Pedro Afonso Vieira Bhering
Born in Petrópolis, RJ; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 1974.
Background:
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUCRJ (LL.B., 1974);
author of the article "Trade Secrets in Brazil", published in the
1991 Special Supplement "How Secret Are Your Trade Secrets?" in
Managing Intellectual Property. Magazine; author of many articles about
Intellectual Property published in the most important newspaoers
of Brazil.
Associations:
Brazilian Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo); ABAPI -
Brazilian Association of Patent and Trademark Agents; ABPI - Brazilian
Intellectual Property Association; ASIPI - Inter-American Association
of Industrial Property; AAPI - Argentine Association of Industrial
Property Agents; INTA - International Trademark Association; ITMA - The
Institute of Trademark Attorneys; AIPPI - International Association for
the Protection of Industrial Property; MARQUES - Association of
European Trade Mark Owners; LES - Licensing Executives Society, and
ECTA - European Communities Trade Mark Association.
Languages: Portuguese, English, French and German.
Practice Areas: Trademarks,
Geographical Indications, Licensing and Technology Transfer, Copyright
and Neighbouring Rights, Enforcement against Unfair Competition and
Counterfeiting, Criminal and Civil Litigation .
Roberto Maurício Monteiro Vieira
Born in Petrópolis, RJ; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 1950.
Background:
Federal University of Brazil (LL.B., 1949); Fundação Getúlio Vargas (LLM. in Financial and Capital
Markets Law); Candido Mendes School of Law, Professor of International
Law, 1989.
Associations: Brazilian Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro); Inter-American Council for Commerce and Production.
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Criminal and Civil Litigation.
Gustavo Fróes de Mendonça
Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 1993.
Background: Santa Úrsula University
(LL.B., 1993); Ibmec Rio de Janeiro (LL.M. in Business Law, 2004).
Associations: Brazilian Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo); ABPI - Brazilian
Intellectual Property Association.
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Trademarks,
Licensing, Copyright
and Neighbouring Rights, Enforcement against Unfair Competition and
Counterfeiting, Information Technology Law, Criminal and Civil Litigation.
Rodrigo Sergio Bonan de Aguiar
Born in Nova Friburgo, RJ; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 1983.
Background: Federal University
of Rio de Janeiro (LL.B., 1983); Rio de Janeiro State University
(Post-graduation in Consumer Law, 2005).
Associations: Brazilian
Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo); ABAPI - Brazilian
Association of Patent and Trademark Agents; ABPI - Brazilian
Intellectual Property Association; ASIPI - Inter-American Association
of Intellectual Property.
Positions Held: Appointed
as Brazilian Delegate to ASIPI – Inter-American Association of Intellectual
Property (1995-2006); First Vice-President of the Brazilian Intellectual Property
Association (2004-2007); Member of the National Anti-Piracy Board of the
Ministry of Justice (CNCP – 2004-2007);
Appointed as a Consultant at the Ethics and Disciplinary Court of the Bar
Association Rio de Janeiro Section (2011-2012).
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Trademarks,
Licensing, Copyright
and Neighbouring Rights, Enforcement against Unfair Competition and
Counterfeiting, Information Technology Law, Criminal and Civil Litigation.
Roberto Parlato
Born in São Paulo, SP; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of São Paulo) in 1980.
Background: Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUCSP (LL.B., 1979).
Experience: More
than 35 years of professional experience in Brazil and Europe,
practicing in legal departments of international organizations.
Associations: Brazilian
Bar Association (São Paulo); São Paulo’s Lawyers Association - AASP.
Languages: Portuguese, French, Spanish and English.
Practice Areas: Mergers
& Acquisitions, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Consumer Law,
Antitrust Procedures, Competition, International Agreements, Compliance
and Corporative Governance.
Enzo Baiocchi
Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 2002.
Background: Candido
Mendes University (LL.B., 2002); Ludwig Maximillians Universität
München, Germany (LL.M. 2003). Current aspirant to a PhD at Ludwig Maximillians Universität
and also as a Guest Researcher and Scholarship holder
at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and
Tax Law.
Associations: Brazilian Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro); Deutsch-Brasilianische Juristenvereinigung e.V., Germany.
Languages: Portuguese, English, Italian, German and Spanish.
