Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
U

Up and Coming

Technology

Brazil

2 Years Ranked

About

Provided by Felipe Zaltman

Brazil: Industries & Sectors

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Information Technology and Communications.

Career

Felipe Zaltman Saldanha joined the Firm in 2015 and became a partner in 2022. He integrates the Intellectual Property and Information Technology practice group, with focus on in complex litigation, before state and federal courts in Brazil in these areas. Felipe has a wide breadth of experience in the representing clients in legal disputes involving user data requests from local authorities, user generated content take down requests, technology related contractual disputes, amongst others.

Publications

Author/co-author of several books/articles, such as:

- My name is for sale. Folha de São Paulo. February 2016.

- International Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property Matters: the right of access to justice guaranteed? Revista Eletrônica de Direito Processual – REDP. Volume 16. December 2015.

- The doctrine of exhaustion and the parallel importation of medicines: a brief analysis on the achievement of the access to health in Brazil. Revista Eletrônica do IBPI, v. 7, p. 80-142, 2012.

- Virtual Democracy: Privacy and Digital Rights under Threat. Estadão. June, 2020.

- Columnist's duties: are there limits to freedom of opinion? Direito e Mídia. October, 2016.

- Requests for personal data in the context of investigations: powers and limits. Direitos Fundamentais e Sociedade Tecnológica. June, 2022.

- The protection to encryption under the Brazilian Constitution. A Prioridade da Pessoa Humana no Direito Civil-Constitucional. 2024.

Personal

He graduated from Pontifical University of the State of Rio de Janeiro with a degree in law and from Magistrates' School of the State of Rio de Janeiro - EMERJ with a Postgraduate degree in Civil Procedure, holds a Masters of Laws in Civil Law in the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro and also holds a LL.M. in Law and Economics from the European Masters in Law and Economics (Università di Bologna, Gent Universiteit and Erasmus University Rotterdam).

Clients

- Represented a client in all user data request cases before appeal courts and Superior Courts

- Represented a client in all of its cases in Brazil related to the enforcement of terms of use and take down of user generated content

- Represented a client in Brazil in different investigatory proceedings opened by the Federal Public Prosecutors office to investigate compliance with local laws

- Represented a client in its litigation in Brazil related to loot boxes

- Represented different clients in strategic and complex technology contractual disputes against a local companies that led to favorable outcomes before Courts

- Represented clients in IT related cases also involving deviation of client’s proprietary material by former employees

Languages Spoken

Portuguese

English

Italian

Spanish

Awards

Mentioned (Litigation)

Latin Lawyer 250

2023

Approved (Litigation)

LACCA Approved

2023

Mentioned (Intellectual Property and TMT: Tech, Innovation and Digital Business)

The Legal 500 - Latin America

2023

Excellent (Life Sciences)

Leaders League

2023

Rising Stars (Managing IP's Stars List)

IP Stars

2022

Brazil: Contentious

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Information Technology and Communications.

Career

Felipe Zaltman Saldanha joined the Firm in 2015 and became a partner in 2022. He integrates the Intellectual Property and Information Technology practice group, with focus on in complex litigation, before state and federal courts in Brazil in these areas. Felipe has a wide breadth of experience in the representing clients in legal disputes involving user data requests from local authorities, user generated content take down requests, technology related contractual disputes, amongst others.

Personal

He graduated from Pontifical University of the State of Rio de Janeiro with a degree in law and from Magistrates' School of the State of Rio de Janeiro - EMERJ with a Postgraduate degree in Civil Procedure, holds a Masters of Laws in Civil Law in the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro and also holds a LL.M. in Law and Economics from the European Masters in Law and Economics (Università di Bologna, Gent Universiteit and Erasmus University Rotterdam).

Publications

Author/co-author of several books/articles, such as:

- My name is for sale. Folha de São Paulo. February 2016.

- International Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property Matters: the right of access to justice guaranteed? Revista Eletrônica de Direito Processual – REDP. Volume 16. December 2015.

- The doctrine of exhaustion and the parallel importation of medicines: a brief analysis on the achievement of the access to health in Brazil. Revista Eletrônica do IBPI, v. 7, p. 80-142, 2012.

- Virtual Democracy: Privacy and Digital Rights under Threat. Estadão. June, 2020.

- Columnist's duties: are there limits to freedom of opinion? Direito e Mídia. October, 2016.

- Requests for personal data in the context of investigations: powers and limits. Direitos Fundamentais e Sociedade Tecnológica. June, 2022.

- The protection to encryption under the Brazilian Constitution. A Prioridade da Pessoa Humana no Direito Civil-Constitucional. 2024.

Clients

- Represented a client in all user data request cases before appeal courts and Superior Courts

- Represented a client in all of its cases in Brazil related to the enforcement of terms of use and take down of user generated content

- Represented a client in Brazil in different investigatory proceedings opened by the Federal Public Prosecutors office to investigate compliance with local laws

- Represented a client in its litigation in Brazil related to loot boxes

- Represented different clients in strategic and complex technology contractual disputes against a local companies that led to favorable outcomes before Courts

- Represented clients in IT related cases also involving deviation of client’s proprietary material by former employees

Languages Spoken

Portuguese

English

Italian

Spanish

Awards

Mentioned (Litigation)

Latin Lawyer 250

2023

Approved (Litigation)

LACCA Approved

2023

Mentioned (Intellectual Property and TMT: Tech, Innovation and Digital Business)

The Legal 500 - Latin America

2023

Excellent (Life Sciences)

Leaders League

2023

Rising Stars (Managing IP's Stars List)

IP Stars

2022

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Brazil: Contentious

Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets - Brazil
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Up and Coming

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.


Brazil: Industries & Sectors

Technology - Brazil
U
Up and Coming

Felipe Zaltman is an up-and-coming practitioner who maintains a strong focus on technology litigation.

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