Juan Pablo Cárdenas Manzo

Associate since 2022

Juan Pablo’s professional practice is focused on providing legal consultancy related to the creation and development of strategies for the protection, maintenance, and enforcement of trademarks, inventions, trade secrets, copyright, and related rights, as well as in drafting entertainment, technology transfer and licensing, franchise, and art loan contracts.
Furthermore, he provides consultancy in the areas of privacy and data protection, domain dispute resolution, regulatory law, information technology and piracy.

He has experience in the protection of intellectual property assets and image rights, through administrative procedures, settlement proceedings, litigation in the administrative, civil, and criminal fields, and their appeals, and constitutional remedies (amparos) and motions of review against unconstitutional acts.

Has successfully represented to clients of several industries in obtaining the registration of intellectual property assets, their cancellation and invalidation, the declaration of infringement actions for the invasion to such intellectual rights, the seizure of merchandise, the granting of sanitary authorizations by COFEPRIS for pharmaceutical products for cannabis products through litigation, declaration of unconstitutionality of several administrative laws, obtaining the authorization for the use of geographical denominations, the declaration of fame or well-known trademarks, among others.

During 2018 and 2019, Juan Pablo studied the LLM program “Law and Technology”, at Tilburg University (“Netherlands”), acquiring deep knowledge regarding cybercrime, e-commerce, blockchain, smart contracts, privacy and data protection, artificial intelligence, and intellectual property topics.

+52 (55) 5201 7586
jpcardenas@macf.com.mx
Languages
  • Spanish.
  • English.

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Our continuous dedication and preparation ensure that each client receives high-quality legal representation, backed by a solid foundation of knowledge and experience.
Education
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Law- La Salle, A.C. University, 2011- 2015.
  • Master’s Degree- Law and Technology LLM- Tilburg University (Netherlands), 2018-2019.
Experience
  • Litigation Law Clerk and Associate, Basham, Ringe y Correa, S.C., 2014-2018.
  • Litigation Associate, Calderón y de la Sierra y Cia, S.C., 2019-2022.
Contact
Cliente satisfecho estrechando la mano con un abogado: Cliente feliz con servicio legal en Mijares, Angoitia, Cortés y Fuentes S.C.

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August 12, 2025
On July 21, 2025, the new general regulations on financial matters applicable to the Retirement Savings Systems (the “Regulations”) were published, issued by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit and the National Commission of the Retirement Savings System (“CONSAR”) which repeal the “General Regulations on Financial Matters for Retirement Savings Systems” published in the Federal Official Gazette on September 18, 2019, along with their amendments and additions.
August 6, 2025
As of July 17, 2025, the merger control thresholds for reportable transactions under Mexico’s Competition Law were reduced as shown in the following table: