Contracts
We provide comprehensive legal advice on all matters relating to Intellectual Property agreements, including Licensing, Technology Transfer and Franchising, as well as the preparation of legal opinions, agreements and provisions concerning non-compete obligations, confidentiality, employee inventions, commissioned works, copyrights and other related matters, with a view to developing the most effective strategy for protecting your intellectual property assets.
Other practice areas
Cultivars
Brazilian legislation has provided, since 1997, through its own system based on the Union pour La Protection de las Variétés Vegetales (UPOV), for the protection of plant varieties, known as "cultivars". Linked to the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Plant Variety Protection Service (SNPC) analyzes applications for cultivar registration in the country. Luiz Leonardos & Advogados has highly qualified professionals to act in the process of obtaining cultivar protection registration with the SNPC and in taking measures for its due compliance.
Industrial Designs
The professionals at Luiz Leonardos & Advogados provide advice on all matters related to industrial designs, such as consulting, drafting, filing, and monitoring registration applications in Brazil and abroad. We have solid expertise in monitoring third-party cases and filing oppositions, as well as nullity requests, both in the administrative and judicial spheres, being capable of taking and enforcing all necessary measures to maintain and protect our clients' rights.
Competition and Antitrust Law
Inhibiting anti-competitive practices is of utmost importance today, and it also concerns the enforcement of intellectual property rights. We advise our clients on the prevention and combat of crimes against the national economic order, representing them before the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) and other antitrust bodies, particularly in the defense of industrial property rights.