The Team
David Serras Pereira
Senior Associate - IP, Artist, Plagiarism and Brend Lawyer / Of Counsel – IP, Music and Entertainment, Startups
Intellectual Property (PTO, Trademarks, Patents, Copyrights)
Music and Entertainment
Startups
Privacy and data protection
Advertising
Social Networks
Art Law
Academic Achievements
2003/2004 - 2008/2009
Law Degree
Law Faculty, Catholic University of Portugal (Lisbon, Portugal)
2009/2010 - 2010/2011
MSc in Forensic Law
Law Faculty, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
01/2013 - 03/2013
Post-Graduate in Industrial Property
World Intellectual Property Organizatin (OMPI-WIPO, Geneve)
02/2013 - 04/2013 - E-Learning - General Course on Intellectual Property
01/2013 - 01/2013 - E-Learning - Primer on Intellectual Property
Law Faculty, New University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
02/2013 - 05/2013
Legal English Course
National Institut of Industrial Property (INPI, Lisbon, Portugal)
04/2013 - 04/2013 - Patent Application Course
03/2013 - 03/2013 - General Course of Industrial Property
IFE – INTERNATIONAL FACULTY FOR EXECUTIVES (Lisbon, Portugal)
12/2015
Data Protection
Law Faculty, New University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
02/2016 - 03/2016
Consumer Law Course
Law Faculty, University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
03/2016 - 05/2016
Post-Graduate in European Law - Intellectual Property and Competition Law - CJEU perspective
ISCSP (Lisbon, Portugal)
11/2016 - 04/2017
Post-Graduate in Collective Management and Copyright
IAB ESPAÑA (Madrid, España)
2018
Legal & Digital Law Business
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January 2020 - Presente
International and Licensing Manager - UNISON RIGHTS (Barcelona)
June 2018 - January 2020
Head of International and Digital + B2B Licensing / Legal Counsel in Sociedade SCM - ENTIDADE DE GESTÃO COLECTIVA
2016-Present
Department of International Relations - Portuguese Society of Authors
April 2016 - January 2017
Deputy of the Portuguese Representation of the Bar Association at the CCBE (Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe
September 2016 – June 2017
ClaimAir Legal Advisor
2014 - Present
Lawyer - Individual Practice:
Intellectual Property, Data Protection, Music Industry, Entertainment Industry
2014 - February 2017
Packlab Legal Advisor in Portugal
2014 -2016
Consultant / Assistant to the Official Industrial Property Agent - Gastão Cunha Ferreira - IP Consultants
2011 - 2014
Trainee Lawyer "Alves Mendes, Jardim Gonçalves & Associados, RL"
Professional Associations
DENAE - Derecho del Entretenimiento Asociación Española
American Bar Association - foreign member
PTMG - Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group
Languages
Portuguese, English, French and Spanish