Luís Ferreira is a qualified European patent attorney and a European patent litigator (holding a Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) patent litigation certificate). He has been a European trademark and design attorney and a Portuguese patent and trademark attorney since 2012.
He became a European patent attorney in 2012 and was the first professional in Portugal to pass the European qualifying examination.
Mr Ferreira has a degree in electrical and computer engineering from Porto University. He is a partner at PATENTREE (also known as PATENTS.PT).
Along his carrer, Mr. Ferreira has assisted clients extensively in the development of strategy and prosecution of patent and IP management (advanced and defensive patent filings). He has comprehensive patent prosecution experience in European, Patent Cooperation Treaty and Portuguese patent applications, including providing opinions and analysis on patentability, freedom-to-operate and infringement matters.
He also has experience as a judicial patent expert appointed both by the courts and by the parties.
Mr Ferreira has interned with the EPO Examining Division. He is a tutor for the CEIPI Lisbon European patent law course and a tutor for the Institute of Professional Representatives (before the EPO).
Year Joined Firm: 2013
Education/Alumni: Electrical and computer engineering
Network Memberships:
- AIPPI
- CEIPI
EPI
