Carlos Vicente da S. Nogueira

Carlos Vicente da S. Nogueira is a registered Brazilian lawyer and Managing Partner of the Vicente Nogueira Advogados São Paulo’s Office. He has been involved with the IP field for more than 25 years and his practice includes all aspects of intellectual property counseling with an emphasis on trade mark prosecution, portfolio management and licensing, trade dress And related law. He has been also involved with patent and industrial designs prosecution, product labeling and advertising, unfair competition and litigation.

His office provides fully integrated assistance on IP rights with extensive experience on trademarks, industrial designs and patents prosecution, including clearance opinions, maintenance and portfolio management, licensing, enforcement measures and litigation. Committed to provide his clients with an effective and direct communication, rendering practical assistance and precise and clear opinions, the firm has consolidated a solid image of knowing and understanding their client’s business, always working to build a relationship based on trust and respect to their needs. Being flexible and adaptable to its client’s necessities without jeopardizing the quality of the services the firm provides, VNA has been seen as a trustful and respectful reference in IP law for the Brazilian jurisdiction.

Admitted to the Brazilian Bar - Section of Rio de Janeiro in 1985 and to the Section of São Paulo in 1994 Carlos Vicente da S. Nogueira has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association - ABPI from 2004-2007 and as a Co-Advisory Counsel at the Brazilian Industrial Property Agents Association - ABAPI from 2008-2009.

Carlos Vicente da S. Nogueira has been a member of several IP Groups and Associations among them the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association (ABPI); International Trademark Association (INTA); Interamerican Association of Intelelctual Property (ASIPI); Pharmaceutical Trade Mark Group (PTMG); American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA);  and the International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property (AIPPI). He has also been accepted as a Foreign Observer at the Asian Patent Attorney Association (APAA).

VNA São Paulo’s Office has been recently appointed as the winner in the Corporate INTL Global Awards 2012 for the category “Industrial Design Law, Firm of the Year in Brazil” and Carlos Vicente da S. Nogueira has been awarded as a “Recommended Attorney” by the Global Law Experts.