Eduardo Hallak

Practice Areas

Trademark, Trade Dress & Publicity Rights Matters

Patents

Food & Drug Law

Copyright

Industrial Designs

Anti-counterfeiting

Career

Eduardo Hallak is one of the founding partners at Licks Attorneys and one of our leaders at the Sao Paulo office. For more than a decade, he has been working as a litigator before state and federal courts in Brazil, in several complex disputes and leading cases involving Patent law, competition and regulatory compliance, most of them pursuing the interests of clients in the area of life sciences. He also has extensive practice in trademark litigation as well as technology transfer contracts, working together with multinational clients to establish strong brand protection and licensing programs in the country. Mr. Hallak currently teaches IP litigation in the Post-Graduation course at the prestigious Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and is often invited to lecture on procedural and strategic aspects of IP litigation, in addition to being a member of the Special Commission on Mediation of the Rio de Janeiro Chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-RJ) and the Enforcement Committee of INTA.

Professional Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association;

Brazilian Intellectual Property Association;

American Intellectual Property Law Association;

Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group;

International Trademark Association.

Publications

Notas sobre a Lei de Biossegurança à luz da ADI 3526, JOTA, 2023;

Julgamento da lei de patentes no STF é de ‘extrema preocupação’ para inovação do agro, Canal Rural, 2021;

HALLAK, Eduardo. Direito Processual da Propriedade Intelectual. São Paulo: Editora Revista dos Tribunais - Thomson Reuters, 2023;

Brazilian Courts: ANVISA Must Apply Federal Law or Face Bad Faith Litigation, Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), 2015;

Ambush Marketing and Sport Events, Visão Jurídica, 2013;

Data Package Protection in Brazil, World Intellectual Property Review, 2011;

Medicine Packaging and Copyrights, World Intellectual Property Review, 2010.

Practice Areas

Trademark, Trade Dress & Publicity Rights Matters

Patents

Food & Drug Law

Copyright

Industrial Designs

Anti-counterfeiting

Career

Eduardo Hallak is one of the founding partners at Licks Attorneys and one of our leaders at the Sao Paulo office. For more than a decade, he has been working as a litigator before state and federal courts in Brazil, in several complex disputes and leading cases involving Patent law, competition and regulatory compliance, most of them pursuing the interests of clients in the area of life sciences. He also has extensive practice in trademark litigation as well as technology transfer contracts, working together with multinational clients to establish strong brand protection and licensing programs in the country. Mr. Hallak currently teaches IP litigation in the Post-Graduation course at the prestigious Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and is often invited to lecture on procedural and strategic aspects of IP litigation, in addition to being a member of the Special Commission on Mediation of the Rio de Janeiro Chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-RJ) and the Enforcement Committee of INTA.

Professional Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association;

Brazilian Intellectual Property Association;

American Intellectual Property Law Association;

Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group;

International Trademark Association.

Publications

Notas sobre a Lei de Biossegurança à luz da ADI 3526, JOTA, 2023;

Julgamento da lei de patentes no STF é de ‘extrema preocupação’ para inovação do agro, Canal Rural, 2021;

HALLAK, Eduardo. Direito Processual da Propriedade Intelectual. São Paulo: Editora Revista dos Tribunais - Thomson Reuters, 2023;

Brazilian Courts: ANVISA Must Apply Federal Law or Face Bad Faith Litigation, Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), 2015;

Ambush Marketing and Sport Events, Visão Jurídica, 2013;

Data Package Protection in Brazil, World Intellectual Property Review, 2011;

Medicine Packaging and Copyrights, World Intellectual Property Review, 2010.

Work Highlights

Who’s Who Legal - Life Sciences - Patent Litigation (2023);

IAM Patent 1000 - Patent Litigation (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018);

Chambers Brazil - Industries & Sectors - Life Sciences (2023, 2022, 2021);

Leaders League - Life Sciences (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017);

Leaders League - Trademark Litigation (2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018);

IP Stars - Trademark Star (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019);

Chambers Brazil - Contentious - Intellectual Property - Patent (2023, 2022);

Chambers Global - Intellectual Property - Patent - Brazil (2023);

Best Lawyers - Intellectual Property (2023, 2022);

Best Lawyers - Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020);

LACCA Approved - Intellectual Property (2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019);

The Legal 500 - Intellectual Property Practice (2023, 2022, 2019, 2018);

The Legal 500 - Life Sciences Practice (2023, 2022);

Best Lawyers - Litigation (2023);

Leaders League - Patent Litigation (2022, 2021, 2019, 2018);

Análise Advocacia - Intellectual Property (2022, 2021, 2018);

Análise Advocacia - Sao Paulo (2022, 2018);

Leaders League - Civil and Commercial Litigation (2022, 2018);

WIPR Leaders (2022, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017);

Análise Advocacia - Health (2022);

Who’s Who Legal - National Leader - Brazil - Intellectual Property - Trademarks (2022);

Who’s Who Legal - National Leader - Brazil - Life Sciences (2022);

Análise Advocacia - Pharmaceutical (2021, 2018, 2017);

Análise Advocacia - Chemical and Petrochemical (2021);

Análise Advocacia - Rio de Janeiro (2021);

Análise Advocacia 500 - Brazil (2021, 2018, 2017);

Benchmark Litigation - Intellectual Property (2021);

Chambers Latin America - Life Sciences (2021, 2020, 2019, 2018);

Benchmark Litigation - Litigation Star (2020, 2019, 2018);

Leaders League - Technology (2019, 2018);

Benchmark Litigation (2019);

Análise Advocacia - Paper and Cellulose (2018).

Languages Spoken

Portuguese

English