Roberto C. Quiñones-Rivera

E-mail address: rcq@mcvpr.com
Phone number: (787) 250-2631
Fax number: (787) 474-9201

Roberto C. Quiñones-Rivera is a Capital Member of the Firm, and Vice-Chair of the Litigation Practice Group. He is also Chair of the Antitrust and Trade Regulation Practice Area, Co-Chair of the Intellectual Property Practice Area, and is a member of the Firm's Pro Bono Committee.

Practice Areas

Mr. Quiñones-Rivera practiced commercial litigation with major firms in New York and Boston from 1990 to 1996. He joined McConnell Valdés in 1996. He has focused on Intellectual Property and Antitrust matters, including litigation and counseling on trademark, domain name and copyright matters and defense of antitrust class actions. He also has successfully represented defendants in class actions under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, the Truth in Lending Act and Puerto Rico statutes.

From 1990 to 1992, Mr. Quiñones-Rivera was an associate with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York. In 1992, he joined Goulston & Storrs in Boston, Massachusetts. From 1994 to 1996, he was an associate with Choate, Hall & Stewart, in Boston.

Mr. Quiñones-Rivera was Chair of McConnell Valdés' Professional Development Committee from 2002 to 2006. During his tenure, the firm adopted formal Professional Development as well as Supervision and Mentoring Programs.

Education

Mr. Quiñones-Rivera received his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Yale Journal of International Law. He obtained his A.B., summa cum laude, from Rollins College.

Admissions

Mr. Quiñones-Rivera is admitted to practice in Puerto Rico, New York and Massachusetts. He also is admitted in the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the United States District Courts for the Districts of Puerto Rico and Massachusetts and the Southern District of New York.

Memberships

Mr. Quiñones-Rivera is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the Ethics Commission of the Puerto Rico Bar Association.

Representative Cases

• Oliva v. Poma-Ramrez, __ F. Supp. 2d __, 2007 WL 2436305 (D.P.R. Aug. 21, 2007) (after evidentiary hearing, entering preliminary injunction against trademark counterfeiter, including order to immediately transfer internet domain names)
• Sánchez v. Triple-S Management Corp., __ F.3d __ (1st Cir. June 13, 2007) (affirming dismissal, on summary judgment, of purported class action under Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act)
• Arroyo-Melecio v. Puerto Rican American Insurance Co., 398 F.3d 56 (1st Cir. 2005) (affirming dismissal of main claim in purported class action under the Sherman and Clayton Acts and Puerto Rico's antitrust laws alleging underlying violations of Puerto Rico's Compulsory Motor Vehicle Liability Insurance Act)
• Latin American Mechanical Rights Collection Agency, Inc. v. Marti, Flores, Prieto & Wachtel Advertising, Inc., 204 F. Supp. 2d 270 (D.P.R. 2002) (dismissing claims under Copyright Act, Lanham Act and Puerto Rico's Intellectual Property Act), 2002 U.S. Dist. Lexis 15610 (D.P.R. 2002) (magistrate's favorable report and recommendation)
• Autoridad de Energía Eléctrica de Puerto Rico v. Ericsson Inc., 201 F.3d 15 (1st Cir. 2000) (having granted emergency motion for appeals court to stay remand order pending appeal and to expedite appeal, resolving several issues of first impression, including jurisdiction in removed case to review remand order based on forum-selection clause, whether said clause mandated litigation in particular forum or only constituted consent to jurisdiction therein, and scope and applicability of Y2K Act; reversing remand order)
• Laura Thorn, Ltd. v. Alletzhauser, 71 F.3d 991 (1st Cir. 1995) (reversing order in case raising issues of first impression concerning scope of obligations under commercial guarantees)