Practice Areas
Trademarks
Trademark searches, reports and opinions on registrability; preparing, filing and prosecution of trademark applications with the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI); assistance in drafting, negotiating and recording trademark assignment, transfer or licensing agreements; monitoring third parties' trademark filings and applications; preparing and filing oppositions; drafting and sending cease-and-desist and warning letters; technical and legal consulting and advice regarding trademarks.
Patents
Preparing, filing and prosecution of utility models and patent applications with the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI); preparing and filing international patent applications and national phase entry applications under the PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty); maintenance of patents and patent applications, including the control of deadlines and payment of maintenance fees (annuities); searches in domestic and international patent data bases; preparing reports and opinions on patentability and infringement for products, technologies or manufacturing processes; assistance in drafting, negotiating and recording patent assignment, transfer or licensing agreements; monitoring third parties' patent filings and applications; drafting and sending cease-and-desist and warning letters; technical and legal consulting and advice regarding patents.
Industrial Designs
Preparing, filing and prosecution of industrial design applications with the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI); searches in domestic and international industrial designs data bases; assistance in drafting, negotiating and recording industrial design assignment, transfer or licensing agreements; technical and legal consulting and advice regarding industrial designs.
Copyrights and Right of Publicity
Legal consulting and advice in connection with copyrights and right of publicity in general; assistance in drafting and negotiating publishing contracts, assignment and licensing agreements involving copyrights and related rights, as well as rights of publicity, advertising campaigns, artistic, audiovisual, television, theatrical, musical and similar works.
Software Protection
Preparing, filing and prosecution of applications for registration of software with the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (INPI); assistance in drafting and negotiating software development, assignment and licensing agreements; consulting and advice in connection with software protection.
Technology Transfer
Consulting and assistance in connection with drafting, negotiating and recording agreements involving transfer of technology or know-how, individually or together with the licensing of trademarks, patents, software and technical services.
Franchising
Legal consulting and advice in connection with business franchises, including the negotiation, drafting and/or review of offering circulars and franchise agreements, as well as their recordal with the Brazilian and Trademark Office (INPI).
Domain Names and Websites
Legal consulting and advice in connection with domain name disputes in Brazil and internationally, recovering of domain names registered in bad faith by third parties, negotiation and drafting website creation and development agreements, domain name assignment and transfer agreements, protection of websites and materials posted in the Internet.
Unfair Competition
Legal consulting and advice in cases of unauthorized use or imitation of trademarks, trade names, domain names, infringement of patents, industrial and trade secrets; trade dress and other unfair competition acts.
International
JM Silveira & Associados Propriedade Intelectual offers trademark, industrial design and patent filing and prosecution services not only in Brazil, but also in all Latin America, in the United States, Canada, Europe and in most industrialized countries, through a network of associates and international correspondents, having a wide experience and a history of important cases of success in recovering domain names registered or used in bad faith consisting of or including registered marks of Brazilian companies, through fast and efficient domain name dispute resolution proceedings administered by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center.