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

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