António Andrade

Intellectual Property; Information Technology;

António Andrade works essentially in all matters related to intellectual property. He has been particularly involved in court and arbitration litigation regarding patents (especially pharmaceutical patents), trade marks, designs, copyright and trade secrets, having built up experience over more than twenty years. He has also advised a number of companies on intellectual property enforcement strategies and also on defending the validity of those rights. António has extensive experience in prosecution of all types of intellectual property rights.

He is a member of several national and international intellectual property organisations (ACPI, AIPPI, ECTA, FICPI, INTA, MARQUES, UNION-IP), having been the President of ECTA’s Design Committee (2010-2016). He is currently a member of ECTA’s Copyright Committee, UNION-IP’s Litigation Commission and the International Chamber of Commerce’s PT Commission on Intellectual Property (ICC).

António Andrade published numerous articles and studies on intellectual property law at international level.