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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Academic Background

• LLM degree in Intellectual Property from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).
• Summer Course on Intellectual Property and Health – World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
• Trademarks and Patents Course in the Pharmaceutical Industry - Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI).
• Law degree from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro School of Law (PUC-Rio).
• Course on Industrial Property, Copyright and International Trade Law at Nova University of Lisbon (Portugal).

Professional Experience

• Maria Eduarda has been working with IP since 2017.
• Leaders League – Patent Litigation (2022, 2023).

Publications

• "IP Courts and the Worldwide Trend toward Specialization", Landslide March/April edition - American Bar Association, 2024.
• “Principais desenvolvimentos na área de PI no Brasil em 2023”, Migalhas, March 2024.
• “Brazil: Hot Topics in IP during 2023”, Lexology, March 2024.
• “...capítulo Brazil: Life Sciences and Pharma/ Biopharma Patent Litigation, Guia Life Sciences & Pharma IP Litigation 2024”, Chambers & Partners magazine, February 2024.
• Chapter “Causas de nulidade de patentes à luz da Lei 9.279/96 (LPI)”, book “Comentários à LPI Uma análise exclusiva feita por mulheres”, Thomson Reuters – Revista dos Tribunais, Novembro 2023.
• "Sistema de PI Brasileiro: A importância da interação entre advogados e engenheiros”, ALAE – Aliança de Advocacia Empresarial, July 2023.
• "Chapter 'Urgent remedy Injunctions', book 'Proceeding Law in Intellectual Property'", Thomson Reuters – Revista dos Tribunais, June 2023.
• “Scope of Patent Protection (Brazil)”, Practical Law: Thompson Reuters, May 2023.
• “Brazilian IP system: The importance of the interaction between legal and technical teams”, International guide Brazil´s Best Counsel 2022/2023 - Leaders League, March 2023.
• "Major changes in the Brazilian IP system in the year 2022", Lexology, January 2023.
• "IP litigation in Brazil - Another major step forward", Lexology, October 2022.
• "Patent infringement and invalidity actions in Brazil", The Patent Lawyer Annual 2022, December 2021.
• "New bill about compulsory license sanctioned in Brazil", Lexology, September 2021.
• "Why the compulsory license is not the current solution for the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil?", Lexology, May 2021.
• "Por que a chamada ‘quebra de patentes’ não é a atual solução para a pandemia?", Estadão, May 2021.
• “Brazilian IP Legal Systems: Virtual Courts/Virtual Trademark and Patent Office and the Pursuit of Greater Effectiveness", Lexology, November 2020.
• Ó, Abre alas... to the official carnival sponsors – ALAE – Aliança de Advocacia Empresarial (co-author), March, 2020.