Practice Areas: Trademarks,
Copyright
and Neighbouring Rights, Enforcement against Unfair Competition and
Counterfeiting, Information Technology Law, Criminal and Civil Litigation.
Alysson Hautsch Oikawa
Born in Curitiba, PR; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Paraná) in 2002.
Background:
Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná - PUCPR (Bachelor of
Social Communication, 2001); Federal University of Paraná - UFPR
(LL.B., 2002); University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (LL.M.,
2003), with
thesis “Legal Protection of Advertisements under Copyright: A
Comparative Study between the Legal Systems of Brazil and the United
States”.
Assistant Professor of the LL.B. at Centro Universitário
Curitiba - UNICURITIBA. Visiting Professor of Post-Graduate
Courses at PUCPR, Positivo University and FAE Centro Universitário.
Appointed to the Related Rights Committee of the International Trademark Association - INTA (2010-2011 term).
Associations: Brazilian Bar Association (Paraná); ABPI - Brazilian
Intellectual Property Association; INTA - International Trademark Association.
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Trademarks,
Licensing, Copyright
and Neighbouring Rights, Enforcement against Unfair Competition and
Counterfeiting, Information Technology Law, Advertising and Entertainment Law.
Philippe Bhering
Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 2006.
Background: Candido Mendes University (LL.B., 2006); Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (LL.M., 2010),
with thesis "Ambush Marketing - eine rechtsvergleichende
Untersuchung zum deutschen und brasilianischen Recht"; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, Germany (PhD Candidate).
Worked as a Guest Researcher at the
Max-Planck-Institut für Geistiges Eigentum, Wettbewerbs- und
Steuerrecht (October 2009 - March 2010).
Worked as a Research Assistant
at the International Max Planck Research School for Competition and
Innovation, under supervision of Prof. Dr. Reto Hilty (January 2010 - June 2010).
Appointed to the Enforcement Committee of the International Trademark Association - INTA (2010-2011 term).
Member of the Trademark Law and Practice Team of MARQUES (Association of European Trademark Owners).
Associations: Brazilian Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro); ABPI - Brazilian
Intellectual Property Association; INTA
- International Trademark Association; GRUR - Deutsche
Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.V.; AIJA -
Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats.
Languages: Portuguese, English and German.
Practice Areas: Trademarks,
Licensing, Enforcement against Unfair Competition and
Counterfeiting, Criminal and Civil Litigation.
Rodolpho Oliveira Santos
Born in São Paulo, SP; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of São Paulo) in 2003.
Background: Metropolitan
School - FMU (LL.B., 2003); Getúlio Vargas Foundation (Post-Graduation
in Corporate and Economic Law, 2005); Superior School of Prosecutors
(Post-Graduation in Public Law, 2006); Lawyers Institute of São Paulo
(Post-Graduation in Banking Law, 2007).
Associations: Brazilian
Bar Association (São Paulo); AASP - Lawyers Association of
São Paulo; AIJA - International Young Lawyers Association.
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Corporate,
Mergers and Acquisition, Commercial and Financial Contracts, Project
Finance, Real State and Built to Suit Operations.
Mina Kaway
Born in Curitiba, PR; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Santa Catarina) in 2008.
Background: Federal
University of Santa Catarina (LL.B., 2007); Graduate Institute of
International and Development Studies IHEID of the University of
Geneva, Switerland (M.A., 2010); Summer School and Extension Courses on
Trademarks and Copyrights at World Intellectual Property Organization –
WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland (2009 and 2010)
Worked
as Chief of Division at the General Coordination of Legal Affairs of
the Secretariat of Economic Law – SDE / Ministry of Justice, Brasilia,
2008.
Worked as Franchise Manager at Van Der Bauwede Genève, in Geneva, Switerzland, from 2009 to 2010.
Associations: Brazilian Bar Association (Santa
Catarina).
Languages: Portuguese, English and
French.
Practice Areas: Trademarks,
Licensing, Copyright and Neighbouring Rights, Enforcement against
Unfair Competition and Counterfeiting, Information Technology Law,
Advertising and Entertainment Law.
Maria José Nunes da Cruz
Born in Oporto, Portugal.
Background: University
of Coimbra, Portugal (LL.B., 2007); University of Coimbra, Portugal
(LL.M., 2009), with thesis "O Software Livre e a Licença de Copyleft"
(“Free Software and Copyleft License”).
