Carlos Olarte

Carlos is a founding partner of OlarteMoure, a 220+ person IP and Competition Law firm established in 2003 and based in Bogota, Colombia, with offices in Medellin, Barranquilla, Cali, Bucaramanga and an Asia Desk headquartered in Tokyo.  His 30-year practice focuses on patent law, including drafting, prosecution, litigation, monetization, and transactional matters.   A good portion of this practice focuses on Global 100 companies in the life sciences (pharma, biotech and medical devices) and telecom space.  Another important client base includes local universities and early stage deep-tech start-ups.

He graduated from Duke University (1990), where he majored in Biomedical and Mechanical Engineering.  He subsequently received his J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, IIT (1993) and later convalidated his law degree in Colombia, at the Universidad Javeriana in Bogota (1994).  He is a member of the State of Illinois and Colombian bars.

He is an active pro bono participant in the WIPO Inventor Assistance Program.  He was an Adjunct Professor of Patent Law at the Universidad Externado de Colombia (in the IP Specialization and LLM) between 1997 and 2018.