Licks Attorneys

Attorneys-at-law · Technical Patent Specialists, Engineers

24 Attorneys-at-law · 13 Technical Patent Specialists – Engineers

 Brazil

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• Short self-description
• Rankings and awards
• SEP achievements

Short self-description

Licks Attorneys is a Brazilian law firm with more than 350 professionals and 5 offices in Brazil and Asia. The firm has represented 100% of patent owners in all 74 ICT SEP and non-SEP cases ever filed in the country in the last thirteen years.

Main practice areas: Patent enforcement, patent adjudication, antitrust & competition; compliance; contractual relationships and partnerships; copyright & software; corporate advisory; data protection & cyber security; dispute resolution & ADR; government affairs & advocacy; industrial design; L plant variety protection; tech law and emerging business models; trademarks.

Industry/technology focus: mechanical engineering; physics and general engineering; electrical engineering; electronics; information and communication technology; computer software; automotive; green tech and sustainable technologies; optics, optoelectronics and laser technology; material science; chemistry; pharmaceutics; life sciences including biotech; medical devices and e-health.

SEP-related services: advice on FRAND negotiations for SEP holders; SEP enforcement; SEP prosecution and defense against revocation claims targeting SEPs; defense against antitrust-based FRAND claims; defense against contract-based FRAND claims; pursuit of antisuit injunctions and interim licenses; defense against antisuit injunction and interim license motions.

Rankings and awards

• Legal 500 Intellectual Property 2026
• Chambers & Partners Contentious – Patents 2025
• IAM Patent 1000 2025
• IP Stars Patent Disputes 2025
• Leaders League Patent Litigation 2025
• Leaders League Civil & Commercial Litigation 2025
• Latin Lawyer 2025

SEP achievements

Defended SEP/FRAND wins on appeal

• ZTE v. Samsung (February 3, 2026 – 14th Private Law Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Appeals):
  ZTE defeats Samsung again as Brazilian appeals court reinstates 5G injunction, declines to give Samsung “free pass to infringe” and hold out – ip fray
• VoiceAge v. Multilaser and HMD (January 30, 2025 – 10th Private Law Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Appeals. Original decision by the 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro, judgment of March 8, 2024):
  Two Chinese SEP injunctions in VoiceAge EVS v. HMD — implementer failed to comply with FRAND – ip fray

Overturned first-instance final judgments or provisional measures decisions
on appeal

• Dolby v. Transsion and Positivo (June 10, 2025 – 18th Private Law Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Appeals. Original decision by the 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro, judgment of May 12, 2025).
• JVC v. TCL (December 14, 2023 – 15th Private Law Chamber of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Appeals. Original decision by the 6th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro, judgment of November 29, 2023).

Won permanent SEP injunctions

• VoiceAge v. Multilaser and HMD (March 8, 2024 – 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  Two Chinese SEP injunctions in VoiceAge EVS v. HMD — implementer failed to comply with FRAND – ip fray

Won preliminary SEP injunctions

• JVCKENWOOD v. Hisense and NEC v. Hisense (December 19, 2025 – 6th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  Brazilian PIs and bad-faith litigation sanctions hit Hisense; newly discovered European video lawsuits against Hisense, Disney, Rakuten, DAZN – ip fray
• IP Bridge v. BYD (July 6, 2025 – 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  IP Bridge wins preliminary injunction against BYD in Brazil: no immediate enforcement, but potential fines accumulate – ip fray
• Huawei v. MediaTek (April 14, 2025 – 4th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  MediaTek bets on UK judicial overreach with early 2026 FRAND trial in Huawei dispute, gets slapped with Brazilian injunctions – ip fray
• Huawei v. MediaTek (April 8, 2025 – 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• ZTE v. Samsung (January 23, 2025 – 5th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  Samsung’s antitrust attack on ZTE over SEP licensing confirmed; ZTE won Brazilian preliminary injunction last month – ip fray
• NEC v. TCL (April 8, 2024 – 5th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Mitsubishi v. TCL (February 7, 2024 – 6th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Nokia v. HP (December 4, 2023 – 3th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Nokia v. Amazon (December 1, 2023 – 1th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Ericsson v. Motorola (November 27, 2023 – 5th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro ).
• Ericsson v. Lenovo/Motorola (November 24, 2023 – 3rd Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  Netflix first to be permanently enjoined over Brazilian standard-essential patent; Lenovo hit with preliminary injunction – ip fray
• Dolby v. TCL ( November 9, 2023 – 6th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Philips v. TCL (August 24, 2023 – 2nd Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Nokia v. Oppo (February 8, 2023 – 1th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).

Fended off SEP-related antitrust or contract claims

• Lenovo and Motorola v. Ericsson (April 30, 2025 – Brazilian Antitrust Authority – CADE).
• TCL v. Ericsson (June 5, 2015 – Brazilian Antitrust Authority – CADE).

Defended SEPs against invalidity contentions (not UPC-related)

• Lenovo/Motorola v. Ericsson (April 4, 2025 – 25th Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro. Temporary restraining order (TRO) to suspend the patent’s effects denied on September 12, 2024. Case settled on April 4, 2025 before a decision on the merits).
• TCL v. Dolby (January 21, 2025 – 31st Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro. TRO denied on June 5, 2024. Case settled on January 21, 2025 before a decision on the merits).
• TCL v. NEC (January 15, 2025 – 9th Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro. Case settled on January 15, 2025 before a decision on the merits).
• TCL v. Mitsubishi (January 7, 2025 – 9th Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro. Case settled on January 7, 2025 before a decision on the merits).
• Oppo v. Nokia (March 13, 2024 – 13th Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro. TRO denied on December 19, 2023. Case settled on March 13, 2024 before a decision on the merits).

Won technical infringement rulings over SEPs

Court-appointed unbiased experts found infringement of SEPs on the following cases:

• Ericsson v. Lenovo/Motorola (March 14, 2025 – 3rd Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Nokia v. HP (November 11, 2024 – 3rd Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• NEC v. TCL (October 31, 2024 – 5th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Dolby v. TCL (February 05, 2024 – 6th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• VoiceAge v. Multilaser/HMD (July 17, 2023 – 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).

Settlements prior to decisions

• Huawei v. MediaTek (October 2025 – 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro and 4th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  MediaTek settles with Huawei after customs seizure of chips; Brazil is the new ITC; and Huawei is now a VVC Advance licensee – ip fray
• IP Bridge v. BYD (August 2025 – 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  BYD, IP Bridge settle 4G SEP dispute – ip fray
• Dolby v. Transsion/Positivo (July 2025 – 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro).
• Ericsson v. Lenovo/Motorola (April 2025 – 3rd Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  Ericsson, Lenovo settle multijurisdictional patent dispute with cross-license agreement, will arbitrate details – ip fray
• Nokia v. Oppo (March 2024 – 1st Business Court of Rio de Janeiro):
  Nokia-OPPO 5G patent dispute settled with license agreement after more than 2.5 years and OPPO leaving Germany – ip fray

Other SEP-related achievements

• JVC v. Hisense/Multilaser (October 15, 2025 – 6th Business Court of Rio de Janeiro; Decision confirming the jurisdiction of the Business Courts of Rio de Janeiro after attempted forum shopping by implementers filing declaratory judgments of non-infringement before São Paulo State Courts):
  Hisense seeks declaratory judgment against Dolby, GE, JVC, Philips, NEC, Mitsubishi, ETRI, Huawei, IP Bridge, Sun Patent Trust in Brazil over video SEPs – ip fray