Luiza Cotia

Head of Life Sciences

Bio

Luiza is an industrial pharmacist and patent specialist with two decades of experience in big IP firms, focused on pharma, biotech, and agrochemical fields. She has vast expertise both in prosecuting patent applications before the Brazilian Patent and Trademark Office (BRPTO) and in assisting litigation teams with the development of technical arguments for nullity, infringement, and non-infringement lawsuits. Luiza has ample experience with analyzing, reporting, and preparing replies to BRPTO’s technical opinions, as well as with carrying out prior-art, equivalent, and freedom-to-operate searches, drafting and preparing replies to oppositions, and drafting patent applications.

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Pharmacy from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ).

Post-graduate Degree in Intellectual Property Right from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ).

Languages

Portuguese, English

Publications

Patent Filing & Examination
Patent Filing & Examination

BRPTO publishes new workflow for patent examination in appeal stage

BRPTO introduces a new appeal stage workflow to improve patent examination, focusing on enhancing consistency and efficiency in Brazil’s patent appeal process
2024
5
min read
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Patents
Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology Patents

Listagem de sequências em pedidos divididos – uma comparação entre o EPO e INPI

Explores the impact of Brazil’s updated rules on administrative appeals and their implications for patent stakeholders.
2023
8
min read
Patent Filing & Examination
Patent Filing & Examination

An overview of post-grant opposition procedure in Brazil

Detailed overview of post-grant opposition procedures for patents in Brazil
2022
7
min read
Patent Strategy & Best Practices
Patent Strategy & Best Practices

Double patenting and the Brazilian patent practice

Examination of double patenting issues within Brazilian patent law and practice
2023
7
min read