Academic Background:

• Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF (Master’s in Legal and Social Sciences, 2019);

• Universidade Estácio de Sá – UNESA (Bachelor of Laws, 2007).

Relevant Courses:

• Compliance, Executive Education Program (FGV), 2021);
• Racial Diversity Management and the New Corporate Responsibility, Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), 2021.  

Publications: 

• OLIVEIRA, Márcia; SALERNO, Gabriela; FERNANDES, Julia. Diversity, People with Disabilities, and Patents: Assistive Technologies as a Means of Social Inclusion. ABPI Journal, Issue 179, pp. 54–70, July–August 2022. 

• OLIVEIRA, Márcia; SALERNO, Gabriela; GURVITZ, Mônica. The Industrial Property System, Pharmaceutical Patents During the Covid-19 Pandemic, and New Legal Paradigms in Brazil. In Contemporary Scenarios in Global Governance: National and International Policies to Address the Crisis in a Comparative Perspective. Digital ISBN 9786559393947. Chapter 1, pp. 27–50, July 2022.

Associations: 

• OAB – Brazilian Bar Association (Rio de Janeiro).

Languages:

Portuguese and English.

Areas of Practice:

Márcia is an attorney with solid experience in Intellectual Property, particularly in the filing, prosecution, and management of patent and industrial design applications before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI). She has expertise in document analysis, drafting of petitions, deadline management, and strategic administration of IP asset portfolios. 

She has also worked in internal project management, actively participating in the planning, implementation, and maintenance of digital transformation initiatives. Her experience includes document digitization, team training, and capacity building for the adoption of new systems, promoting efficiency gains and enhanced information security.