Luana is an attorney, associate of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers), member of the Trademark Administrators (TMA) Committee of INTA (International Trademark Association), and a speaker of the Professional Training Course on Industrial Property of ABAPI (Brazilian Association of Industrial Property Agents) since 2017.

Luana completed her Master's Degree in Intellectual Property and Innovation from the Intellectual Property and Innovation Academy of the National Institute of Industrial Property (2018). She graduated in Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC) in 2006 and received her postgraduate degree in Intellectual Property Law from the same University in 2010.

Academic Background

• Master Degree in Intellectual Property and Innovation from the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office Academy in 2018.
• Postgraduate degree, Intellectual Property, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC), 2010.
• Law Degree from the Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ) Law School, 2006

Professional Experience

• Member of IPO´s D&I committee
• Member of INTA´s Trademarks Administrators Committee
• AIJA - International Association of Young Lawyers´ associate
• Member of Anti-Counterfaiting Commission of OAB (Brazilian Association of Lawyers)
• Speaker at the Professional Training Course in Industrial Property at ABAPI (Brazilian Association of Industrial Property), since 2017

Publications

• “Principais desenvolvimentos na área de PI no Brasil em 2023”, Miagalhas, March 2024.
• “Brazil: Hot Topics in IP during 2023”, Lexology, March 2024.
• "Trademark Registration and Maintenance: Overview (Brazil)", Practical Law: Thompson Reuters, October 2022.
• "Uma nova estratégia para marcas tridimensionais no Brasil", ConJur (Consultor Jurídico), September 2022.
• "A new strategy for 3d marks in Brazil?", Lexology, August 2022.
• "BPTO’s ordinance regulates Position Marks and expands intellectual property protection in Brazil", Lexology, September 2021.
• "Propriedade Intelectual em Tempos de Coronavírus", Revista Brazilian Business Nº 310 - AMCHAM, October 2020.
• "World IP day in times of COVID-19 Pandemic", Lexology, April 2020.
• “Disclaimers in Trademark Examination”, Expert Guides, June 2016.
• “Secondary Meaning and the Louboutin case: the search for the exclusivity over the red sole”, ASPI’s Bulletim (Associação Paulista da Propriedade Intelectual) nº 46, November 2015.