OTHER SERVICES

In addition to services of search, PATCORP offers in-house services related to technical drawing, translations, composition of logos and making sites, besides register of dominion names/INTERNET.

PATCORP is one of the Brazilian leading firms operating within the intellectual property field commited to providing a fully integrated service for the protection and enforcement of IP rights, be in Brazil nad/or abroad.

The firm offers highly skilled legal representation in a wide variety of corporate, commercial litigation matters. It also has been developed by a team formed by the best members in the field of industrial property, ready to help the owners of rights to use and establish their resources by improving their competitive position in the market, with surprising results.

Having rendered services to clients and associates throughout the world, it has created a close relationship with attorneys and agents of well known respected marks and patents in practically every country.

In Brazil it congregates associations and relations in the main corporations, which give safe support to perform its leading activities everywhere, with the purpose of giving ownership rights to their clients.

The firm ´s size (boutique) allows it to provide its Clients with firts-rate, highly sphisticated legal services for fees considerably lower than those charged by large law firms.

Having its own headquarters in the city of Campinas, with branches in Brasília/Federal District, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, São Paulo/SP, it is duly structured in the ambit of industrial property to render services related to:
- Payment of annual maintenance fees of patents and renewal of trademark registrations;
- Working up of applications and reports of invention patents; utility models, in accordance with terms of Paris Convention, PCT, EPO, OAPI, and Benelux;
- Applications for register of industrial designs;
- Applications for registration of trademarks, including three-dimensional ones;
- Applications for registration of geographical indications;
- Applications for registration of softwares, according to Law 9,609/98.

In the contentious-administrative field, it reckons on Attorneys and Engineers endowed with deep knowledge to act in matters related to:
- Oppositions;
- Appeals;
- Administrative Proceedings;
- Reports and Technical Examinations;
- Appraisal of Marks, and
- Diverse judicial proceedings everything in full defense of industrial property rights, against unfair competition, besides matters involving Licence Agreements and/or Transfer of Technology, by working up and recording it at lNPI, among others. Its services are controlled by updated softwares specially developed to insure the best and most efficient watching over its applications for patents and marks.

Its whole staff is formed by Attorneys, Engineers, and Academics who are very experienced in disputes not only within the ambit of INPI but also in Brazilian courts.

Its judicial practice includes an extensive range of victories conquered in entrepreneurial and commercial disputes, with emphasizes given to counterfeit of patents, marks and unfair competition. The office also deals with a vast number of proceedings including disputes of contracts in general.

The corporate and commercial practice of PATCORP includes the analysis and preparation of all forms of commercial agreements.

It keeps a personalized and efficient attention to its Clients and is never distant from its strict commitment as to quality, which fact permits the granting of highly skilled services, in the same way any large office does, however with the addition of quality, dedication, and personal care of each member in the staff, besides the support given by skilled technical and administrative personnel thus securing positive results in every and all aspects.

RENEWAL OF PATENTS

PATCORP has its own systems that permit a quick and highly safe process for the payment of annuities on privileges for inventions or utility mode is in force, either filed or not by PATCORP, everything according to high standards of quality together with cost-benefit binomial.

RENEWAL OF TRADEMARKS

In the same proficient way, PATCORP deals with the payments of annuities, it has developed its own operational systems which precisely detects the dates of maturity for all registers of marks of its clients, by previously sending them respective notices of maturity in order to avoid the filing of appeals regarding out of term payment of fees, which are considerably increased, besides the risk of non-renewal thereof.

PATENTS

The patent department of PATCORP is formed by highly skilled engineers and technicians, and is divided into three distinct large groups:
Chemistry/Biotechnology/Pharmaceutical
Mechanical Engineering / Electronics / Electrical
General Matters

By means of technical and juridical support, PATCORP has demonstrated efficiency to solve the needs of present world. The firm renders services not only to big industries in the field of automobiles, maritime, construction, parts, and industrial machines either in Brazil or abroad, but also to small and medium size companies.

Every member of its patent staff has a high background and is able to cover an ample range of applications comprised in the several areas of human and scientific knowledge.

TRADEMARKS

The trademark department of PATCORP controls about 11,000 applications and/or registrations weekly. It develops its function under the coordination of experienced attorneys, and provides detailed reports as well as support in cases related to marks, including packing names.

The corporation is also endowed with a great power to help its clients in this field of industrial research, considering that this department is very experienced not only regarding protection but also for a best utilization, management, and use of respective mark. Considering the protection of a mark generally involves negotiations of agreements with third parties, PATCORP has technical know-how to provide its clients with actual benefits.

In addition to above, PATCORP is also able to deal with situations involving infringements or violations of rights of marks either registered or not.

SERVICES OF SEARCHES AND RESEARCHES

PATCORP has an in-house search department which provides a large range of services related to searches to give support to its departments of patents and marks.

Under the technical aspect, searches can cover patents or industrial drawings to determine if there is any kind of protection in a given field of industry or to make sure that third parties1 rights will not be violated.

Watching services are also valuable to keep the clients updated regarding competitors' steps. Regarding marks, respective searches can confirm whether chosen trade name is available to be used, additionally watching services will alert the clients to usurpation attempts.

OTHER SERVICES

In addition to services of search, PATCORP offers in-house services related to technical drawing, translations, composition of logos and making sites, besides register of dominion names/INTERNET.
Telefone: +55 (19) 3291-0790 / Fax: +55 (19) 3295-6527
Av. Cláudio Celestino T. Soares, 470 • CEP 13100-015 • Campinas / São Paulo • Brasil
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