Gustavo Leonardos
Managing Partner with experience in intellectual property litigation, technology transfer, and trademark registration.
Experience
Registered with the Brazilian Bar Association. Former president of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI) and the Brazilian Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI). Former first vice president of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI). Member of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents (ABAPI), International Trademark Association (INTA), Licensing Executives Society International (LESI), and European Trademark Association (ECTA).
Education
- •Law Degree – School of Law of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, UERJ (1985).
- •Postgraduate degree in Comparative Law (MCL) – George Washington University Law School (1987).
Specialties
- •Managing Partner
- •Judicial Litigation
- •Technology Transfer
- •Trademark Registration
Languages
Highlights
Consultant in the Industrial Property Division at the World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO – in Geneva, Switzerland (1989-1990).
Member since 1993, Third Vice-President (1998-1999), First Vice-President (2000-2003), and President (2004-2007) of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI). Lifetime member of ABPI’s Board of Directors.
President of the Brazilian Group from 2004 to 2007 and member of Committee Q94 (World Trade Organization) of the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI).
First Vice-President from 2004 to 2006 of the Inter-American Association of Intellectual Property (ASIPI).
Member of the National Council for Combating Piracy of the Ministry of Justice (2005-2007).
Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Brazilian Institute of Lawyers – IAB.
Recognized with the Medal of the School of Magistracy of the State of Rio de Janeiro (EMERJ) in 2007 for outstanding services to Legal Culture and Brazilian Society.
Recognition for the relevant contribution to the realization of the International Congress on Combating Piracy - Regional Forum of Latin America
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