Dennemeyer & Associates Opens New Office In Rio De Janeiro

Effective October 1st, the international IP law firm Dennemeyer & Associates is pleased to announce the expansion of its operations in Brazil, with the opening of a new office located in the city of Rio de Janeiro. This will add an important local presence and a reliable partner to the other ten local offices in Luxembourg (HQ), Melbourne, Munich, Warsaw, Brasov, Chicago, Tokyo, Zagreb, Frankfurt and Dubai.

Brazil is the world's fifth largest country, having one of the world's fastest growing economies. In the context of Brazil's major industries development, the demand for IP protection will increase during the next decades. With the setup of the new office, Dennemeyer continues to carry out its plans of consolidating the firm's global presence and reaching out to new, developing markets.

The office in Rio, backed by Dennemeyer's experienced international teams, provides the full suite of IP legal services, customized to the particularities characterizing this region: patent searches, clearings and surveillances; legal and technical counsel to both plaintiffs and defendants involving patent cases; preparing and filing patent applications in all areas of technology in Brazil and abroad; conducting of grant procedures before the Brazilian Patent Office, including oppositions, appeals and administrative nullity procedures; trademark and industrial design applications; payment of annuities; license, know-how and other exploitation contracts.

In addition to said services, clients will also benefit from any other of the sophisticated IP products and services offered by the Dennemeyer Group: its 360° IP Consulting Services for streamlining strategic and operational IP activities worldwide, an interactive online IP portfolio management (especially designed for trademark renewals and patent annuities), and a flexible IP management software solution (DIAMS iQ) which is amongst the forerunners on the market.

The new office will be headed by Claudio M. Szabas, co-founder and former partner of ASPEBY-SZABAS Industrial Property and with 25 years of professional experience in prosecution and maintenance of IP rights. With a technical background in industrial controls and electronic engineering by the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional of Argentina and IP related courses like Introduction into Genetic Technology and Protection of Microbiological Inventions in Germany, he is registered to practice with the Brazilian PTO (INPI) and with the IPEA's to act on...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT