The IP Lounge: Nestlé’s Myrtha Hurtado Rivas on wellbeing focus

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The IP Lounge: Nestlé’s Myrtha Hurtado Rivas on wellbeing focus

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One of Managing IP’s most influential people in IP for 2024, Hurtado Rivas discusses mental health in the profession, the changing role of a trademark lawyer, and what keeps a Nestlé IP counsel busy


In this episode, we are joined by Myrtha Hurtado Rivas, an in-house counsel at Nestlé, who was featured in Managing IP’s 50 Most Influential People in IP, which was published at the end of 2024.

Editor Max Walters catches up with Hurtado Rivas to discuss her work both at Nestlé and externally.

Hurtado Rivas speaks passionately about the Leaderching project she founded in 2020.

Leaderching is a network of professionals that supports organisational and professional development. In the past 12 months, the network’s podcast has featured notable guests from the IP community and has actively encouraged conversations around mental health and wellbeing.  

We also discuss her work for INTA after she was appointed to the IP association’s board at the start of 2024 and her role as an ambassador for Brand Action – a fundraising initiative within the trademark profession.

Lastly, we cover Hurtado Rivas’s views on the role of an IP lawyer and why government intervention risks negatively affecting IP owners’ investments.

We will be back with a new episode in February. Thank you for listening.

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