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About
Provided by Gabriel Francisco Leonardos
Practice Areas
Litigation before the Courts in IP; in consulting on licensing agreements, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and unfair competition; in trademark prosecution; and in arbitration and mediation in IP and Contract Law.
Career
Attorney at Law, Senior Partner of the firm, Industrial Property Agent, Mr. Leonardos has a MBA in Corporate Finance from FGV, Magister Iuris from USP, LLM University Ludwig-Maximilian, Munich. Former Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute (Munich, Germany). Recipient of the German Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz). Graduated in Law from UERJ.
Professional Memberships
President (2024 – 2025) of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property – ABPI, the Brazilian Branch of AIPPI; Member: Ethics Court of the Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property – ASIPI; Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents – ABAPI; International Trademark Association – INTA; Brazilian-German Chamber of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro; International Federation of Intellectual Property Counsels – FICPI; German Association of Intellectual Property – GRUR; Consulting Board of the Brazilian Association of Financial Law – ABDF; International Fiscal Association – IFA; Board of Directors of the Center for Studies of Law Firms – CESA.
Publications
The book Taxation of Technology Transfer (1997) and several articles.
Languages Spoken
Portuguese, English and German.
Chambers Review
Global
Gabriel Francisco Leonardos is highly renowned among his peers in the intellectual property arena, who admire his strong track record and endorse his top-tier position in the rankings. He has standout expertise in handling sophisticated trade mark agreement negotiations and strategic litigation before the BPTO.
Gabriel Francisco Leonardos is highly renowned among his peers in the intellectual property arena, who admire his strong track record and endorse his top-tier position in the rankings. He has standout expertise in handling sophisticated trade mark agreement negotiations and strategic litigation before the BPTO.
Contributions
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He has always been a reference to me. I admire him."
"He has extensive knowledge and negotiation skills."
"He has always been a reference to me. I admire him."
"He has extensive knowledge and negotiation skills."