Professional Affiliation

Director General, Mexican Institute of Industrial Property (IMPI)

Expert Bio

Alfredo Rendón is Director General of the Mexican Institute of Industrial Property.

Rendón has more than 25 years of experience in industrial property. He has served as Deputy Director General of Industrial Property, in charge of the Patent, Trademark and Intellectual Property Protection Divisions, and previously, as Divisional Director of Legal Affairs, among other positions at IMPI since 1994.

He also has extensive international experience in intellectual property. He participated in the negotiations US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the modernization of the treaty with the European Union, and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, among others.  He has represented Mexico in the World Intellectual Property Organization, where he currently chairs the permanent committee on Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications.

Alfredo Rendón has lectured in Mexico and other countries, and has been a professor of law.

He holds a law degree from the Universidad Tecnológica de México, a postgraduate degree in Labor Law and Intellectual and Industrial Property from the Universidad Panamericana and a master's degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Interamericana para el Desarrollo.