Roberto P. Vieira de Mello is one of the founding partners of Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello and leads the firm’s patent team.. He has a law degree from the University Candido Mendes, in Rio de Janeiro and is an attorney at law admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) Rio de Janeiro Section since 1975, being also a registered Industrial Property Agent.
Roberto has an extensive practice with patents, trademarks, contracts and litigation, advising his domestic and international clients on the entire spectrum of IP matters, ranging from licensing to contentious matters, as well as to the obtention of registrations and prosecution services, besides the coordination of IP issues in different jurisdictions worldwide.
Roberto has served as an officer and a committee member in several national and international associations, notably the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI), the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI) and the International Trademark Association (INTA).
He has authored several legal articles and regularly lectures in conferences and seminars in Brazil and abroad.
Areas of Expertise
Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Patent Litigation, Freedom to Operate Management of Intellectual Property Rights.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French .
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Gabriela Salerno is a partner and head of the technical team of Montaury’s patent department.
She is the chair of the Patent Committee of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property, vice-chair of the Intellectual Property Owners’ Association Committee on Intellectual Property Practice in Latin America and a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She has been working in the patent area since 2006, advising clients, especially on patent matters related to the pharmaceutical, cosmetic and biotechnology fields. She has a background as an in-house counsel in the largest Brazilian cosmetic company, coordinating projects related to competitive intelligence.
Gabriela has been repeatedly recognized as a leading patent practitioner in Brazil and internationally, by the most renowned guides such us IAM Patent 1000, Legal 500, Leaders League and IP Stars.
Areas of Expertise
Patents, Life Sciences Patents, Biotech Patents, Utility Models, Plant Variety Protection, Industrial designs, Freedom to Operate (FTO).
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, German .
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Isabella Aguiar Reis joined the Montaury law firm as an intern in 2020, became a paralegal in 2022 and an attorney and partner in 2023.
She graduated in Law from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) in February 2023 and has been working in Intellectual Property Litigation since 2020, assisting clients with judicial and extrajudicial matters in the area.
Her experience includes extrajudicial disputes and complex litigation before the courts, involving cases related to trademarks, copyright, unfair competition and, mainly disputes involving patents in the areas of pharmaceuticals, mechanics, and telecommunications.
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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José Eduardo Filgueiras has a civil engineering degree from Gama Filho University, in 1982.
He has developed his career in Industrial Property, being an industrial property agent registered with the BPTO under No. 2182.
José specializes in the preparation of technical reports for lawsuits involving patents and industrial designs, as well as a technical assistant in such lawsuits.
Areas of Expertise
Patents, Utility Models, Industrial Designs, Freedom to Operate (FTO).
Languages
Portuguese, English .
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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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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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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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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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