Richard Nicholas Brown

Background

Nicholas Brown, Richard was born on November 26, 1939 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.

Education

Florida State (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). Columbia University (Juris Doctor, 1964). Spoken languages: English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Career

Worked at De Sola & Pate (Caracas) specializing in General Practice including Corporate, Administrative, Banking and Finance, Taxation, Real Property, Civil, Labor, Antitrust, International Trade, Andean Pact, Foreign Investment and Licensing, Maritime, Environmental, Intellectual Property, Anti-Counterfeiting and Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1965, New York and United States. Supreme Court; United States.

Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit.

United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (Not admitted in Venezuela). Author: Articles on Intellectual Property have appeared in Trademark Reporter.

Trademark World. The International Review of Industrial Property and Copyrights, Les Nouvelles and Managing Intellectual Property.

Moderated and spoke at Seminars on Intellectual Property in the United States. and Venezuela. Member: International Trademark Association, former member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Foreign Trademark Committee and International Advisory Group.

Licensing Executives Society of Venezuela, Secretary. Venezuelan College of Industrial Property Agents.

Inter-American Intellectual Property Association (A.S.I.P.I.), Venezuelan Delegate.

Chairman and Founder of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee of VenAmCham. While the association of Messrs. De Sola and Pate dates from 1981, the origins of the firm go back to the firm founded by René De Sola (and others) in 1944.

Of the present partners, two are from this prominent juridical family, while the other two are United States. nationals, who have many years of experience in Latin America.

Achievements

• Richard Nicholas Brown has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member: International Trademark Association, former member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Foreign Trademark Committee and International Advisory Group. Licensing Executives Society of Venezuela, Secretary. Venezuelan College of Industrial Property Agents.

Inter-American Intellectual Property Association (A.S.I.P.I.), Venezuelan Delegate.

Chairman and Founder of the Patent, Trademark and Copyright Committee of VenAmCham.