Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
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Provided by Trench Rossi Watanabe
Trench Rossi Watanabe combines a deep understanding of Brazilian legal and business dynamics with up-to-date technical and scientific knowledge to provide pragmatic solutions for a wide range of intellectual property matters.
The IP team has a strong track record of advising clients across a wide range of sectors such as Automobiles & Parts, Commercial & Professional Services, Chemicals, Consumer Product Manufacturing, Education, Food & Beverage, Industrial Engineering, Healthcare, Media, Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences, Software & Computer Services, Technology, Hardware & Electronics, Sports and Telecommunications.
The team-rounded expertise in all aspects of portfolio management, brand positioning, technology transfer, and licensing transactions is of real benefit to clients. Couple this with its ability to conduct IP litigation, IP audits, provide patent validity and infringement opinions, and genuinely provide a full service in the intellectual property space.
The firm's work includes advice on the creation, commercialization, and exploitation of IP rights, including advisory work on research & development, anti-counterfeiting, IP ownership, and registration issues, due diligence in M&A transactions as well as advising on IP aspects of restructurings and joint ventures, technology transfer, licensing and protection and drafting of commercial IP agreements such as licensing, franchising, assignment, manufacturing and distribution contracts.
Chambers Review
Trench Rossi Watanabe is a prominent full-service firm with solid experience assisting key clients from the entertainment, automotive, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries with various IP issues. Its well-regarded group of lawyers provides clients a broad spectrum of services, from portfolio management, involving infringements, nullity actions and trade mark opposition, to patent litigation.
Work Highlights
- Trench Rossi Watanabe represented Caterpillar in a judicial dispute on the counterfeiting of products.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their service level and responsiveness are remarkable."
"The firm has great expertise in the field, acting as a respectful advisor. High level of experience, understanding the environement of multinational companies and necessary mitigation steps."
"Their service level and responsiveness are remarkable."
"The firm has great expertise in the field, acting as a respectful advisor. High level of experience, understanding the environement of multinational companies and necessary mitigation steps."
Notable Practitioners
Flavia Rebello Pereira is an IP practitioner who is well versed in trade mark portfolio management, including litigation, challenging the BPTO's decisions, filings and prosecution.
"She is equipped to navigate different jurisdictions to provide a clear view of local and Latin American law requirements."
"She is a strong advisor."
Marcela Trigo has experience working with patent matters, handling both contentious and consultative work. Clients appreciate her ability to deal with important cases, such as counterfeiting disputes, appeal of trade mark applications and management of portfolios.
"She is an outstanding litigation lawyer."
"She is excellent, extremely competent and responsive. She instills confidence."
"She is very good, precise, careful and strong."
Felipe Zaltman joins the rankings after an active performance and strong endorsement for his commercial awareness in the field. Zaltman handles trademark and copyright infringement matters.
"Felipe is a young lawyer with a sophisticated understanding of the cases he manages."
"His commercial vision is very strong. It was always a pleasure to work with Felipe."
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