Alberto Camelier
Academic Background
Law Degree from the University of Sao Paulo Law School.
LL.M. from the University of Sao Paulo Law School.
S.J.D. from the University of Sao Paulo Law School.
Business Administration Degree from the Armando Alvares Penteado Foundation.
Practice Areas
Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Design, Technology Transfer, Trade Secrets, Copyright, Software, Domain Names, Franchising, Unfair Competition, Litigation, Integrated Circuit Topography, Cultivars, Trade Names, Advertising.
Professional Associations (Officer):
Honorary Lifetime Member of the Board
- Member of the Intellectual Property Rights Section of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Chapter, since 2005
- Honorary Lifetime Member of the Board of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association since 2013.
- Member of the Advisory Board of the Brazilian Intellectual Property Association since 2008.
- Specialist for dispute resolution of domain names of the Intellectual Property Brazilian Association.
- Permanent Member of the Advisory Board of the São Paulo Intellectual Property Association since 2005.
- Chaired the Intellectual Property Association of São Paulo for two consecutive terms (2001-2003 and 2003-2005); also served as Cultural Director and Chief Secretary (1995-1999), and Member of the Copyright Committee (1993-1998)
Professional Associations (Member):
INTA - International Trademark Association;
AIPPI - International Association for the Protection of Industrial Property;
ASIPI – Inter-American Association of Industrial Property;
ASPI – São Paulo Intellectual Property Association;
ABPI - Brazilian Intellectual Property Association;
ABAPI - Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents;
LES Brasil – Brazilian Licensing Executives Society ;
OAB – Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Chapter;
AASP – São Paulo Lawyers’ Association;
CESA – Study Center for Law Firms;
CRA - Regional Council of Business Managers.
Publications
- Camelier da Silva, A. L., Author of the book "Unfair Competition - Acts of Confusion", Editora Saraiva.
- Camelier da Silva, A. L. Intellectual Property and Corporate Law (1st ed. 2009), São Paulo: Quartier Latin (312 p.) (Portuguese).
- Camelier da Silva, A. L. Intangible Property: Copyright Law, Industrial Property, and Rights in Personality (1st ed. 2006), São Paulo: Editora Senac São Paulo (382 p.) (Portuguese).
- Camelier da Silva, A. L. . “Comparative Advertising and the Industrial Property Act, no. 9.279/96.” 45 ABPI Review 48-49 (2000) (Portuguese)
- Camelier da Silva, A. L. . “The Restoration Effect and the Presidential Veto of Article 11 of the New Copyright Act.” 30 ABPI Review 50-52 (1997) (Portuguese).
- Camelier da Silva, A. L., “Challenges and Opportunities in the Examination of Consent Agreements and Criteria for Highly Renowned Trademarks” (presentation before the 31st International Intellectual Property Congress) (2011)
Author of several other articles on corporate law, civil procedure, and intellectual property.
Languages:
English, Spanish, Portuguese and Italian.