Boutique - IP Law Firm of the Year in Brazil Bhering Advogados RIO DE JANEIRO: Avenida Rio Branco 103, 12th and 11th Floors, 20040-004 RJ Tel: +55 21 2221 3757 Fax: +55 21 2224 7169 Email: bhe@bheringadvogados.com.br
SÃO PAULO: Avenida Eng. Luis Carlos Berrini 1681, 14th Floor, 04571-011 SP Tel: +55 11 5505 1191 Fax +55 11 5505 1295 Email: bhe-sp@bheringadvogados.com.br
Bhering Advogados, founded in 1978 in Rio de Janeiro, operates in the field of legal protection and registration of intellectual assets. Its team is formed of lawyers, engineers, trademark and patent agents, a translation department and administrative support staff. In addition to the headquarter office located in Rio de Janeiro, the firm has branch offices in São Paulo and Curitiba. With decades of expertise with national and foreign partners, Bhering Advogados is capable of providing specialised legal advice in all areas of intellectual property. Its main practice areas are patents and industrial designs, trade secrets, trademarks, geographical indications, copyright and neighbouring rights, licensing transfer of technology, enforcement against unfair competition and counterfeiting, information technology law and entertainment and advertising law. At Bhering Advogados they believe that a consistent connection between legal knowledge and the understanding of the sciences and technological advances is necessary. The firm’s professionals are experienced in various areas of knowledge. Therefore they are able to understand the client’s business and provide assistance in managing their intellectual property assets. In order to work on complex cases in modern times, the team goes beyond the traditional concept of intellectual property to provide services in crucial law areas, such as information technology, advertising, entertainment, and rights of publicity (image rights). For example, the firm provides counselling in several legal issues deriving from computer network based relations. Its clients are either conventional businesses that use the internet to offer their products and services, or “dot.com” entrepreneurs that relate their own business to the new technologies. The Bhering Advogados team is well prepared to
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represent both content and access providers. The firm represents in IP matters mainly foreign corporations belonging to various sectors of the international economy and industry, which are mostly leaders in their respective segments. Professionals of the firm frequently offer lectures to subsidiaries of foreign clients in Brazil in order to keep updated information about their business, strategic demands and also to offer new IP solutions. The annual participation of the professionals in national and international conferences also contributes to the firm’s development and networking. Besides, the firm encourages and finances the education and technical improvement of its professionals abroad. Most of its lawyers have a degree from the US and Europe, which contributes to a broad knowledge of international laws and treaties. The professionals often write articles to the main national newspapers and international publications. Our firm and professionals are member of the following associations: ABPI - Brazilian Intellectual Property Association; INTA - International Trademark Association; GRUR - Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht e.V.; AIJA - Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats; MARQUES - Association of European Trademark Owners; ECTA - European Communities Trade Mark Association; LES - Licensing Executives Society; AIPPI - International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property; and ASIPI - Asociación Interamericana de la Propiedad Industrial. Bhering Advogados is recommended by representatives in Brazil of banks and consulates of Europe and the US, also by the American, Swiss, French and German Chambers of Commerce.
Client Choice - Technology Law Firm of the Year in Brazil Daniel Advogados André Oliveira Partner Tel: +55 21 2102-4244 andre.oliveira@daniel.adv.br www.daniel.adv.br
Daniel Advogados
Daniel Advogados is a law firm with more than six decades of experience in the Brazilian and International markets. With offices in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, it specialises in intellectual property matters and is a market leader in its field. The firm’s technical knowledge, speed, and personalised services, along with appropriate fees to meet the needs of clients, allow it to stay modern, while maintaining its core values of tradition and good service. Its mission is “to provide high quality legal services in the area of intellectual property”.
In addition, Mr Oliveira is a member of the Brazilian Bar Association, INTA and ASIPI as well as ABPI and ABAPI. He also has a Master’s Degree in Law, Security and Criminality of New Technologies from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. What distinguishes Daniel Advogados from other firms is its personalised treatment of clients, dedicated cell-based operation to maximise service value, strong investment in technology, and free in-house IP training, as well as educational seminars. The office continuously invests in pioneering technical advances to guarantee the best work environment for colleagues The firm has professionals specialised in litigation who are trained to negoti- and the best results for clients. ate and reach rapid solutions for its clients. The competence of these profesIn regards to intellectual property, services provided by the firm include: sionals, along with the firm’s cutting-edge technology, means that it is able to patents and utility models; trademarks; registration of industrial designs; offer them all the advantages of a specialised and comprehensive intellectual transfer of technology and licence agreements; litigation; copyright; franproperty service. chise contracts; repression of unfair competition; anti-piracy; arbitration; André Oliveira, Daniel Advogados partner, joined the firm in 2011. He is an trade dress protection; registration of domain names; consumer protection; attorney with more than 14 years’ experience in IP litigation, unfair competi- freedom to operate reports; trade secrets; advertising law; Internet law; and tion, trademarks, patents and copyright issues. protection for computer programmes.
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