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CMS Portugal

Portugal

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Key contacts
Head of Marketing & Business Development: Inês Segurado
Quick facts
# Partners

30

# Other qualified practitioners

107

# Total number of lawyers

137

Languages

Portuguese, English

Key practice areas
Intellectual property
Trade mark
Patent
Patent prosecution
Trade mark prosecution
Firm overview
CMS Portugal is the go-to law firm for Intellectual Property matters in Portugal. The team advises a roster of national and international clients on a full range of transactional, advisory and contentious IP matters.

The team is highly regarded for all intellectual property protection matters, with extensive experience in the filing, prosecution and enforcement of all forms of intellectual property rights, particularly trademarks. The firm is also well versed in structuring and developing the internationalisation of Portuguese companies and brands.

The firm's activity includes legal advice on:
  • Patents
  • Models
  • Trademarks and Brands
  • Licensing
  • Franchising
  • Copyright and related rights
  • Software
  • Advertising
  • Labelling
  • IP litigation and enforcement
  • Product liability
Key practice areas

  • Copyright
  • Copyright & related rights
  • Designs
  • Intellectual property
  • Intellectual property (contentious)
  • Intellectual property (prosecution)
  • IP transactions
  • Life sciences IP
  • Patent
  • Patent (contentious)
  • Patent (prosecution)
  • Trade mark
  • Trade mark (contentious)
  • Trade mark (prosecution)
  • For more information click here
Sector expertise

  • Advertising
  • Automotive
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Computer technology & services
  • Construction and materials
  • Consumer goods and services
  • Defence
  • E-commerce
  • Energy
  • Fashion & luxury goods
  • Financial services
  • FMCG
  • Food and beverage
  • Government and public policy
  • Healthcare
  • Hospitality & leisure
  • Industrials
  • Insurance
  • Internet
  • Investment management
  • Life sciences
  • Media
  • Medical device
  • Mining
  • Natural resources
  • Oil and gas
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Publishing
  • Real estate
  • Renewable energy
  • Retail
  • Social infrastructure
  • Technology hardware
  • Telecommunication
  • Tourism
  • Transport
  • Utilities
Address:
Rua Castilho 50
Lisbon,1250-071
Portugal
Tel:+351 21 095 8100 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://cms.law/pt/prt/
2026 Edition
Patent prosecution
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Tier 1

AG da Cunha Ferreira
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RCF Protecting Innovation
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Simões Garcia Corte Real & Associados
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Tier 2

ClarkeModet
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Garrigues
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Tier 3

CMS Portugal
5 practice areas
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Inventa
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J Pereira da Cruz
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Patentree
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Testimonials

2026

“I appreciate their efficiency and the reliability of the information provided.”

“It's an experienced team and has an excellent know-how in all matters about IP.”

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