NGO INNOVARTE was founded in 2008 with the support of the Ford Foundation to promote a balanced system of Intellectual Property regulations that protect access to knowledge, innovation and healthcare.
Thanks to contributions from international donors such as the OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE, UNITAID, PEARLS and others, NGO INNOVARTE currently carries out consultations, projects and other activities aimed at capacity building and legal initiatives at the national and global level related to the intersection of intellectual property regulations and access to health, knowledge and innovation.
Among its contributions to the public interest, Innovarte’s role in the negotiation and adoption of the WIPO Marrakesh Treaty for the benefit of persons with disabilities, the drafting of treaty proposals for the rights of libraries, archives, museums and education within the World Intellectual Property Organization are noteworthy.
In the area of healthcare and intellectual property, our NGO has contributed to the reform of Chilean patent law to facilitate the use of flexibilities, as well as the processing of compulsory license applications for hepatitis C and COVID-19 treatments. At the regional level, we’re emphasizing dissemination and training to participate in the WHO’s Covid Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), as well as legal reforms to make compulsory licensing and government use feasible. It is currently participating as a stakeholder in the negotiation process of the International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response.
Mission
Our mission is to build capacity to design, understand and apply a balanced system of intellectual property rules that promote the economic and social development of peoples, based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Vision
NGO INNOVARTE builds a global scenario, with emphasis on Latin America, in which intellectual property rights are designed, understood, exercised and respected in a way that encourages innovation and creativity, promoting access to knowledge without discrimination in an effective and efficient manner.
Our Coallitions
A2K – Access to Knowledge
MIFA- Medical Innovations for All
OUR TEAM
Luis Villarroel
- Founder and Director • info@innovarte.cl
Lawyer – U. Chile; Master of Laws, Washington College of Law, American University. Consultant. Arbitrator of the NIC CHILE Dispute Resolution Center. Law Professor. Former Minister of the Industrial Property Court of Chile. Former IP Advisor to the Chilean Ministry of Education. Former Consultant of the IDB Legal Department. Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of D. A. WIPO 2008, among others.
Andrea Aguilar
- Advisor • coordinacion@innovarte.cl
Sociologist, Mg. in Government, Public Policies and Territory, Postgraduate in Diversity and Public Policies – U. Chile. Researcher in public policy, intellectual property, gender and culture. Specialist in design and execution of projects at national and international level.
Adán González
- Lawyer • adangonzalez@innovarte.cl
Lawyer specializing in Intellectual and Industrial Property. PHD in Law from the University of Navarra and a Master’s Degree in European Intellectual Property Law from the University of Stockholm and a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from the University of Chile. He has worked as an independent legal advisor in Intellectual and Industrial Property in Pamplona, Spain, and has held different positions at the National Institute of Industrial Property in Santiago, Chile, including Deputy Legal Director and Head of the Legislative Department. Professor of Intellectual and Industrial Property Law and Patent Law at different universities and author of several publications, such as “Patentes esenciales en estándares tecnológicos: prevención y reacción ante las conductas oportunistas”, published in 2021 by Thomson Reuters/ Aranzadi.
Lorena Ortega
- Coordination • contacto@innovarte.cl
Lawyer with more than 15 years of experience in family law and family court. Accounting skills; project control and management; financial reporting; client administration and management.
Luis Salcedo
- International Consultant •
Lawyer and Specialist in Administrative Law of the Pontifical Javeriana University of Colombia. Consultant and litigator in new technologies, competition law, economic regulation, data protection, consumer protection and intellectual property. Professor. Member of the Colombian Association of Legal Tech.
