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DIOGO TRIGUEIROS DE ARAGÃO

Chairman of the Board of the General Assembly

Associations / Orders

ACPI (Chairman of the Board of the General Assembly)
AIPPI
AFP
ACEGE

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Castilian

Board of Directors

ANTÓNIO TRIGUEIROS DE ARAGÃO

Chairman of the Board of Directors (CEO)

– Official Industrial Property Agent.

Academic Training
  • Master’s degree in Marketing (ISCTE-IUL), Postgraduate in IP Law (APDI), Postgraduate Specialization in Trademarks Management (ISCTE – IUL), MBA (ESAI)
  • Administrator of the Lusitana Factories (large consumption)
  • Official Intellectual Property Agent  (OIPA)
  • Vice-president of: CentroMarca (Portuguese Association of Branded Products Companies);
  • Areas of Responsibilities: Institutional Representation and Portuguese/EU Trademarks
Associations / Orders

ACPI (Chairman of the Fiscal Council)
FICPI
AIPPI ( Vice-President of the Portuguese Group)
APPM
ANAI
Economist Order

Languages

Portuguese, French, English

JOÃO JORGE
Board Member(COO)
– Official Industrial Property Agent.
Academic Training
  • Degree in Chemistry, Scientific Branch of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry (Faculty of Science, UL)
  • Areas of specialization/post-graduation: Immunology, Transport Systems and Drugs Targeting, Clinical Pharmacokinetics
  • Official Intellectual Property Agent (OIPA)
  • Associations/Professional Associations: ACPI (Secretary-General), FICPI (Executive Committee, UNION (Life Science Commission), INTA, AIPPI, ECTA
  • Areas of Responsibility: Patents: Validations, Annuities and Advisory
Associations / Orders

ACPI (General Secretary)
FICPI (CET 2 – Designs; CET 5 – Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals)
AIPPI
ECTA
UNION (Life Science Comission)
INTA (Designs Committee) – Emerging Issues Sub-Committee)

Languages

Portuguese, French, English

GUSTAVO LOPES DA SILVA

Board Member (CFO)

Academic Training
  • Civil Engineer from Instituto Superior Técnico
  • MBA in Finance & Management from Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Specialization in corporate strategy, corporate Finace and Restructuring
  • Work experience at European level (Iberia, United Kingdom, Germany, Benelux), Africa, Latin America
  • Areas of Responsibility: International Trademarks and Corporate Accounts
Associations / Orders

MARQUES

Languages

Portuguese, English, Castilian

Business Development

ANTÓNIO ARAGÃO

IP & Innovation Consultant

– Official Industrial Property Agent.
Academic Training
  • Bachelor in Economics (ISCTE)
  • Master in Financial Economics (Maastricht University – School of Business and Economics)
  • Post-Graduation in Intellectual Property Law (FDUL and APDI)
  • Currently attending Bachelor of Law (FDUL)
Associations / Orders

APDI
ACPI
Portuguese Economists’ Bar

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Castilian

Trademark Department – International Accounts

PATRICIA RODRIGUES

Department Head

Academic Training
  • Post Graduation in European Studies (Law School. UL)
  • Post Graduation in Intelectual Law (Law School UL)
  • Law Degree (Univ. Moderna, Lx)
Associations / Orders

ACPI,
AIPPI
ECTA (Law Committee)
UNION
Portuguese Bar Association

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Castilian

PEDRO ALVES MOREIRA

Senior Counsel

– Official Industrial Property Agent.
– European Patent Agent.
Academic Training
  • Law Degree (Law School, UL)
  • Official Intellectual Property Agent (OIPA)
  • European   Representative of Patents
Associations / Orders

ACPI
AIPPI
ECTA
EPI
GRUR
VPP
AMEP

Languages

Portuguese, German, English, French, Italian, Castilian

CLAUDIA AMORIM

Department Deputy and Client manager

Academic Training
  • Degree in Judicial Magistrates, Public Prosecutors and Lawyers (Rechtsreferendariat)
  • Law Degree (Frankfurt University – JW Goethe Universität)
Associations / Orders

ACPI
AIPPI
GRUR
VPP
Bar Association of Frankfurt am Main

Languages

Portuguese, German, English, French

MARIA JOÃO BOBONE

Trademark Department – International Accounts

Academic Training
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Secretariat from the Instituto Superior de Línguas e Administração
  • Technician in the area of Industrial Property since 1993.
Languages

Portuguese, English

INÊS NUNES
Trademark Department – International Accounts
Academic Training
  • Law Degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
Languages

Portuguese, English, French

Trademark Department – National Accounts

ELSA CANHÃO

Department Head

– Official Industrial Property Agent.

– European Trademark Agent.

Academic Training
  • Specialization in Rights Management
  • Degree in Economy (UAL)
  •  Official Intellectual Property Agent (OIPA) and Representative of EU Trademarks and Designs
  • General Course of International Trademarks
Associations / Orders

ACPI
AIPPI
ECTA
UNION

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Castilian

MADALENA PACHECO

Department Deputy and Client Manager

-Official Industrial Property Agent.