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Trademarks and Licensing.
Richard Carlos Martins Junior
Born in Paraguaçu Paulista, RJ; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of São Paulo) in 1994.
Background: Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo - PUCSP (LL.B., 1993).
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Litigation in Civil Law.
Geovana de Oliveira Rosales
Born
in Rio de Janeiro, RJ; admitted to the Regional Council of Chemistry
(State of Rio de Janeiro) in 1993; admitted to the Brazilian Bar
Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 2007.
Background: Estácio de Sá University (LL.B., 2007); University of Alicante, Spain (Master Degree in Industrial and Intellectual Property Rights and Information Society, 2003); Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUCRJ (Post-graduation in Industrial Property, 2000); Rio de Janeiro State University - UERJ (Chemical Engineering, 1998); Federal Technical School of Rio de Janeiro - ETFQ-RJ (Technician in Chemistry, 1992)
Experience: Technical
Researcher for 6 years before working with Patents for over 14 year in
IP Law firms in Brazil and Spain. Teacher and chairwoman in the basic
and intermediate training courses (patent module) from the Brazilian
Association of Intellectual Property Agents (ABAPI); Associate
Professor of Patent in the LL.M. course at Brazilian Institute of
Capital Markets (IBMEC-RJ); and Teacher in the Post-graduation Course
in Industrial Property Right in the University of Buenos Aires (UBA),
Argentina.
Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish and German.
Practice Areas: Patents, Industrial Designs, Patent Litigation and Software.
Ana Paula Silva Jardim
Born
in Rio de Janeiro, RJ; admitted to the Regional Council of Engineering,
Architecture and Agronomy - CREA (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 1997;
admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association - OAB (State of Rio de
Janeiro) in 2002.
Background: Pontifical
Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUCRJ (Post-graduation in
Intellectual Property Law, 2011); Pontifical Catholic University of Rio
de Janeiro - PUCRJ (LL.B., 2002); Pontifical Catholic University of Rio
de Janeiro - PUCRJ (Electrical Engineering, 1997).
Associations: Brazilian Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo); Regional Council of Engineering, Architecture and Agronomy (Rio de Janeiro).
Languages: Portuguese, English and French.
Practice Areas: Patents, Industrial Designs, Patent Litigation and Software.
Marjory Ann Hessling
Born in Niterói, RJ; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 2003.
Background:Universidade Federal Fluminense (Psychology, 1979), Universidade
Candido Mendes (LL.B., 2002), WIPO-Academy General Course on Intellectual
Property; WIPO-Academy Basic Patent Drafting Course; ABAPI (Brazilian
Industrial Property Agents Association) Basic Intellectual Property Course;
Daniel Brilhante Translation and Interpretation Course.
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Patents and Industrial Designs.
Rafael Tögel
Born in Illertissen, Bavaria,
Germany.
Background: Mechanical
Engineering – Industrial Engineering (Dipl.-Ing. FH) (FHK – University of Applied Sciences – Kempten,
Bavaria, Germany, 1995).
MBA
Business Management (IBMEC/RJ – Curitiba – Paraná, Brasil, 1999).
Languages: Portuguese, German,
English and Spanish.
Practice Areas: Patents and Industrial Designs.
Christina Murly
Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Background: Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro - PUCRJ (Portuguese and English Literatures, 1992); Candido Mendes University (School of Law).
Languages: Portuguese, English, French and German.
Practice Areas: Trademarks (administrative sphere), Licensing.
Maria Claudia Bittencourt Trivelas
Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Background: Notre Dame University
(Pedagogy, 1986).
Languages: Portuguese and English.
Practice Areas: Trademarks (administrative sphere), Licensing and Technolgy Transfer.
Cintia Han
Born in Aracaju, SE.
Background: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (LL.B., 2007).
Languages: : Portuguese, English, and Chinese (Mandarin).
Practice Areas: Trademarks (administrative sphere).
Of Counsel:
Flavio Bauer Novelli
Born in São Paulo, SP; admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (State of Rio de Janeiro) in 1949.
Background: Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ (LL.B., 1949); Guanabara State University (Doctorate
in Public Law). Professor, Public Law and Finances, University of the
State of Guanabara. Attorney, Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
Languages: Portuguese, English, Italian and French.
Practice Areas: Tax Law.
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