Ricardo is a partner at the complex litigation department, and is licensed to practice in Brazil and in the State of New York. Ricardo has been working for more than a decade with high-stakes litigation, with particular emphasis on complex patent and regulatory disputes, and has experience with different technological fields, including chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech, as well as telecom, software, electronics, oil & gas and mechanical.
Ricardo Nunes
Partner
Ricardo Nunes
Partner
Litigation
Patents
Food & Drug Law
Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Intellectual Property Law, summa cum laude, from The George Washington University Law School. Graduated with the highest honors after receiving a merit-based full tuition scholarship. Paper on sham litigation and patent disputes published in Brazil.
Master’s degree in Regulatory Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV. Awarded with a merit-based tuition scholarship. Dissertation on Law & Economics published by the Business Law Review.
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ. Awarded with the “Introduction to Science Prize” for the paper “Second medical use patents”. Received a merit-based scholarship to research Intellectual Property Law. Dissertation on the European patent system approved with highest grade and statement of praise, and published in the University’s Biannual Corporate Law Review
New York State Bar Association
Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, registered in the State of Rio de Janeiro
Vice-chair of the Latin American Practice Committee of the IPO (Intellectual Property Owners Association)
Former secretary of the Plant Varieties Committee of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association – ABPI
Proposed guidelines for examination of software-implemented inventions
The Brazilian PPH welcomes a new partner
Brazil: PTO reduces patent backlog by 14% in just four months
Another major step forward in Brazil: Patent Prosecution Highway became tech-neutral, covering all areas of technology
Brazil: Say ‘bye-bye’ to the backlog?
Brazilian Patent Backlog’s Days Are Numbered: Meet The Standardized Office Action Program
Brazil’s brand-new program to get rid of the patent backlog
Brazil Offers Attractive Battleground For Enforcing Patents
Patent backlog in Brazil: slow, but welcome, progress
Pulling the plug on INPI’s backlog
The Brazilian Government may grant 230.000 pending patent applications to eliminate the backlog
Ricardo is a partner at the complex litigation department, and is licensed to practice in Brazil and in the State of New York. Ricardo has been working for more than a decade with high-stakes litigation, with particular emphasis on complex patent and regulatory disputes, and has experience with different technological fields, including chemical, pharmaceutical and biotech, as well as telecom, software, electronics, oil & gas and mechanical.
Litigation
Patents
Food & Drug Law
Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Intellectual Property Law, summa cum laude, from The George Washington University Law School. Graduated with the highest honors after receiving a merit-based full tuition scholarship. Paper on sham litigation and patent disputes published in Brazil.
Master’s degree in Regulatory Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV. Awarded with a merit-based tuition scholarship. Dissertation on Law & Economics published by the Business Law Review.
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ. Awarded with the “Introduction to Science Prize” for the paper “Second medical use patents”. Received a merit-based scholarship to research Intellectual Property Law. Dissertation on the European patent system approved with highest grade and statement of praise, and published in the University’s Biannual Corporate Law Review
New York State Bar Association
Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, registered in the State of Rio de Janeiro
Vice-chair of the Latin American Practice Committee of the IPO (Intellectual Property Owners Association)
Former secretary of the Plant Varieties Committee of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association – ABPI
Proposed guidelines for examination of software-implemented inventions
The Brazilian PPH welcomes a new partner
Brazil: PTO reduces patent backlog by 14% in just four months
Another major step forward in Brazil: Patent Prosecution Highway became tech-neutral, covering all areas of technology
Brazil: Say ‘bye-bye’ to the backlog?
Brazilian Patent Backlog’s Days Are Numbered: Meet The Standardized Office Action Program
Brazil’s brand-new program to get rid of the patent backlog
Brazil Offers Attractive Battleground For Enforcing Patents
Patent backlog in Brazil: slow, but welcome, progress
Pulling the plug on INPI’s backlog
The Brazilian Government may grant 230.000 pending patent applications to eliminate the backlog
