Intellectual Property

Olivier has been practising in the areas of Intellectual property law, information technology and media & entertainment law since 2001, both advising and representing clients before the courts. Among others, he regularly assists clients in the fields of the music industry, motion pictures and advertising, as well as the IT sector and has extensive experience in litigating copyrights, trademarks, patent law and unfair competition. He recently represented a major collecting society in court proceedings involving competition law issues, and a major company in the field of medical appliances regarding unfair competition claims. He has also recently assisted online travel agencies…

Peter Pang is the founder and Chairman of the newly combined IPO Pang Xingpu Law Firm where he leads a team of lawyers with offices in China and North America. He has over 35 years of experience as a practicing attorney, over 20 of which were spent in the People’s Republic of China. As the new Chairman of IPO Pang Xingpu, Mr. Pang is poised to lead the newly combined firm into its next phase as a global professional services provider for China ventures. Mr. Pang’s primary practice is focused in 3 areas: Intellectual Property, Foreign Direct Investments and Labor…

Carlo E. Abarquez, is an expert in Intellectual Property (“IP”) and Information Technology (“IT”) Law, Privacy and Cybersecurity Law, Government procurement and Public Private Partnership (“PPP”) projects. Prior to joining VAL Law, Atty. Abarquez served as Executive Director of the Philippine Sports Commission (“PSC”) and prior to that as an Associate at Quisumbing Torres (“QT”) – Baker & McKenzie Philippines. While in QT, Atty. Abarquez counseled various multinational companies having diverse IP and IT portfolios in the field of manufacturing, software, technology, retail, entertainment, food and beverage and motor vehicles. During one of the IP/IT training conferences of Baker &…

Over the years, at Montaury et Al, we have successfully executed significant filing/enforcement projects in Brazil, and although striving to prevent disputes from reaching Courts, we can strongly defend our Clients in trials, when necessary. I have experience in devising and implementing IP prosecution/enforcement strategies for medium and large portfolio owners, including enforcement against unfair competition and counterfeiting with a proactive approach and pragmatic advice. I am also very familiar with the requirements of Clients in what concerns diligence, cost-effectiveness and efficiencies expected from us and had a chance to deepen my knowledge and expertise in Intellectual Property law during…