2007 - Beijing

- The first International Trademark Forum: Protecting Chinese Trademarks in the Arab, US & Latin American Regions, was organized by the Middle Eastern law firm Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP) in conjunction with the Washington-based firm Sughrue Mion and J. Vega & Asociados.

2003 - Panama

- A comission for a projected reform to Panama’s Criminal and Procedural Codes and Industrial Property Law (Law 35 of 1996) was established by the authorities, at request of J. Vega & Asociados, representing Sindicato de Industriales de Panama.

- J. Vega & Asociados participates in the legislative debate of the Law on Industrial Property Criminal Law (Law 1 of 2004).

2002 - Panama

- J. Vega & Asociados, representing Sindicato de Industriales de Panama, successfully lobbied for the creation of an IP Specialized District Attorney’s Office in Panama.

2000- Guatemala

- J. Vega & Asociados successfully coordinated the first seizure of counterfeit goods in Guatemalan ports, applying border measures under the new Intellectual Property Law (Decree-Law 2000). A full 40' container of counterfeit jeans was seized. (Seizure Warrant, J.B. Corporation v. TEXU 2275855, Puerto Quetzal)

1998 - Panama

- The first conviction for trademark infringement in Panama’s history under Law 35 of May 1996, is issued in a criminal case filed by J. Vega & Asociados. After a raid of a department store and seizure of counterfeit shirts, the infringers were indicted and later sentenced to prison, fines, and banned from holding office. The shirts were confiscated and, after removal of trademark labels, assigned to a non profit organization. (Alain Delon Diffusion, S.A. v. U. Moderna, S.A. et al, Fourth Circuit Criminal Court of Panama).

1994 - Panama

- J. Vega & Asociados represented Sociedad Nacional de Videoclubes in the legislative debate of the Copyright Law.