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At
Araripe & Associados, we are focused on advising
our clients on the ways of protecting their inventions and enforcing
their patent rights, as well as providing our assessment of the
validity of competitor’s patents.
A
significant portion of our practice is devoted to protecting new
technologies in the area of biotech, medical devices, wireless
communication and chemical compounds. For that, Araripe &
Associados counts
with engineers with post-graduate qualifications in these
fields, some of whom have previously worked at our Patent and
Trademark Office, as examiners.
The
proximity with the Brazilian Patent Office (INPI) allows our
practitioners to have extensive interaction with the examiners,
visiting them to personally discuss our client’s matters.
Our
services include:
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conducting novelty and infringement searches;
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advising
on the patentability of inventions;
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preparing,
filing and prosecuting applications;
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providing
advise on issues such as amendments, examination actions and
application split;
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advising
on infringement and ways of designing around third party’s rights
to avoid it;
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submitting
and defending from oppositions;
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filing
and defending actions for the revocation of patents;
At
Araripe & Associados
we are constantly devoted to understanding the client’s
commercial objectives in order to help it achieve a successful cost
efective result. For that, we will work with the client to determine
the optimum strategy and the proper convention or co-operation
treaty in order to obtain the best scope of protection, both
domestically and abroad.
As
a result of its long experience in the field, Araripe &
Associados has developed a long and reliable network of
associates throughout the world and constantly participating in
seminars and educational events in the IP area.
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