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Silvina Vila

Education
  • School of Law, Universidad de la República (Montevideo). Currently pursuing a Public Translator degree in Portuguese.
  • School of Law, Universidad de Salamanca (Salamanca, Spain). Specialization in Intellectual Property in the European Environment (2023).
  • School of Law, Universidad de la República (Montevideo). Master’s in Tort Law (2021).
  • School of Law, Universidad Austral (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Diploma (online) in Intellectual Property (2019).
  • School of Law, Fordham University (New York, United States). Summer Institute (2016).
  • School of Law, Universidad de la República (Montevideo). Doctor of Law and Social Sciences (2015).
Practice Areas
  • Intellectual Property
  • Litigation
  • Contracts
  • Environmental Law
Academic Experience
  • School of Law, University of the Republic (Montevideo), Teaching Assistant Grade 1 (interim) in the Civil Law Department (subject: Obligations and Contracts).
  • School of Law, University of the Republic (Montevideo), Teaching Assistant Grade 1 in the Commercial Law Department (subject: Intellectual Property).
  • School of Law, University of the Republic (Montevideo), Active member of the Center for Intellectual Property Studies
Professional Experience
  • Bergstein Abogados, Senior Associate (2013- present).
Publications
 
  • Repair Damages caused by Artificial Intelligence, LII, LALEY Uruguay 2022.
  • Civil liability of the landlord against infractions in matters of Intellectual Property: Landlord Liability Doctrine, LI, LALEY Uruguay 2021.
  • Third-party intervention in the fiduciary transaction: the implied duty to convey the property, XLIX Anuario de Derecho Civil 2019.
  • Duty of due care to proceed with safety, XLVII Anuario de Derecho Civil  2017.
  • Penalty Clause and Compensatory Damages, XLVI Anuario de Derecho Civil  2016.
  • Transportation Contract, XLV Anuario de Derecho Civil 2015. 
  Memberships
 
  • ELAPI (Latin American School of Intellectual Property) – Secretary General.
  • ASIPI (Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property) – Member.
Languages
  • Spanish
  •  English 
  •  Portuguese