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Manuel Durães Rocha

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Work Department

Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law.

Position

Partner

Career

Manuel Durães Rocha is a Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2017, working primarily in the areas of intellectual and industrial property and in the pharmaceutical sector. He is also an official Industrial Property Agent and European Patent Attorney before the European Patent Office, and European Trademark Attorney before the EUIPO.

He focuses mainly on disputes  (both judicial and arbitration) in connection with cases relating to the validity of patent and trademark rights, as well as the violation of patents, particularly in the medical and pharmaceutical fields, trademarks, design and unfair competition violations, CCP, protection and transfer of trade secrets, protection of software and copyrights and related rights. He has participated in cross-border proceedings under the scope of trademark protection and invention patents and advises a range of Portuguese companies on life sciences matters and, more recently, on matters related to personal data protection and databases.

Additionally, Manuel has extensive experience in establishing and defining strategies for the registration and protection of patents, trademarks, and design for Portuguese companies with international operations, as well as in advising many foreign companies on establishing trademarks in Portugal through distribution arrangements, franchise and licensing in different economic sectors, specifically retail, fashion, and advertising.

Languages

English, French and Spanish.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association.
International Bar Association.
International Trademark Association.
International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property.
International Federation of Industrial Property Attorneys.

Education

Law degree from Lusiada University, Lisbon, Faculty of Law (1985);

Master of Laws on Industrial Property and Competition from Université Robert Schuman in Strasbourg, Faculty of Law (1988).

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Intellectual property

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Manuel Durães Rocha – Abreu Advogados

Abreu Advogados fields a ‘very dynamic’ team, praised for its ‘consistent high quality service’ in the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious IP matters. With a diverse roster of domestic and international clients on its books, the ‘top-notch’ practice covers trade mark and patent prosecution, litigation, unfair competition, copyright protection and licensing matters, among other matters. The practice is jointly steered by three IP specialists: Manuel Durães Rocha, who works primarily in the areas of intellectual and industrial property in the health and pharmaceuticals sector; António Andrade, noted for his focus on pharmaceutical patent litigation and issues related to the health sector; and Ricardo Henriques, who advises clients on the gamut of IP matters, focusing particularly on the technology sector. César Bessa Monteiro, jr  is recommended for his vast experience in matters related to innovation, inventions, brands, trade secrets, unfair competition, copyrights and design.

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