Europe
Trademarks Law Firm of the Year Portugal
Firm Profile
pbbr has a 5 member’s team which has been consistently recognised as the stand-alone market leaders in the area of Intellectual Property Law in Portugal.
pbbr is now the Portuguese member of CIB (Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau) of the International Chamber of Commerce and of GALA (Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance). César Bessa Monteiro is the representative in Portugal of ItechLaw Association and is also the President of the Portuguese Association of Intellectual Property Consultants. On the other hand, César Bessa Monteiro is Arbitrator of the Arbitration Court of Prague dealing with the conflicts relating domain names .eu. César Bessa Monteiro is member of the Council of the EPI (Institute of Professionals Representatives before the European Patent Office) and member of the Professional Conduct Committee of same Institute. César Bessa Monteiro, jr is member of the Geberal Meeting board of the Portuguese Group of AIPPI and member of ECTA and ItechLaw Association. Ricardo Henriques is member
Areas of Expertise
The team is specialized in the following IP / IT sub-disciplines:
• Industrial Property (trademarks, patents, models and insignia), including dealing with the INPI (National Industrial Property Institute), OHIM, WIPO and courts;
• Copyright, Publishing Rights and Licensing, Entertainment
• Agency, franchising and distribution
César Bessa Monteiro
of AIPPI and an arbitrator at ARBITRARE, Portugal’s specialist IP arbitration centre.
pbbr is a law firm recognised in the Portuguese and international markets as having experience and expertise in providing services related to Intellectual Property, Information Technology, Marketing,Media and Telecommunications. pbbr is a member of GALA – Global Advertising Lawyers Alliance.
Notable Legal Work
Just a few examples of significant work undertaken in the last year include:
• Advising SECIL on patent issues;
• Acting for Mustang Bekleidungswerde GmbH. & Co. KG on a trademark infringement case;
• Acting for Julius Sämann Ltd / CAR-FRESHNER Corporation on trademark infringement cases;
• Representing Hewlett Packard (HP), Vodafone, Cisco, Calvin Klein and ASICS before customs authorities in respect of trademark infringements;
• Advising Sony Music on all IP and Entertainment matters;
• Advising Oracle on all IP matters;
• Advising Chupa Chups on distribution and marketing matters;
• Advising Fender on distribution matters;
• Trademark prosecutions for Visa International, Boehringer Ingelheim, Advanced Micro Devices, Alcon, Federal Express, Fujitsu, Lloyds Bank, Martifer, Sacoor and Estée Lauder
• Acting for Opel Special Vehicles GmbH on trademark infringement issues;
• Acting for BMW on trademark infringement issues;
• Acting for Nestlé on an unfair competition matter;
• Advising Four Seasons on licensing matters;
Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2012 • Unfair competition
• Media, Advertising, Marketing, Image Rights and Communication
• Data Protection
• Consumer Protection and Labelling
• Software, Information
Technologies, E-Commerce and New technologies;
• Telecommunications
• Preparation and review of Service Level Agreements, Contracts for the development of e-commerce platforms, Outsourcing contracts, contracts for the supply of computer hardware and software and associated services, Contracts for the provision of network contents
• Registration and Protection of domain names
Contact:
César Bessa Monteiro Email:
cesar.bmonteiro@
pbbr.pt
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