Academic Training
  • Law Degree (Law School., UL)
  • General Course on Intellectual Property Law DL-101S – Intellectual Property Law from WIPO
  • Postgraduate in Intellectual Law by APDI
Languages

Portuguese, English, German, Castilian

MÁRCIA GONÇALVES

Client Manager

Academic Training
  • Master’s degree in International Legal Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
  • Post-graduation in International Commercial Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
  • Law Degree from the Cândido Mendes University in Rio de Janeiro (equivalence by the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon).
Languages

Portuguese, English, German

CARLA PINHÃO

Client Manager

Academic Training
  • Experience of more than 20 years in IP
  • Final Year of Secondary Education in the area of Humanities
Languages

Portuguese, English

HUGO OLIVEIRA

Trademark Department – National Accounts

Academic Training
  • Attendance of university classes for the Degree in Information Systems, Web and Multimedia from the European University – Laureate International Universities.
  • Professional Course in Management Informatics at, Escola Profissional Bento Jesus Caraça.
Languages

Portuguese, English

Patents and Designs

JORGE FAUSTINO

Department Head

– Official Industrial Property Agent.

Academic Training
  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering (ISEL)
  •  Official Intellectual Property Agent (OIPA)
Associations / Orders

ACPI

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Castilian

ANDREIA PEREIRA

Department Deputy

– Official Industrial Property Agent.
– European Patent Agent.

Academic Training
  • Degree in Technological Chemistry (Faculdade Ciências, UL)
  • Basic Training in European Patent Law. CEIPI – University of Strasbourg
  • Life Sciences Patents Network Europe
  • Patent Drafting Training Course – FICPI – Austria
Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Castilian

ISAURA MONTEIRO

Patent and Design Department

– Official Industrial Property Agent.

Academic Training
  • Degree in Biotechnological Engineering (University of Algarve)
Languages

Portuguese, English

NUNO PINTO

Patent and Design Department

Academic Training
  •  Attendance of university classes for the Degree in Management Informatics from the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
  • Technician in the area of Industrial Property since 2007.
Languages

Portuguese, English

PEDRO SILVA

Patent and Design Department

Academic Training
  • Technician in the area of Industrial Property since 1991.
Languages

Portuguese, English

TIAGO TEIXEIRA

Patent and Design Department

Academic Training
  • Degree in Computer Engineering from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
Languages

Portuguese, English

PAULO CANHÃO

Patent and Design Department

Academic Training
  • 12th Grade of Schooling [pre-university] in the Humanities Area.
  • Technician in the area of Industrial Property since 1981.
Languages

Portuguese, French

Corporate Accounts

MIGUEL SOUTO

Department Head

Academic Training
  • Degree in Chemical Engineering from Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa
Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Castilian

INÊS JESUS

Corporate Accounts – Patents and Trademarks

Academic Training
  • Law Degree  (Law School., UL)
  • Post-Graduation in Intellectual Property Law (FDUL and APDI)
Languages

Portuguese, English, Castilian

Legal Department

JOÃO PAULO MIOLUDO

Head of Legal Department

– Official Industrial Property Agent.

Academic Training
  • Law Degree (Univ. Católica Portuguesa)
Associations / Orders

ACPI
ECTA
INTA
Portuguese Bar Association

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Castilian

BIANCA ANTÓNIO

Legal Department

Academic Training
  • Law Degree  (Law School., Univ. of Lisbon)
Associations / Orders

Portuguese Bar Association

Languages

Portuguese, English, Castilian

Finance

ANA MACHADO

Finance Department

Academic Training
  • Degree in Marketing Management from the Instituto Português de Administração de Marketing
Languages

Portuguese, English, French

Secretariat of Administration

VANDA MONTEIRO

Secretariat

Academic Training
  • Technician in the area of Industrial Property since 2014
Languages

Portuguese, English, French

Scientific Consultants

JOSÉ MATOS
Scientific Consultant
Academic Training
  • PhD in Molecular Biology from King’s College, University of London.
  • Degree in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
Areas of Expertise

– Molecular Biology.

– Microbiology

– Enzymology.

– Biodiversity.

– Genetic Resources Management.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French

FRANCISCO MORAIS
Scientific Consultant
Academic Training
  • PhD in Biochemistry from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London.
  • Degree in Biochemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
Areas of Expertise

– Bioenergetics.

– Molecular Biology.

– Plant and Microbial Biochemistry.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French

PEDRO LOURENÇO
Scientific Consultant
Academic Training
  • PhD in Biochemistry from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
  • Master’s Degree in Plant Biotechnology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
  • Degree in Biology from the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon.
Areas of Expertise

– Plant Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Languages

Portuguese, English, French

MARIA DO ROSÁRIO SOMMER
Scientific Consultant
Academic Training
  • Degree in Agronomic Engineering from Instituto Superior de Agronomia of University of Lisbon
Languages

Portuguese, English, German

ADRIANO TEIXEIRA
Scientific Consultant
Academic Training
  • PhD in Mathematics and Natural Sciences from Leiden University.
  • Degree in Applied Chemistry (Organic Chemistry) from the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa.
Languages

Portuguese, English, French

CARLOS VALE
Scientific Consultant
Academic Training
  • Degree in Biotechnological Engineering from the University of Algarve.
Languages

Portuguese, English

VITORINO NETO

Scientific Consultant

Academic Training
  • Degree in Modern Modern Languages and Literatures – English/German – Faculdade de Letras [Faculty of Arts] of the University of Lisbon.
Languages

Portuguese, English, French