Full-service firm BMA Advogados fields a strong IP practice with expertise in the cosmetics, luxury goods, entertainment and biotech industries. Singled out for its work on behalf of international household clients, the team is routinely engaged in strategic portfolio management, high-stakes transactions and litigation. Practice leader Antonella Carminatti specialises in transactional IP, licensing and litigation matters. Ana Cristina Müller, who has a strong reputation in the biotech sector, heads up the patent and design team, which brings together lawyers, engineers and scientists. The IP litigation group is overseen by Pedro Frankovsky Barroso, who is skilled in complex disputes involving patents, trade marks and copyright issues. Patent attorney Lilian Arcalji utilises her chemical engineering experience to advise clients on the planning and implementation of IP protection strategies, and Pedro Tavares is adept in contentious matters.

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Testimonials

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‘This is a highly interactive team. We have always had pertinent collaborations, broad technical discussion and great relationships.’
‘Ana Cristina Müller and Lilian Arcalji are very helpful and engaged in all the requests we make.’
‘It works with the client's business in a multidisciplinary and in-depth manner. The team develops broad and elaborate strategies that align with the other areas and meet the client's specifications.’
'The team is responsive and diligent in the handling of their clients' patent portfolios.'
'Ana Cristina Müller is particularly proactive and helpful.'

Key clients

Netflix Entretenimento Brasil
Warner Music Brasil
Middleby Marshall Holdings
L’Oréal
Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima (Ronaldo)
Botafogo
Vasco
Sega Corporation
Under Armour

Work highlights

Acting for L'Oréal in a trade mark and trade dress infringement case.
Assisting Netflix with several image rights and copyright cases related to both their original and third-party movies and series.
Represented Warner Music in a lawsuit brought by Raul Sexias' heirs, preventing Warner from commercialising phonograms.