Superintendencia de Industria y Comercio

The Superintendence of Industry and Commerce is the national authority in charge of administering the Public Registry of Industrial Property. In the development of this function, the deputy superintendence Industrial Property is in charge of deciding applications for the registration of trademarks and slogans, applications for the deposit of trade name or a label or business sign, declaring or recognizing appellations of origin, processing applications for patents of invention, deciding patents of utility models, applications for industrial designs, and the registration of layouts of integrated circuits. It is also in charge of promoting the protection of innovation and the transfer of knowledge, through the development of activities of orientation and divulgation of Industrial Property.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

• European Patent Office (EPO)

• European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO)

• Andean Community (CAN)

Deputy Superintendent For Industrial Property

LIGIA MATILDE ATEHORTUA JIMÉNEZ

Lawyer from Universidad de la Sabana, specialized in Industrial Property, Copyrights and New Information Technologies from Universidad Externado de Colombia.She has more than 27 years of experience in the professional practice and public service, in areas related to Industrial Property, Administrative Law, Disciplinary Law, Academic Direction. Standing out with her experience in the SIC, as head of the Division of Distinctive Signs, Director of Distinctive Signs.

Contact point for international affairs

Alejandra Arteta Llanos

Lawyer

Liaison for Industrial Property

aarteta@sic.gov.co