Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 2
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Provided by Pinheiro Neto Advogados
To protect, with excellence, our clients’ intellectual property. To adopt the necessary measures to protect their most important intangible assets, such as trademarks, inventions, confidential information, software, scientific and literary works.
By handling the most varied cases of an advisory, administrative, litigation and contractual nature, we seek to meet our clients’ needs on a wide variety of settings, through a specialized team, with in-depth knowledge and vast experience at national and international levels.
Our members participate in several intellectual property entities, such as the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), the International Trademark Association (INTA), and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), where current and important intellectual property matters are discussed.
At the administrative level, we rely on the necessary structure for registration of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, software, copyrights and domain names.
We have formed a partnership with the main law firms abroad, ensuring our clients efficiency and expeditiousness at a global level.
Chambers Review
Pinheiro Neto Advogados is a prestigious full-service practice encompassing the intellectual property domain. The firm possesses an acclaimed group of practitioners, who are retained by major clients from various industries, including entertainment, technology and pharmaceuticals, to advise on contentious and non-contentious mandates. The firm has experience advising clients on trade mark nullity and infringement actions, image rights lawsuits and unfair competition disputes. It has additional capabilities in managing IP portfolios and advising clients on licensing agreements.
Work Highlights
- Pinheiro Neto represented Amazon in a series of lawsuits for the infringement of copyrights in which songwriters and other types of artists claim that their names were not included in song credits made available to users in the Amazon Music streaming service.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are a top global player delivering quality. They have professionals with impeccable, strategic legal knowledge."
"They are excellent and deliver good quality work. They are attentive and the client service is personalised, acting fast."
"They are a top global player delivering quality. They have professionals with impeccable, strategic legal knowledge."
"They are excellent and deliver good quality work. They are attentive and the client service is personalised, acting fast."
Notable Practitioners
José Mauro Machadois highly active in the IP sphere and frequently sought out to handle trade mark prosecution, patent nullity proceedings and the management of portfolios. Machado also advises on the setting of royalties.
"He has excellent analytical skills."
"José Mauro has in-depth knowledge of our business and unique managerial skills. He has a flexible and innovative approach with his team to better serve the client."
"He is very sharp and knows how to balance legal and commercial knowledge."
Márcio Junqueira Leiteis a noted practitioner handling annulment actions, unfair competition and trade mark litigation.
"He has technical knowledge and managerial skills."
"He goes beyond the expected and you don't find this type of attitude frequently."
"Márcio Junqueira provided great service and great results for our case."