Licks Attorneys

Partner

Carolina Mendes joined Licks Attorneys’ Rio de Janeiro office as a paralegal in 2017 and became an attorney at law in 2020, and became a partner in 2025. Her practice focuses on complex litigation in intellectual property law, with particular focus patent infringement and validity disputes.  Having experience at trial and appellate level in lawsuits involving the pharmaceutical products, medical devices, computer systems, telecommunications, and other industries, Ms. Mendes advises multinational clients in cross-border intellectual property disputes. She has also experience with administrative proceedings before government agencies, such as the BRPTO.

Affiliated with the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR), Ms. Mendes has played an active role in recent years in fostering commercial relations between German and Brazilian companies.

In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Mendes holds a PhD (2024) and a Master’s Degree (2022) in Procedural Law, both from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), where she is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Procedural Law.

Ms. Mendes currently serves as Vice President of the Special Committee on Federal Justice of the Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section (OAB/RJ) and is also a member of its Civil Procedure Studies Committee and the Committee on Copyright, Intangible Rights, and Entertainment Law.

In 2022, Ms. Mendes was featured as a speaker on panels concerning online hearings both at the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/RJ) and the Rio de Janeiro State Attorney’s Office (PGE-RJ). In 2024, Ms. Mendes was featured as a speaker on the IP & Patent Summit, in Berlin, where she provided an overview of Brazil's patent and judicial systems, highlighting their predictability and reliability for German companies seeking to assert patent rights.

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Vice President of the Special Committee on Federal Justice, member of the Civil Procedure Studies Committee, and member of the Committee on Copyright, Intangible Rights, and Entertainment Law – Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro (OAB/RJ); Member of Civil Procedure Committee – Brazilian Bar Association – Barra da Tijuca (OAB/Barra); Member of the Collective Civil Procedure Law Committee – Federal Judicial School for the Second Circuit (EMARF); Brazilian Institute of Procedural Law (IBDP); Member of the German Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (GRUR).

Post Doctoral candidate in Law (focus of study: Procedural Law), State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ); PhD in Procedural Law, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), 2024; Master’s Degree in Procedural Law, State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), 2022; Bachelor of Laws, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), 2020.