Felipe Zaltman Saldanha

Professional Experience

Felipe Zaltman Saldanha joined the Firm in 2015 and became a partner in 2022. Felipe has extensive experience advising clients in legal disputes involving patents, unfair competition, and trademarks; in strategic litigation on issues involving information technology and data privacy, especially in cases involving user data requests and content moderation.

Awards and Recognitions

Felipe is recognized for their work in the IPTech area by major legal rankings such as LACCA Approved, The Legal 500 – Latin America, and IP Stars, Chambers Brazil.

Academic Background

Felipe holds a Law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, an LLM in Law and Economics from the European Masters in Law and Economics (Università di Bologna, Gent Universiteit, and Erasmus University Rotterdam), a Master’s degree in Civil Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro, and a specialization in Civil Procedural Law from the School of Magistracy of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Felipe is currently pursuing a PhD in Civil Law at UERJ and is a Guest Professor in postgraduate courses at the same university.

Publications

Author of several works and publications, including:

• The protection of end-to-end encryption under the Constitution. In: Joyceane Bezerra de Menezes; Fernanda Nunes Barbosa. (Org.). The Priority of the Human Person in Civil-Constitutional Law. 1st ed.: Foco, 2024, v. 1, p. 39
• – Request for personal data in the context of investigations: powers and limits. In: Anderson Schreiber; Heloisa Carpena; Guilherme Magalhães Martins. (Org.). FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND TECHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 1st ed.: Foco, 2022, v. , p. 299-.
• – Duties of the columnist: are there limits to freedom of expression?. In: Anderson Schreiber; Bruno Terra de Moraes; Chiara Spadaccini de Teffé. (Org.). Law and Media. 2nd ed.: Foco, 2021, v. 1, p. 546-..
• – Virtual democracy: privacy and digital rights at stake. Estadão, June 29, 2020
• – What to pack: controversial aspects of the application of the Montreal Convention by Brazilian courts. Current Controversies in Torts Law, Studies in Civil-Constitutional Law, Rio de Janeiro: Almedina, 2018
• My name is for sale. Folha de São Paulo. February 1, 2016
• International Jurisdiction in Intellectual Property Matters: the right of access to justice guaranteed? Electronic Journal of Procedural Law. Volume 16 December 2015
• The doctrine of exhaustion of rights and the parallel importation of medicines: a brief analysis of the realization of access to health in Brazil. Electronic Journal of IBPI, v. 7, p. 80-142, 2012.

Representative matters and clients

• Represented a telecommunications client in patent infringement and invalidity lawsuits in the area of cell phone antennas
• Represented pharmaceutical clients in leading cases involving methods of assessing inventive step, patent adjustment terms, among others
• Represented an agrochemical industry client in administrative proceedings before the INPI, as well as in strategic litigation involving multiple cases
• Represented a technology client in various cases challenging fines imposed for alleged non-compliance with the Brazilian Internet Legal Framework
• Represented a technology client in multiple cases related to the removal of third-party generated content and civil compensation

Languages

Portuguese, english, italian and spanish.