Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets

For Brazilian companies seeking to internationalize their business, foreign companies establishing a franchise in Brazil, or any player needing to commercialize or protect their intellectual assets, we can help with a wide range of services:

• Obtaining clearance for advertising campaigns and legal representation before the National Council for Self-Regulation in Advertising (CONAR)
• Drafting and reviewing agency and licensing agreements
• Assisting clients in the entertainment and sports industries
• Advising clients on IP issues related to e-commerce and information technology such as blockchain, cloud computing, integrated circuit topography, internet, and technological innovation
• Providing representation on unfair competition cases
• Drafting and negotiating complex agreements involving technology transfers and R&D initiatives – biotechnology, life sciences, plant varieties, know-how and other IP assets
• Drafting and negotiating supply, distribution and franchise agreements, including franchise disclosure documents

The team has particular skills in projects involving technology transfer, technical assistance and know-how. Our active practice on the prevention of intellectual property right infringement gives us a broad knowledge of parallel imports (gray goods), counterfeit product search-and-seizure operations and border measures.