Gabriel Francisco Leonardos, Brazil

Ranked in 3 Practice Areas

Band 1

Intellectual Property: Patent

Brazil

15 Years Ranked

Band 1

Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets

Brazil

16 Years Ranked

Band 2

Fashion Law

Brazil

1 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2024

About

Provided by Gabriel Francisco Leonardos

Brazil: Industries & Sectors

Career

Attorney at Law, Senior Partner of the firm, Industrial Property Agent, Mr. Leonardos has a MBA in Corporate Finance from FGV, Magister Iuris from USP, LLM University Ludwig-Maximilian, Munich. Former Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute (Munich, Germany). Recipient of the German Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz). Graduated in Law from UERJ.

Languages Spoken

Portuguese, English and German.

Practice Areas

Litigation before the Courts in IP; in consulting on licensing agreements, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and unfair competition; in trademark prosecution; and in arbitration and mediation in IP and Contract Law.

Professional Memberships

President (2024 – 2025) of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property – ABPI, the Brazilian Branch of AIPPI; Member: Ethics Court of the Interamerican Association of Intellectual Property – ASIPI; Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents – ABAPI; International Trademark Association – INTA; Brazilian-German Chamber of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro; International Federation of Intellectual Property Counsels – FICPI; German Association of Intellectual Property – GRUR; Consulting Board of the Brazilian Association of Financial Law – ABDF; International Fiscal Association – IFA; Board of Directors of the Center for Studies of Law Firms – CESA.

Publications

The book Taxation of Technology Transfer (1997) and several articles.

Brazil: Contentious

Practice Areas

Career

Lawyer, Senior Partner of the firm, Industrial Property Agent, Mr. Leonardos has a MBA in Corporate Finance from FGV, Magister Iuris from USP, LLM University Ludwig-Maximilian, Munich. Former Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute (Munich, Germany). Recipient of the German Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz). Graduated in Law from UERJ. He speaks Portuguese, English and German.

Professional Memberships

President of Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property – ABPI (2022 – 2023); Member of the board of Directors of CESA; member of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents – ABAPI; member of the International Trademark Association – INTA; member of the Brazilian-German Chamber of Commerce of Rio de Janeiro; member of the Fédération International dês Conseils en Proprieté Industrielle – FICPI; member of the German Association of Intellectual Property – GRUR; member of the Brazilian Association of Financial Law – ABDF; member of the International Fiscal Association – IFA

Publications

The book Taxation of Technology Transfer (1997) and several articles.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Brazil: Contentious

Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets - Brazil

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Gabriel Francisco Leonardos is highly renowned among his peers in the intellectual property arena, who admire his strong track record and endorse his top-tier position in the rankings. He has standout expertise in handling sophisticated trade mark agreement negotiations and strategic litigation before the BPTO.

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Intellectual Property: Patent - Brazil

Band 1

Individual Editorial

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Brazil: Industries & Sectors

Fashion Law - Brazil

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Renowned intellectual property partner Gabriel Francisco Leonardos is considered to be a forerunner in the field of fashion law. Clients and observers praise him for fostering the practice from its early days, being highly involved in the industry and advising clients on sophisticated IP-related matters.

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Contributions

Latest contributions provided by Gabriel Francisco Leonardos

Global Practice Guide

Patent Litigation 2024
Brazil | Law and Practice

Authored by

Gabriel F Leonardos, Viviane de Medeiros Trojan, Claudio Barbosa

Article • Jan 2024