Portugal

Firm overview

We are a reference office in Portugal in Industrial Property. We are a one stop firm for IP matters in Portugal, with more of 90 years of experience. We have a multidisciplinary team of specialists that meet all the needs of our clients, including several Official Industrial Property Agents (A.O.P.I.), qualified to act before the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).

From patents to trademarks, from designs to SPCs. We have practioners specialized both in prossecution and litigation.

Over the years, we have always been following the developments in the IP sector, being essential a presence and active participation with the associations and institutions that represent the main sectors of our activity.

In this sense, we are members of several prestigious associations and national and international institutions fundamental to our activity.

Firm overview

Simões, Garcia, Corte-Real & Associados is a boutique IP firm providing a full range of services in all matters of Industrial and Intellectual Property.

The firm is based in Portugal, in Lisbon and has a second office in Porto.

Our trademark working group has an experienced and profound know-how in conducting searches and advising on registrability, filing and prosecuting national, international or European trademark applications, maintaining registrations and helping in the management of the client’s portfolio and contractual issues, providing watch services, as well as representing and assisting clients in trademark enforcement and litigation matters, and anti-counterfeiting measures.

The firm has also a patent department with patent attorneys and engineers which represents and provides services to clients primarily before the Portuguese Patent Office, the European Patent Office and World Intellectual Property Organization. We have the experience and expertise to assist in any patent or designs issue, including patent drafting, patent prosecution and patent litigation

The firm provides trademark services for Portugal, the European Union and World Intellectual Property Organization and also the Portuguese speaking territories of Macao, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde and S. Tome e Principe.

SGCR practice is supported on the solid legal and technical background of the working group. All partners of the firm are trademark attorneys with more than 30 years of experience in the IP field. The lawyers in the legal team are specialized in the IP field. Responsiveness, availability and flexibility are characteristic of the working group at SGCR as well as high standards of professional competence and ethics.

Firm overview

Inventa is a leading Intellectual Property Law Firm, specialized in the protection and internationalization of trademarks, patents, industrial designs, copyright and domain names. With over 50 years of experience in Portugal, the European Union and all the African jurisdictions, Inventa has served thousands of clients holding large trademark and patent portfolios, and other entities dealing with R&D daily. Furthermore, our experience allows us to understand the caveats of the different industries since we maintain relationships with clients from different sectors, including food and beverages companies, communications, IT, pharmaceuticals, manufacturers, oil & gas companies, financial institutions, business services companies and more.

Our headquarters are based in Lisbon, Portugal, and we also have offices in Angola, Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Cape Verde, Sao Tome, East Timor and Macao. Inventa also holds a large network of representatives all across the African region, including representation before the ARIPO and OAPI regional organizations, committed to delivering global coverage with local experience.

Due to our wide network of contacts and associate level, we offer our clients a highly specialized team of professionals in the Intellectual Property field and related strategic sectors. Our professionals guarantee personalized and efficient accompaniment in all our services.

Firm overview

PATENTREE was founded in 2013 in order to provide specialized Intellectual Property (IP) services, in particular in relation to patents. Its partners and associates have extensive professional experience in IP prosecution, spanning over 20 years in all fields of IP.

PATENTREE is a highly qualified firm with extensive experience in drafting, prosecuting and enforcing patents in Europe, the United States as well as other jurisdictions. Our firm is characterized by our relentless commitment to excellence and strong IP strategies. Whether the work entrusted to us is patent drafting, patent searches, prosecution, oppositions, freedom-to-operate reports or patent validation, all our work is quality checked to ensure that they meet the highest standards.
We are a ground-breaking firm in Portugal, and currently the only patent firm employing several qualified European patent attorneys. We specialise in both electromechanical and chemical technology fields.

We are known for our team of responsive advisers, our ability to communicate effectively with scientists and investors, as well as for our success rate in prosecution, opposition, intervention and appeal cases. Our team strive to do our best to help our client protect their IP rights. We work closely with clients in order to fully understand their technology and to provide solutions specially tailored to their needs.

We are a dynamic team of molecular biologists, bioengineers, mechanical and electrotechnical engineers. Amongst our team of professionals, some are former scientists, patent and trademark examiners, as well as IP consultants. They are dedicated to raising IP awareness in Portugal and to continuously be involved in providing patent law training courses in Portugal and abroad. We have been involved in providing tutoring for the University of Strasbourg Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies as well as the Institute of Professional Representatives (European Patent Office).

PATENTREE’s professionals have extensive experience before the patent and arbitration courts – in particular, as experts and technical assistants who have achieved the European patent litigation certification. Our firm also has extensive experience and in-depth skills in patent searching. We utilise using multiple world-class databases and tools when preparing reports in relation to patentability, freedom-to-operate and infringement.