About
Provided by Souto Correa Advogados
Souto Correa’s Intellectual Property practice provides comprehensive services in Brazil and abroad on matters such as trademark registrations, patents, industrial designs, and software-related filings before the Brazilian National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI). The team also handles disputes involving IP rights, including patentability searches, patent drafting, and related technical work.
Our practice also covers complex copyright matters, domain names, digital platforms, e-commerce, know-how and trade secrets, cryptocurrencies, software and the Internet, unfair competition, trade name disputes, biotechnology, and matters related to access to genetic heritage before CGen.
We have participated in some of the most important Intellectual Property disputes in Brazil, including multidisciplinary strategic matters such as civil and labor disputes involving employee inventions, disputes between artists and record labels, patent disputes in both criminal and civil contexts, and disputes involving high value-added technologies in highly regulated sectors such as pharmaceuticals, food, mining, and telecommunications.
Our team also represents national and international clients in matters involving contracts, licensing and partnerships, franchise agreements, CONAR disputes, advertising, image and voice rights, sponsorships, advertisements, and entertainment.