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Sonia Gama

Foreign Patents Coordinator

Sonia Gama is an experienced patent engineer who supervises the international patent practice at Licks Attorneys’ Curitiba office since 2023. She also assists the firm’s patent department in counselling and drafting patent applications for national and international clients. Ms. Gama has more than 20 years of experience in the field of patents, having worked in several IP boutiques and also in the industry, managing and providing protection to its whole worldwide patent and industrial design portfolio, also focusing on monitoring competitor activities and assisting in complex patent litigation issues. She has also featured as a speaker at the Brazilian IP Association events, as well as TV debates alongside household IP experts, and was an organizer of the event “PI em Questão - Novo Marco Legal de Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação: quais suas implicações?” at the BRPTO in 2016.

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  • Honorable Mention – Best paper presented in Intellectual Property, Technology Transfer and Technological innovation Hubs session; IX ENAPID and VI Prospect CT&I (2016);
  • Honorable Mention – Best paper presented in Intellectual Property and Sectoral Policies session, IV ENAPID-INPI (2011).

  • Bachelor of Law (LL.B), Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná – PUC-PR (ongoing);
  • Doctor's Degree (Ph.D.), Intellectual Property and Innovation, BRPTO’s Intellectual Property and Innovation Academy (2021);
  • Master's Degree (M.Sc), Intellectual Property and Innovation, BRPTO’s Intellectual Property and Innovation Academy (2011);
  • Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc), Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering São Paulo – FESP (1995).

  • Desenvolvimento tecnológico incremental no Brasil: o uso do modelo de Utilidade em comparação com casos de sucesso internacionais. Lumen Juris, 2021;
  • Patent examination in Brazil: the need for speed. WIPR – World IP Review, 2015;
  • Proteção intelectual de produtos farmacêuticos. Visão Jurídica, 2015;
  • Reflecting on proposed Brazilian revisions. The Patent Lawyer, 2014;
  • Licenciamento compulsório de patentes de produtos farmacêuticos. In: As diversas faces da propriedade intelectual. EdUERJ, 2013;
  • Inovação: Conceito Conhecido? Revista Rumos, 2012.