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This is the sixth edition of the IAM Patent 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Professionals, a guide that identifies leading firms and patent professionals around the world. Kasznar Leonardos is once again ranked in the gold category of the guide, positioning itself among the market leaders.

With the aim of expanding the office's operations and reinforcing its growth strategy, we announce the arrival of the lawyer Fernanda Magalhães, who will lead an important area for the development of KL: Marketing & Entertainment Law.

Kasznar Leonardos was featured in the ranking Innovation – Technology and Intellectual Property 2017, released by the Leaders League. The firm was classified in 8 categories, having 11 partners mentioned in the publication. 

The guide, which is already in its 7th edition, identifies and highlights, through qualitative research, the firms and leading trademark experts in 72 jurisdictions. 

The office was once again placed in Band 1 , the highest
place in the ranking.

Anderson Ribeiro assumes the Regulatory Law area of the office, focusing on Life Science Team.

It is with joy the we announce, once again, the first placement of Kasznar Leonardos in the ranking of the trademark guide WTR 1000 – 2016.

This article tells a little of our history, rooted in the extremely active professional life of Richard Paul Momsen, an American lawyer who came to Brazil in the early years of XXth century and founded Momsen, Leonardos & Cia. While Brazil today has a legal market that allows for foreign lawyers and foreign firms, existing regulations are restrictive. Foreign lawyers are barred from practicing domestic law or litigation, and Brazilian-licensed lawyers working for foreign firms or partnering with foreign lawyers cannot do either as well. This was not always the case, however. Until 1963, there was little regulation on the legal profession. Beginning in 1913, elite American lawyers traveled to Brazil, with some even becoming prominent domestic practitioners. They partnered with local elite lawyers (who maintained their domestic privileges) and served as key brokers for U.S. businesses seeking market-entry. Drawing upon the elite theory literature, and on ethnographies, interview data, and over 1,000 pages of rare Portuguese and English archival sources, this study’s thesis is that sophisticated American and Brazilian legal elites capitalized on the lack of regulation to advance their financial interests, and in the process transformed Brazil’s corporate legal sector.

Kasznar Leonardos is now a German Desk certified office, which means it counts on German speaker professionals who are ready to meet the needs of German companies that may be looking for IP service providers in Brazil.

Dear Colleagues, please feel free to share the presentation video of the ABPI Congress.

Dear Colleagues, please feel free to share the presentation video of the ABPI Congress.

Dear Colleagues, please feel free to share the presentation video of the ABPI Congress.

Partner João Luis Vianna represented Kasznar Leonardos at the BIO International Convention 2014, which took place in San Diego, California, from June 23rd to the 26th. Kasznar Leonardos was a member of the Brazil Pavilion, where João appears below, between Estevão Mano (left) and Norberto Prestes (right), both from the BIO-RIO Foundation. The BIO Convention 2014 had a welcoming reception inside an american aircraft carrier and, yesterday, there was a lunch with lecture by the former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.

It is with joy that we announce the first placement of Kasznar Leonardos in the ranking of the trademark guide WTR 1000 – 2014. This position is shared with honorable colleagues. Also, this guide recommends five of our partners: Elisabeth Kasznar, Gabriel Leonardos, Rafael Lacaz, Claudio Roberto Barbosa, and Filipe Leonardos. See the full ranking of the Brazilian offices here:

http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/wtr1000/rankings/detail.aspx?g=c874471e-34ce-496b-ae72-17161d6516ec

The National Council of Justice published the note “Expansion of activities”, about the take office of our senior partner Elisabeth Kasznar Fekete as the new president of the ABPI, for the biennium 2014-2015. http://www.conjur.com.br/2013-dez-12/notas-curtas-cnj-testa-sistema-instalar-banco-dados-recursos