Associate
Ana Leticia Allevato
Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence
Overview
With almost ten years of extensive experience in Intellectual Property, Ana Leticia Allevato provides clients with strategic consultation and management of IP portfolios, ensuring robust protection and effective enforcement strategies both locally and globally. She is particularly adept at integrating emerging technologies and innovations into IP strategies, including patent-related matters. Ana Leticia is actively involved in IP litigation, representing clients in cases involving intellectual property rights, such as patents, trademarks, trade dress, unfair competition, and matters in franchise and fashion law across various judicial levels.
Experience
- Availability searches and portfolio management for trademarks of the third-largest pharmaceutical laboratory in Brazil.
- Obtained trademark registration for a similar mark in the same class of products on behalf of an American chemical company after negotiating the restriction of the scope of a prior third-party registration.
- Developed IP asset defense strategies for a well-known Italian fashion house and a French hospitality group.
- Negotiated and drafted a sell-off agreement on behalf of a leading American direct sales cosmetics company.
- Successfully defended a language school franchisee in a lawsuit over alleged violation of a non-compete clause.
- Negotiated a court settlement on behalf of a major Brazilian dental supplier.
Recognition
- Most voted Rising Star: Trademark Litigation - Brazil, Leaders League
- Trademark star - Brazil, IP Stars Ranking
- Tomorrow's Leader Award, INTA – International Trademark Association
Education
- New York University School of Law, LL.M. Competition, Innovation and Information Law
- Pontifical Catholic University, Postgraduate Program in Intellectual Property Law
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Bachelor’s Degree in Law
Admissions
- Brazil
Languages
- Portuguese
- Spanish
- English
Professional & Community Involvement
International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Member - Young Practitioners Committee, 2022 – 2025
Outreach Subcommittee
- Member – Brands & Innovation Committee, 2018 - 2021
Programming Subcommittee and Technology Impact Monitoring Subcommittee
- Member – TMAP Meeting Project Team, 2017-2018
- Council Member - INTA's Research Advisory Council, 2020-2021
Brazilian Bar Association –Rio de Janeiro Branch
- Secretary-General of the Fashion Law Commission (2nd term), 2016-2021