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Intellectual Property

Innovation and customized protection for your valuable assets

Our commitment goes beyond the conventional, offering highly personalized, sophisticated, and tailored services to meet the unique needs of each client. We specialize in comprehensive consultancy in a wide range of intellectual property-related topics. 

Our multidisciplinary team is always tuned in to market trends, enabling us to handle complex cases exceptionally. We work in total synergy with all areas of our firm to ensure that every challenge is faced with expertise and determination. 

We provide high-level support in transactions and litigation involving intellectual property assets, from patents, trademarks, and copyrights to software, trade secrets, and unfair competition cases. We drive our clients' success by protecting and enhancing their most valuable assets. 

  • Legal assistance in administrative and judicial processes related to intellectual property
  • Protection, registration, and maintenance of assets, including trademarks, patents, industrial designs, domain names, software, plant varieties (cultivars), geographical indications, copyrights, among others
  • Coordination of international portfolios in association with renowned foreign law firms
  • Drafting and reviewing Intellectual Property Policies
  • Consultancy, drafting, and reviewing contracts and other legal documents related to franchising and franchise formatting
  • Negotiation, drafting, and review of intellectual property and entertainment contracts, including the assignment or licensing of copyright and related rights, trademarks, domain names, patents, industrial designs, cultivars, know-how, and trade secrets
  • Advertising advisory, including clearance and administrative processes with the National Advertising Self-Regulation Council (Conar), as well as sponsorship contracts and regulations
  • Negotiations with the Central Collection and Distribution Office (Ecad) and collective management societies. Negotiation, drafting, and review of editing, publishing, production, and distribution contracts. Copyright and related rights clearance and consultancy
  • Structuring transactions and investment market operations related to intellectual property assets
  • Development of in-depth studies and analyses involving intellectual property assets
  • Tax advisory for structuring operations involving the payment and receipt of royalties and remuneration for the use of third-party technology, as well as remittance of payments abroad

Highlighted experience

  • Success Case

    Olympic Games Rio 2016

    FAS was responsible for developing all contracts for artists and suppliers involved in the opening and closing ceremonies of the major event. As a result, more than 300 contracts were drafted, and over 100 artists were hired, ensuring that all legal and operational aspects were handled with excellence.

  • Success Case

    2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

    We prepared all the contracts for artists involved in the FIFA Fan Fest* in Brazil. In addition to creating a customized electronic contract signing platform, we facilitated the hiring of over 500 artists and produced more than 150 contracts.
    *Public viewing events organized by FIFA and the host cities during the World Cup.

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