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Ana Carolina Marques
Attorney at law
Licks Attorneys
Ana Carolina Marques joined Licks Attorneys’ Rio de Janeiro office as a legal intern and became an attorney at law in 2023. Her practice focuses on complex disputes in intellectual property law, including patent litigation, unfair competition, and licensing negotiations involving the telecommunication and pharmaceutical industries.
Recent Articles by Ana Carolina Marques
SEPs and War in the Courts: How Anti-Suit Injunctions and Interim Licenses Influenced Global Litigation in 2025
Global litigation over standard essential patents (SEPs) is facing new strategies by implementers, mainly related to venue selection. There is an increasing risk of foreign decisions aimed at interfering with decisions on infringement of patents granted and issued in foreign jurisdictions – in clear tension with the territoriality principle. There is also a trend of abuse of process in the selection of venues within specific countries aimed at creating obstacles and delaying remedies and effective protection for national IP rights.