelor’s in computer science (ORT).
She specializes in designing and executing transnational IP protection strategies; in drafting and revising IP contracts, licenses and confidentiality agreements; and in executing domain name disputes in Argentina and before the WIPО.
She has excelled in research and legal consulting in Intellectual Property, as a WIPO/WTO selected professor and as a Visiting IP Scholar at Columbia University. She received a Fulbright Scholarship to pursue her studies at Stanford, where she wrote her empirical thesis on Patent Strategies of Technology Startups with distinction, supervised by Mark Lemley. She is currently a lecturer at UTDT, where she teaches Law of New Technologies and IP Aspects of Law & Startups. She was the director of the Diploma in Law, Technology and Business; and served as Co-Director of the Law Undergraduate Program at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Argentina).
Celia is a member of the California Bar Association and the Buenos Aires Bar Association. She is also a member of the INTA Bulletins Committee, and a founding member of the Latin American Privacy Association (ALAР). She is an IP agent and leads the IP department at the firm, combining academic leadership with specialized professional practice.
Education:
Lawyer (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Valedictorian)
Intellectual Property LLM (Universidad Austral, with honors)
Master in the Science of Law (Stanford University, thesis with distinctions)
Bar Admissions:
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Industrial Property Agent, Argentina
California, United States
Languages:
Spanish, English
Practice Areas:
Intellectual Property, Corporate Law
To learn more about Celia, visit: linkedin.com/in/celialerman/ or celialerman.com