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Expo Café Fair 2023: Boosting Coffee Production and Protecting IP Rights
By Guy José Bendaña-Guerrero & Asociados
In the framework of a national Strategy for the Transformation and Development of Coffee Production, State institutions and more than 50 businesses, collective producers, cooperatives and exporters held a fair in the department of Jinotega to promote good coffee production management.
Located in northern Nicaragua, Jinotega is known for its coffee production. It is the second-largest coffee-producing department in the country, after Matagalpa. Its climate is ideal for coffee production, with cool temperatures and high altitudes.
The new Expo Café fair is part of the implementation of a national strategy for coffee promotion, as its a major export crop for Nicaragua. The coffee industry is important to the Nicaraguan economy, and it is a source of employment and income for many families.
Nicaragua is a globally recognised origin country for coffee, ranked as the 11th largest producer in the world. The industry is economically and socially important to the country, providing around half of all agricultural jobs, and contributing over 20 percent of agricultural GDP.
Among other topics, the Expo Café Jinotega 2023 discussed intellectual property rights as tools for coffee producers in Nicaragua to protect their products and brands, and prevent counterfeiting and other forms of infringement.
Growing use of intellectual property (IP) in the coffee industry holds the potential to become one of the most efficient ways to protect coffee as a product and ad brand value, from the source of origin in growing communities across the value chain to the manufacturing, retail sector and the final consumer.
Guy José Bendaña-Guerrero & Asociados
GUY JOSE BENDAÑA GUERRERO & ASOCIADOS has a long and prosperous tradition in the field of intellectual property (IP) in Nicaragua, with roots that go back to more than 100 years, resulting on long-term relationships with renowned clients and attorneys worldwide.
The firm has its origins in the law firm Henry Caldera & Henry Caldera-Pallais, founded in 1907 by Mr. Henry Caldera. That same year of 1907, through the efforts of Mr. Caldera, Nicaragua had its first Trademark Law. In the late 1930’s, Mr. Caldera’s oldest son, Dr. Henry Caldera-Pallais, after studying law in Nicaragua, attended the University of Michigan, where he graduated as a Registered U.S. Patent Attorney. Dr. Caldera-Pallais in 1964 was a founding member of the Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI), the first regional intellectual property organization in the Americas. The firm continued to grow during the administration of Dr. Franklin Caldera, son of Dr. Caldera-Pallais, who obtained his doctoral degree in law from the Universidad Centroamericana in 1973.
Since 1985 the current partners, Dr. Guy José Bendaña Guerrero and Mrs. Blanca Aragón de Bendaña, took over the management of the firm. Dr. Bendaña Guerrero, Director of the firm, has distinguished himself as one of the most respected authorities in Central America in the field of intellectual property and law in general, being the author of several books such as “Course of Industrial Property Law”, “Study of the new Laws of Industrial Property” and “New Study of Contracts “, among others. Mrs. Aragón de Bendaña has served as the firm’s general manager and, thanks to her excellent management, the firm has been in constant growth, with a highly qualified staff committed to excellence. Since 1996, partner Julián José Bendaña Aragón joined the firm, and has been standing out as one of the most recognized attorneys in the field of intellectual property.
We have adapted to the constant change of the business world, supporting our clients in finding the most appropriate legal solutions for each moment. The firm distinguishes itself by understanding the needs of its clients, offering personalized service and adding value to its activities.
Nowadays we continue to be the leading firm in Nicaragua in the area of intellectual property, and at the same time, we have been consolidating other areas of service within the civil, commercial and labor fields, as well as litigation and consulting in general. The firm is well positioned to guarantee a pragmatic service that meets the requirements of the most demanding clients.
