Regulatory and Health Law
Luiz Leonardos & Advogados has an exclusive team to conduct procedures with the National Health Surveillance Agency (ANVISA). We advise clients on regulatory matters and act to maintain clients' exclusivity rights over data packages, as provided by the TRIPS Agreement (Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) and based on local provisions regulating unfair competition. These rights are essential for research-based pharmaceutical companies, which need to send large volumes of information to ANVISA to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of their product innovations. In certain situations, compliance with exclusivity rights over data packages is the only way to prevent generic industry companies from using the innovative manufacturer's data package to obtain approval for their generic versions, instead of conducting their own clinical tests.
Other practice areas
Copyright Law
The professionals at Luiz Leonardos & Advogados provide advice on all matters related to copyright, including advising and obtaining copyright registrations for our clients' works. We conduct infringement analyses and implement legal strategies for copyright protection.
Fashion Law
To meet the specific needs of the fashion industry, our firm advises clients in the apparel, accessories, leather goods, and luxury sectors, covering the protection of intellectual property assets (trademarks, patents, industrial designs, and copyright), the structuring of agreements, strategic counseling, anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting measures, and extrajudicial and judicial proceedings involving fashion-related disputes, among other services.
Geographical Indications
We provide comprehensive assistance in connection with the registration and protection of Geographical Indications, which identify products whose characteristics, qualities, or reputation are associated with their geographical origin and with human or natural factors specific to a particular region.
Geographical Indications have been protected in Brazil since the enactment of Law No. 9,279/1996, which established their protection under industrial property law and granted the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BPTO) authority to regulate and grant the respective registrations.
The registration of a Geographical Indication makes it possible to recognize and protect the characteristics and origin of products from a particular region, enhancing their value, strengthening local identity, and fostering investment in the producing region. In addition, such protection may add value to and enhance the competitive advantage of products and services associated with their region of origin, thereby contributing to the region’s economic and social development.