Luciana Bach Alvarenga Franco is a Telecom Engineer with approximately 20 years of experience acting in patent prosecution. In particular, Luciana works in the telecommunications, electrical, electronic and mechanical fields.
Areas of Expertise
Patents, Telecomm Patents, Utility Model, Industrial Designs, Freedom to Operate (FTO).
Languages
Portuguese, English .
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Luana is an attorney, associate of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers), member of the Trademark Administrators (TMA) Committee of INTA (International Trademark Association), and a speaker of the Professional Training Course on Industrial Property of ABAPI (Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents) since 2017.
Luana completed her Master's Degree in Intellectual Property and Innovation from the Intellectual Property and Innovation Academy of the National Institute of Industrial Property (2018). She graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC) in 2006 and received her postgraduate degree in Intellectual Property Law from the same University in 2010.
Areas of Expertise
Trademarks, Fashion Law.
Languages
Portuguese, English, German .
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Maria Eduarda de O. Borrelli Junqueira joined the Montaury law firm as a paralegal in 2017, became an attorney at law in 2019, and a partner in 2020.
She holds an LLM in Intellectual Property Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, and her Law degree from the same University. In 2016, she studied Industrial Property Law and Copyright Law at Nova University of Lisbon, in Portugal, as part of a graduation exchange program.
Maria Eduarda represents a wide-ranging clientele, including both national and top-leading international companies. Her experience includes complex litigation cases related to patents in the pharmaceutical, telecom, agrochemical and mechanical fields, and she takes part in all aspects of the case – from the drawing of the strategy with the client, passing through the complaint until trial.
She is also extensively experienced in trademarks and unfair competition matters, successfully representing clients’ best interests in Courts as well as in extrajudicial matters, assisting with negotiations to avoid the judicialization of disputes whenever possible.
Maria Eduarda is a member of the 5G Special Commission, Technical Standards and Technological Innovation (CEPTIT) of the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association (OAB/RJ) and an active writer on the IP field, contributing with several articles involving relevant patent subjects in discussion in Brazil
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Areas of Expertise
IP Litigation, Patent Litigation, Life Sciences Litigation, Unfair Competition Litigation, Trade Dress Litigation, Trademark litigation, Copyright Litigation.
Languages
Portuguese, English .
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Mônica Gurvitz holds a BSc in biomedical sciences from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro and a BSc in chemical engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She has been working with intellectual Property since 2016 and has concluded the Intellectual Property Rights Specialization Course at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
Mônica advises her clients on a wide range of technical issues regarding patent prosecution, as well as performing prior art searches and drafting patents and freedom to operate reports, particularly in the chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology fields.
She is currently attending the Intellectual Property Rights Specialization Course at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
Areas of Expertise
Patents, Life Sciences Patents, Biotech patents, Utility Model, Plant Variety Protection, Industrial Designs, Freedom to Operate (FTO).
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish .
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Pablo Torquato is a lawyer with expertise in the area of Intellectual Property Contracts. He has more than 10 years of experience in the field of Intellectual Property and is part of the Contracts and Licensing team.
Pablo has previous experience both in law office and as an in-house lawyer company in the area of Contracts. Among the contracts presented by clients are those related to the licensing of content, trademarks, patents, know-how, franchise and other copyrights.
He is currently the coordinator of the Technology Transfer and Franchising Commission of ABPI (Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property) for 2024-2025 and Communications and Events Director of Licensing Executives Society Brazil (LES Brasil) for 2024-2025.
Areas of Expertise
Licensing, Franchise Agreements, Intellectual Property Arbitration, Software.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish .
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Rodolfo Martinez is a lawyer, engineer, and partner at Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello. Rodolfo has over 40 years of experience in the intellectual property field, dealing with a wide range of responsibilities especially in the areas of patents and industrial designs. Before joining the firm in 2023, he was the founding partner of Martinez & Associados (1996) and represents a large number of companies headquartered in Brazil and abroad in a variety of industries, including food, automotive, biotechnology, electronics, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, petrochemicals and telecommunications, among others.
Rodolfo actively participates as a member of the main associations in the field of intellectual property and is a frequent speaker on patent-related topics and the importance of adequate protection of intellectual property rights. For almost 20 years, he has dedicated his time to educational programs covering Brazilian intellectual property law in undergraduate and graduate courses for students, lawyers, and other legal professionals.
Areas of Expertise
Patents (telecommunications, electrical, electronic, mechanical, and biotech),Utility Models, Designs, Licensing, Management of Intellectual Property Rights.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French .
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Rodrigo de Almeida Klein is a Chemical Engineer graduated from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) with experience in the field of Intellectual Property and with a main focus on Patents. Rodrigo advises his clients on a wide range of technical issues regarding patent prosecution, as well as performing prior art searches and drafting patents and freedom to operate reports, particularly in the chemical field.
Areas of Expertise
Patents, Life Sciences Patents, Biotech Patents, Utility Model, Industrial Designs, Freedom to Operate (FTO).
Languages
Portuguese, English .
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Rodrigo Moraes Costa is a mechanical engineer graduated from the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica Celso Sucow da Fonseca (CEFET/RJ). He is also a technician in mechanics graduated from CEFET/RJ. He has a postgraduate degree in Intellectual Property Law at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.
Rodrigo assists clients in the administrative prosecution of patents and industrial designs, in addition to prior art searches, freedom-to-operate opinions and drafting patent applications.
Areas of Expertise
Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Freedom to Operate (FTO).
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish .
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Stephany Nicole Santos Araújo is an IP lawyer, working in the area of trademarks since 2016. She is currently completing a postgraduate qualification in Intellectual Property and is part of the firm’s trade- marks team.
Stephany assists national and international clients with legal consultancy and analysis and deals with administrative procedures before the Brazilian Trademark Office.
Areas of Expertise
Trademarks, Unfair Competition Disputes, Copyrights.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish .
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Thiago Guimarães do Espírito Santo is partner and patent counsel at Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello. He is an electrical engineer who graduated from Rio de Janeiro State University in 2014 and has been working in the area ever since.
Thiago uses his expertise to assist national and international clients in the area of industrial property, more specifically related to the processing of patent applications in the electrical, electronics, telecommunications and mechanics fields.
Areas of Expertise
Patents, Telecomm patents, Utility Model, Industrial Designs, Freedom to Operate (FTO).
Languages
Portuguese, English .
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