As of August 1, 2023, Brazil will also become part of the Digital Access Service for Priority Documents (DAS) of the World Intellectual Property...
OUR TEAM
Diogo Netto
Head of Industrial Design
Diogo Netto has broad patent and design experience that includes drafting, pre and post-grant proceedings, and he also participates in client and pre-litigation counseling. His experience includes drafting and processing applications and portfolios in biotechnology, chemistry, agrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, genetics, molecular biology, bioinformatics, and medical devices. He also prepares validity, enforceability, freedom-to-operate, and infringement opinions.
His scientific background is in bioinformatics, genetics, micro and molecular biology, gained during his undergraduate in Biology and a Master’s degree at the National Laboratory of Scientific Computing. Before joining Daniel Law in 2012, he gained significant research and development experience in the abovementioned areas at the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz). Since 2008 he has worked as a patent agent in Brazil and is authorized as a professional representative before the Brazilian PTO. He is also currently a member of the Patent and Industrial Design Working Group at the Brazilian Association of Intellectual Property Agents (ABAPI), where he is a Professor of the intermediate patent course.
Practice Areas
Patents
Industrial Designs
Software
Industrial Designs
Software
Education
Degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ in 2005;
Master’s Degree in Computational modeling/Bioinformatics at the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing – LNCC in 2008.
Master’s Degree in Computational modeling/Bioinformatics at the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing – LNCC in 2008.
Affiliations, Commissions and Collegiate
Member of the Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents – ABAPI;
Member of AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property);
Member og ABPI (Brazilian Intellectual Property Association).
Member of AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property);
Member og ABPI (Brazilian Intellectual Property Association).
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Articles
Hague agreement awaits enactment after Senate approval
The Draft Legislative Decree No. 274/22 was approved on 10/06/22, which deals with Brazil's accession to the Hague Agreement, on the international...
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Significant developments for design protection in Brazil (and more to come)
It is not uncommon to hear that design protection is often underestimated or even forgotten compared to other forms of IP, like trademarks, patents,...
The Coronavirus and 3D Printing
During the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the additive manufacturing production method popularly known as "3D printing", which consists of a...
Protecting and enforcing design rights: Brazil
In Brazil, the legal provisions for industrial designs are included in the Industrial Property Law (9,279/96). This law is supplemented by normative...