Career
Eduardo Hallak is one of the founding partners at Licks Attorneys and one of our leaders at the Sao Paulo office. For more than a decade, he has been working as a litigator before state and federal courts in Brazil, in several complex disputes and leading cases involving Patent law, competition and regulatory compliance, most of them pursuing the interests of clients in the area of life sciences. He also has extensive practice in trademark litigation as well as technology transfer contracts, working together with multinational clients to establish strong brand protection and licensing programs in the country. Mr. Hallak currently teaches IP litigation in the Post-Graduation course at the prestigious Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) and is often invited to lecture on procedural and strategic aspects of IP litigation, in addition to being a member of the Special Commission on Mediation of the Rio de Janeiro Chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-RJ) and the Enforcement Committee of INTA.
Professional Memberships
Brazilian Bar Association;
Brazilian Intellectual Property Association;
American Intellectual Property Law Association;
Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group;
International Trademark Association.
Publications
Notas sobre a Lei de Biossegurança à luz da ADI 3526, JOTA, 2023;
Julgamento da lei de patentes no STF é de ‘extrema preocupação’ para inovação do agro, Canal Rural, 2021;
HALLAK, Eduardo. Direito Processual da Propriedade Intelectual. São Paulo: Editora Revista dos Tribunais - Thomson Reuters, 2023;
Brazilian Courts: ANVISA Must Apply Federal Law or Face Bad Faith Litigation, Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI), 2015;
Ambush Marketing and Sport Events, Visão Jurídica, 2013;
Data Package Protection in Brazil, World Intellectual Property Review, 2011;
Medicine Packaging and Copyrights, World Intellectual Property Review, 2010.
