Rodolfo Barreto

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"Rodolfo Barreto is an amazing advocate who aisre easy to work with and produce amazing results."

Legal 500 2026

Rodolfo Barreto is always available with rock-solid advice and a straight-to-the-point understanding of critical issues.” He possesses particular expertise in highly contentious and high-profile antitrust and patent litigation matters.

IAM Strategy 300 - 2024

Having worked on every major lawsuit concerning ICT (Information and Communications Technology) patents in Brazil, Rodolfo Barreto has gained one-of-a-kind expertise in high-stakes patent litigation and cross-border disputes. He is also prominent in legal and administrative matters involving antitrust and Standard-Essential Patents (SEPs). Mr. Barreto is the go-to litigator when key intellectual property assets are involved.

+ Languages

English
Portuguese

+ Practice Areas

Litigation
Regulation
Food & Drug Law

+ Representative Cases

Represented a foreign company in a dispute with the leading consumer electronics manufacturer that resulted in a global patent licensing agreement in less than a month after the case in Brazil was filed;
Represented a foreign company in a case that resulted in the first ever injunction granted in Brazil for a video-coding patent;
Represented a foreign company in the first ever patent assertion case against streaming services in Brazil;
Represented several pharmaceutical companies in a novel proceeding that positively impacted the validity of dozen Brazilian patents held by clients;
Asserted standard-essential and implementation patents in the first ever multi-front patent enforcement case in Brazil, which resulted in seizure of infringing goods at the borders;
Developed from scratch a strategy to preemptively defend patents against infringement claims in a leading case;
Developed from scratch a strategy to expedite the prosecution of patents pending at the patent office that resulted in a permanent injunction issued in record time after filing a writ of mandamus;
Acted as a legal consultant of the Brazilian Confederation of Industry on the preparation of the “5G and SEPs: The role of intellectual property on the development of digitalization” guide;
Represents a pharma company on a lawsuit seeking to revert the highest antitrust fine ever applied in Brazil for unilateral practices.

+ Professional Highlights

Legal 500 Latin America – Intellectual Property (2026, 2025);
IAM Strategy 300 (2025, 2024);
WIPR Leaders (2025);
Leaders League – Civil and Commercial Litigation (2025);
IAM Strategy 300 Global Leaders (2025);
Client Choice Award 2022 – Litigation in Brazil (2022).

+ Representative Experience

+ Affiliations

Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro (OAB/RJ);
Coordinator of the OABRJ’s Specialized Committee for 5G, Technical Standards and Technological Innovation.

+ Education

Master candidate, Economics in Intellectual Property and Innovation, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (2022);
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B), Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ (2014).

+ Publications

Struggle overcoming licensing video streamers possible with flexibility, IAM, 2025;
OAB/RJ instaura Comissão de Tecnologias da Informação e Comunicação, Migalhas, 2025;
Standards, inovação e concorrência, Teletime, 2025;
Why Brazil stands out as a key jurisdiction for SEP enforcement in 2025, IAM, 2025;
Brazil: SEPs and FRAND – litigation, policy and latest developments, IAM, 2024;
Justiça manda Amazon acelerar abandono de tecnologia por trás do 4K no Brasil, O Globo, 2024;
Após derrota com liminar no Brasil, Amazon diz que vai parar de usar tecnologia por trás de vídeo ultra HD e 4K no país, O Globo, 2024;
Brazilian court hands down first tech permanent injunction to Netflix, as SEP litigation continues to rise, IAM, 2024;
Nokia assina acordo com chinesa e encerra disputa por patentes, Veja Mercado, 2024;
DivX: The video processing company taking on streaming giants, IAM, 2024;
Netflix first to be permanently enjoined over Brazilian standard-essential patent; Lenovo hit with preliminary injunction, IPFray, 2023;
Brazil: SEPs and FRAND – litigation, policy and latest developments, IAM, 2023;
Availability of preliminary injunctions makes Brazil an attractive litigation venue for SEP owners, IAM, 2023;
Brazil's STJ allowed Ericsson to enforce preliminary injunction against Apple over FRAND-pledged standard-essential patent, Foss Patents, 2023;
Ericsson vence disputa contra a Apple no STJ, diz jornal, Valor Econômico, 2022;
Na disputa por patentes do 5G, Ericsson obtém vitória contra Apple no STJ, O Globo, 2022;
Brazil: SEPs and FRAND – litigation, policy and latest developments, IAM, 2022;
5G e patentes essenciais: O papel da propriedade intelectual no avanço da digitalização, CNI - Confederação Nacional da Indústria, 2022;
Brazilan preliminary injuction and protection of IP rights, The Legal 500, 2020.

+ Speaking Engagements and Others

+ Articles

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