Simões Garcia Corte Real & Associados

Simões, Garcia, Corte-Real & Associados is a firm specializing in IP law and providing a full range of services in all matters of Industrial and Intellectual Property including assistance and consultancy services in the acquisition and maintenance of IP rights, enforcement and IP litigation.
Our practice covers IP services for the European Union, Portugal and other Portuguese speaking jurisdictions namely, Macao, Angola, Mozambique, S. Tomé e Principe, and Cape Verde.
In the trademark and design fields we represent clients and assist in particular with the following:

• conducting trademark searches and advising on registrability, providing watch services or conducting design searches
• filing and prosecuting trademark or design applications and helping in the management of the client’s portfolio
• opposition and appeal proceedings
• trademark and design enforcement and all kind of IP litigation matters
• IP contractual issues
• anti-counterfeiting procedures near the customs and criminal authorities

In the patent field, we are able to assist and represent clients in the prosecution of national patent or utility models applications, conducting state-of-the-art searches and assisting in the drafting of patent or utility model specifications. SGCR legal team deals with litigation issues and is familiar with the arbitration disputes under the special Law 62/2011. The patent department also deals with a large volume of EP validations, translation and monitoring services.

Key IP Areas
Intellectual property (contentious), Intellectual property (prosecution), Designs, IP transactions, Patent contentious, Patent prosecution, Trade mark, Trade mark contentious, Trade mark prosecution

Key Sector Expertise
Utilities, Transport, Tobacco, Telecommunication, Sports, Retail, Renewable energy, Real estate, Pharmaceutical, Optics & photonics, Oil & gas, Not-for-profit, Medical device, Media, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Logistics, Life sciences, Internet, Gaming, Furniture, Food & beverage, Financial services, Fashion & luxury goods, Electronics, Construction & materials, Automotive, Advertising, Artificial intelligence