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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.

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  • 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.

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

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

  • 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).