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PRACTICE AREAS
TRADEMARKS
- Registration and Portfolio Management in Brazil and LATAM
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Oppositions, Appeals, Cancellations, Office Actions -
General PTO and Court Disputes -
Consultations and Protection Strategies -
Special protection for Famous Trademarks -
Agreements, Assignments, Licenses and other Procedures
UTILITY PATENTS AND DESIGN REGISTRATIONS
We are experienced in advising on, preparing, filing and managing utility patents and design applications and registrations, in any stage the case may be at, in cooperation with specialized technicians.
We will also assist you with overcoming office actions, appeals and other local formalities required for patent and design registrations.
REGISTRATION OF ROYALTY AGREEMENTS -TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY, FRANCHISES
In order to legally send royalty payments to counterparts in other countries as compensation for the licensing of know-how, trademarks and patents, Brazilian companies are required to register and record the related agreements with the local PTO.
We have broad experience in conducting such registrations, allowing your company to send or receive royalties overseas.
SOFTWARE REGISTRATION, COPYRIGHT AND INTERNET DOMAIN DISPUTES
We specialize in conducting procedures for securing the special registration for computer software available in Brazil.
Copyright registrations and other strategies for securing protection and enforcement.
Conducting Internet Domain Disputes for the .br ccTLD and others, as well as domain registration and management services.
INTERNATIONAL IP SERVICES
We have built a network of the best intellectual property offices, attorneys and specialists from several countries, allowing us to assist you with consultations and registration procedures for any IP rights all over Latin America, Europe, Asia and North America - while also offering the best price quotations.
LEGAL TRANSLATIONS
We provide legal translation services for documents and texts in English, Spanish and Japanese - to and from Brazilian Portuguese.
If you need a sworn or certified translation, we are able to provide those in cooperation with registered public translators.
CONHEÇA O ESPECIALISTA
LEANDRO BARBAS
■ Advogado Graduado pela Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP)
■ Doutor e Mestre em Direito pela Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (SP), tendo desenvolvido tese e dissertação na área de propriedade intelectual
■ Professor de Direito Empresarial na Graduação e Chefe do Departamento de Direito Empresarial no Mackenzie Campus Alphaville (SP)
■Inglês
■Japonês
■Espanhol
■Francês
■ OAB/SP
■ INTA
■ ASIPI (em processo de adesão)
■Atuei por mais de uma década em grandes bancas especializadas em propriedade intelectual, atendendo clientes de todos os portes nos 4 idiomas acima (além do português, claro!)
■Geri mais de 8.000 ativos de propriedade intelectual, no Brasil e no Exterior
■Trabalhei pessoalmente na obtenção do reconhecimento do alto renome de duas grandes marcas, tornando-me especialista neste tema
■Tornei-me professor universitário na área em que mais amo (direito empresarial, o que inclui PI), tenho livros e diversos artigos científicos publicados, inclusive na Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property
ABOUT US
LEANDRO BARBAS
■ University Graduation (J.D.) in Law from Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP – Sao Paulo, Brazil)
■ Doctor (Ph.D) and Masters (LLM) in Law from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, having written a thesis and a dissertation on the field of Trademark Law
■ Professor and Head of the Company Law Department in the Mackenzie Presbyterian University, Sao Paulo Alphaville Campus
LANGUAGES
■ Brazilian Portuguese
■ English
■ English
■ Japanese
■ Spanish
■ French
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
■ OAB/SP (Brazilian Bar Association)
■ INTA – International Trademark Association
■ ASIPI – Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property
■More than a decade of experience in major Law Offices specializing in Intellectual Property, providing assistance for companies of all sizes and types of business in the five languages listed above
■Management experience over more than 8000 intellectual property assets in Brazil and overseas
■I have personally worked in achieving special protection for famous marks for two major and highly renowned trademarks in Brazil, having since become one of the few attorneys specializing in this field within Trademark Law.
■I have become a university professor in the field that I love – Company and Intellectual Property Law – having since published several books and journal articles, including one in the Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property & Practice
OUR PHILOSOPHY AND WORK STYLE
■ Our work style is more direct and personalized from what may be found in other IP Offices
■ We will always write to you personally, without automated reports, and using clear and straightforward language, in impeccable English or other language of choice.
■ We will not leave you waiting for an answer, and will be transparent on the costs to be expected from each service required
■ We are a Full Service and Comprehensive IP Office, having the legal acumen and the service delivery firepower to assist you in any field within Intellectual Property Law
■ Always aim at offering powerful, solid and cost effective protection for your intellectual property assets