Carlos is the founding and managing partner of Calderon & De La Sierra and has devoted his professional life to Intellectual Property. While his principal activities have traditionally encompassed litigation and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, he has also been active in counseling, prosecution, searches and strategy for both patents and trademarks.
He frequently lectures in Mexico and abroad on a wide range of Intellectual Property Issues, and has actively collaborated with the Mexican Patent and Trademark Office and in professional associations involving Intellectual Property in legislative efforts and educational events pertaining to Intellectual Property Issues.
Carlos is a professor of Patent Law and Intellectual Property Law for post-graduate courses at Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and has been a visiting professor of Intellectual Property at the University of California and at Universidad Anáhuac in Mexico City.
He has written extensively on Intellectual Property issues and is the co-author of the book “Intellectual Property and Pharmaceutical Investigation”, Ed. Porrua / Law School of the National Autonomous University of México; México, D.F., 2012