José Carlos Vaz e Dias
José Carlos Vaz e Dias
PhD/LLM Kent – England
Attorney at law specialized on patent, trademark matters and foreign investment law since 1993. His activities are focused on the legal support and consulting to foreign companies that want to invest in Brazil, especially in the technology fields. He works on trademark prosecution and patent and trademark litigation, and various matters related to foreign exchange control laws, technology transfer and taxation matters applicable to the inflow of technology and investments.
He holds a great knowledge on the legal side of biotechnology patents, plant variety rights and pharmaceuticals, which allows him to draft adequate strategies for exploring such inventions in the Brazilian market.
One of his expertise is to participate in the negotiations and drafting of technology transfer, licensing agreements, joint venture, distribution, franchising and other commercial agreements that aim to exploit intellectual property rights in the Brazilian territory. Most recently, Mr. José Carlos Vaz e Dias has been extensively working with the Brazilian Innovation Law and its peculiarities to obtain fiscal benefits and funding granted by the local government. Therefore, he has led several research and development agreements involving Brazilian research centers and companies (including foreign ones) and he has given support to companies on matters of intellectual property and fiscal laws.
He holds a strong presence in the enforcement of intellectual property rights and implementation of programs to prevent counterfeiting and parallel import in the Brazilian territory, especially in the main ports and cities that manufacture and distribute such products.
His intellectual strength comes from the broad knowledge of various legal fields (taxation, antitrust, corporate law and consumer rights) that makes him capable to apply them to the protection, enforcement and exploitation of IP rights.
Further, he graduated from the University of Brasilia (UnB) and obtained a master degree (Masters in International Business Transaction – LLM/Kent) and a PhD (foreign investment and intellectual property rights – PhD/Kent) from the University of Kent at Canterbury in England.
JOSÉ CARLOS VAZ E DIAS is a Professor on Intellectual Property Rights from the State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ. He has written several local and international publications and he has led seminars and speeches in associations such as Brazilian Franchise Association (ABF), Brazilian Intellectual Property Law Association (ABPI), Brazilian Industrial Property Agent Association (ABAPI), World Intellectual Property Law Organization (WIPO), International Trademark Association (INTA), Licensing Executive Society (LES), among others.
Academic Background
- Ph.D. degree in Law, University of Kent at Canterbury (England). 1993
- LLM degree, University of Kent at Canterbury (England), 1990
- Law degree, Universidade de Brasilia, Brasilia 1987
Associations
- OAB/RJ – Brazilian Bar Association
- ABPI – Brazilian Intellectual Property Association
- INTA – International Trademark Association
- LES – Licensing Executive Society
- AIPPI – The International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property
- AIPLA – American Intellectual Property Association