PATENT LEADERS
PORTUGAL
Name: Filipe Baptista Position: Partner Law firm: Baptista Monteverde
Name: Manuel Lopes Rocha Position: Senior Counsel / Head of the Intellectual Property practice Law firm: PLMJ Advogados
Name: Antonio Magalhaes Cardoso Position: Group Senior Partner / Dispute Resolution / Head of Practice Partner IP Litigation & Co-Head of Prac Law firm: Vieira de Almeida & Associados
Name: Manual Oehen Mendes Position: Lawyer Law firm: Yolanda Busse Oehen Mendes & Associados Name: Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade Position: Intellectual Property Attorney Law firm: Morais Leitao Galvao Teles Soares da Silva & Associados Morais Leitao Name: Ana Teresa Puildo Position: Intellectual Property Counsel / Partner Law firm: PLMJ Advogados
Maria Cruz Garcia
Position: Senior Global Account Manager / Patent & Trademark Attorney
Law firm: ClarkeModet
Phone: +351 933 087 375
Email: mcruzgarcia@clarkemodet.com.pt
Website: www.clarkemodet.com
Maria Cruz Garcia joined the international team at ClarkeModet in 2020 with the goal of strengthening the management of clients and foreign partners, as well as providing assessment on IP.
Prior to that, Cruz Garcia had practised as an attorney at law and a patent and trademark attorney in prestigious Portuguese law firms, having become a partner at one of them.
She has led several departments in her previous firms and was head of the litigation department and the marketing and communication department in her last firm.
Her technical and legal expertise is extensively recognised—she has held leading positions in numerous IP associations, serving as the general secretary of the Portuguese Group of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property since 2013 and being a past member of the board of directors of the Portuguese Association of IP Professionals.
Vítor Palmela Fidalgo
Position: Legal Director
Law firm: Inventa International
Phone: +351 213 150 970
Email: vfidalgo@inventa.com
Website: inventa.com/en/
Vítor Palmela Fidalgo is legal director and a Trademark and Patent Attorney at Inventa International, responsible for the patent and trademark attorneys team.
Combining the legal aspect with his vision for the business, he cooperates daily in the definition and implementation of the best IP strategies, to protect and enhance the profitability of all IP assets.
He specialises in internationalisation strategies related to IP rights transfer and licensing contracts. He is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and the author of several academic works. He is also an arbitrator in IP matters.
José Luís Arnaut
Position: Managing Partner / Lawyer
Law firm: CMS RPA
Phone: +351 21 095 8100
Email: joseluis.arnaut@cms-rpa.com
Website: www.cms.law
José Luís Arnaut has vast experience on legal strategic advice to public and private companies. His main areas of practice include restructuring, privatisations, mergers and acquisitions and private equity.
His career has started as a lawyer within the practice area of IP law with special focus on patent, trademarks, domain names, new technologies and competition law, areas where he has reached a high level of recognition.
Arnaut is a member of the board of directors of several national and international entities. He is a founding partner of CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut.
