BRAZIL Law and Practice Contributed by: Fabiano de Bem da Rocha, Gustavo Bahuschewskyj Correa, Kamille Trindade Machado and Milton Lucídio Leão Barcellos, Leão Intellectual Property
Leão Intellectual Property is a Brazil-based IP firm founded in 1957, with more than 40 professionals fully dedicated to IP, innovation and related regulato- ry and litigation matters. The multidisciplinary team, including attorneys, engineers, biologists and regis- tered patent and trade mark attorneys, supports cli- ents from innovation and IP strategy to prosecution and enforcement. Headquartered in Porto Alegre, with branches in Santa Catarina and São Paulo, the firm advises Brazilian and international clients on pat- ents, trade marks, copyright, designs, trade dress, trade secrets, unfair competition and technology contracts, co-ordinating with counsel in key foreign
jurisdictions for cross-border filing and disputes. The firm has strong experience in prosecution before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI), conten- tious matters (eg, administrative nullity and invalid- ity actions), anti-counterfeiting, and IP disputes be- fore Brazilian state and federal courts. Recent work includes freedom-to-operate analyses, managing complex patent, trade mark and design portfolios, advising on licensing and assignments, and assisting clients in innovation-driven sectors such as software, AI, automation, manufacturing, consumer goods, pharma and life sciences. Gustavo Bahuschewskyj Correa is a senior partner at Leão Intellectual Property, a patent and trade mark attorney and an attorney at law. He holds a specialisation in consumer law (UFRGS) and a Master’s in IP (University of Lisbon). His practice covers trade mark and design prosecution and portfolio management, and contentious trade mark matters including oppositions, cancellations and administrative invalidity actions before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI). He also advises on licensing, assignments and technology-related agreements, and supports enforcement strategies in co-ordination with litigation counsel. Gustavo assists Brazilian and international clients in consumer goods, technology and manufacturing. He is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), ABAPI, ABPI and AIPPI.
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Fabiano de Bem da Rocha is an attorney at law and senior partner at Leão Intellectual Property focusing on IP litigation and civil proceedings. He is an honorary board member and former President (2010–11, 2012–13)
of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI) and served as Brazil’s alternate delegate to the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI; 2019–21). He has taught civil procedure in ABAPI industrial property courses and lectured on IP at PUCRS and FADERGS. Fabiano is the author of Temas de Processo Civil na Propriedade Industrial (Thomson IOB, 2006) and Capítulos de Processo Civil na Propriedade Intelectual (Lumen Juris, 2009), and a member of OAB, ABAPI, ABPI and ASIPI.
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