Ms Gabriela Salerno > Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello
Av. Almirante Barroso, 139
7TH FLOOR
20031-005 RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil

Work Department

Patent Department

Position

Patent Counsel

Career

Gabriela Salerno is a partner and head of the technical team of Montaury’s patent department.

She is the chair of the Patent Committee of the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property, vice-chair of the Intellectual Property Owners’ Association Committee on Intellectual Property Practice in Latin America and a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She has been working in the patent area since 2006, advising clients, especially on patent matters related to the pharmaceutical field. She has a background in innovation management, coordinating projects related to competitive intelligence.

 

Areas of Expertise

Patents, Life Sciences Patents, Biotech Patents, Utility Models, Plant Variety Protection, Industrial designs, Freedom to Operate (FTO).

Languages

Portuguese, English, Spanish, German

Lawyer Rankings

Brazil > Intellectual property

Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello – ‘a very experienced and historic IP firm in Rio de Janeiro‘ – attracts mandates from domestic and international clients operating in the electronics, biotechnology, software, nanotechnology, life sciences and telecoms sectors, which seek advice on the protection of their IP rights. Offering prosecution, litigation and enforcement services, the practice is best known for its contentious work, but also excels in technology transfers and franchising matters. Chairing the practice are founding partners Eduardo Machado, who takes the lead on trade marks, Luiz Edgard Montaury Pimenta, who oversees the litigation subgroup, and Roberto Vieira De Mello, the name to note for patent-related matters. Ana Paula Brito and Marianna Furtado Mendonça are both active in IP litigation. Other key individuals include patent attorney Gabriela Salerno, and trade mark specialists Clarissa Jaegger and Joana de Mattos Siqueira.