Catarina Azevedo Fernandes

CATARINA AZEVEDO FERNANDES

Associate

Integrates GLX LTM since 2018.

Associate since 2021, coordinates the Intellectual Law department, developing her activity in the area of ​​pre-diagnosis, planning, advice, registrations and intellectual litigation, in particular in the area of ​​industrial property.

Intervenes in the negotiation and drafting of contracts for the exploitation of intellectual property rights, namely licensing.

As an Official Intellectual Property Agent, represents companies and individuals at a judicial level, in arbitration and judicial courts, and at an administrative level, before the National Institute of Industrial Property and the Institute of Intellectual Property of the European Union.

Extrajudicially, intervenes in the defense of customers’ exclusive rights, contesting abusive claims by third parties.

ACADEMIC HABILITATIONS

Law Degree, Escola de Direito do Porto, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, concluded in July 2017;

Master in Business and Company Law, Escola de Direito do Porto, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, concluded in September 2019.

COMPLEMENTARY ACADEMIC FORMATION

Postgraduate Degree in Intellectual Property Law, Escola de Direito do Porto, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, concluded in October 2020;

Certified course in Pedagogical Training for Trainers – certificate of competence as a trainer, 2022;

Postgraduate Degree in Health Law, Escola de Direito do Porto, Universidade Católica Portuguesa;

Attending the “II Curso de Direito Procedimental e Processual da Propriedade Intelectual”, by the Delegação Nacional Portuguesa da Câmara de Comércio Internacional (ICC Portugal) (by the Portuguese National Delegation of the International Chamber of Commerce);

Postgraduate Degree in Health Law, Escola de Direito do Porto, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, concluded in January 2023;

II Course on Procedural and Process Law of Intellectual Property,” by the Portuguese National Delegation of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Portugal), concluded in March 2023.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Lawyer registered in the Ordem dos Advogados (Portuguese Bar Association), since January 2021, bearer of Professional License No. 63918-P;

Official Industrial Property Agent, since September 22nd, 2022.

PUBLISHED WORKS

“Marcas não tradicionais – O Desprender da Era do Papel: O Requisito da Representação Gráfica em Análise”, published in the “YearBook: Mestrado da Faculdade de Direito”, Vol. 2, 2019, Universidade Católica Editora, e-book published in October 2020;

“A metamorfose do artigo 208.º do Novo Código da Propriedade Industrial”, publicado na Secção de Novos Talentos do Observatório da Almedina, published in October 2021.

LANGUAGES

Portuguese;

Spanish;

English.