It is well known that protection and management of immaterial assets allows a business to develop.
Due to exclusive rights that characterize intellectual property, holders can: (i) transform ideas into high value assts; (ii) perceive income; (iii) increase their market stake; (iv) improve their business as a hole, among other benefits.
Moreover, intellectual property stands out because of the similar legal basis applied around the world due to international treatises administered by the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO and the World Trade Organization – WTO.
Therefore, aiming to protect our client’s intellectual property rights in Brazil and abroad, we offer the following solutions:
Trademarks
- Conducting trademark clearance in order to mitigate risks of refusal;
- Preparing, filing and prosecuting trademark applications before the Brazil Patent and Trademark Office – BPTO;
- Internacional trademark prosecution;
- Monitoring trademark application filed by third parties and filling of oppositions, appeals and cancelations proceedings;
- Strategic management of trademark portfolios;
- Litigating trademark registration validity, infringement and contractual agreements.
Patents
- Conducting prior art searches;
- Preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications before the Brazil Patent and Trademark Office – BPTO;
- International patent prosecution;
- Providing legal opinion on the validity of third-party patents, freedom to operate – FTO and counterfeiting;
- Preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications before the Brazil Patent and Trademark Office – BPTO;
- Strategic management of patent portfolios;
- Litigating patent validity, infringement and contractual agreements.
Copyrights
- Advising on the copyrightability and registration of works;
- Strategic management of copyright portfolios;
- Enforcing ownership rights against infringers, including designing and implementing anti-piracy programs
- Defending claims against copyright infringement;
Domain Names
- Registration of domain names;
- Litigating infringement of IP rights and ownership of domain names (cybersquatting and typosquatting);
Industrial Designs
- Preparing, filing and prosecuting industrial designs applications before the Brazil Patent and Trademark Office – BPTO in order to protect ornamental characteristics of the design;
- Litigating industrial design infringements and defending its validity.
Trade Secret and Unfair Competition
- Development of preventive and reprehensive strategies in order to protect trade secrets;
- Litigating unfair competition cases, such as trade dress violation, passing off and reverse passing off.
Advertising Law
- Legal assistance on legal issues involving advertisement matters before the National Council for Self-Regulation in Advertising – CONAR;
Technology Transfer
- Draft, negotiation and analysis of intellectual property agreements, such as licensing, technology transfer and franchising;
- Legal assistance before the Brazil Patent and Trademark Office – BPTO and the Brazilian Central Bank – BACEN in order to register intellectual property agreements.
Border Measures
- Legal assistance and coordination with the Brazilian Customs offices to reprehend the entrance of counterfeit goods in Brazil.