The IP team at this full-service firm operates within the litigation and corporate department and is selective in the work it accepts, limiting its activity to highly complex and high-value copyright, patent and trade mark violation and litigation cases. Clients/Work Highlights: The firm represented two multinational pharmaceutical companies in a complex dispute involving the protection of their patents. It also successfully prevented the import of optical recording and reading systems infringing a client’s patents by applying for a border detention order.

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares Da Silva & Associados has been advising Pfizer on advertising law, as well as on a number of patent-related issues, particularly patent litigation. Pernod Ricard and Heinz have also sought the firm’s expert advice on trade mark issues, namely management and litigation. While senior associate Tomás Vaz Pinto heads up the firm’s experienced team, partners António Pinto Leite, Carlos Osório de Castro and José Botelho Moniz also offer IP expertise.