As Chair of the European Communities Trade Mark Association (ECTA)'s Design committee, António Andrade, Vieira de Almeida & Associados (VdA)'s IP specialist and Patent and Trade Mark Attorney was a guest speaker at the "International Registration of Designs - The Hague System" workshop, in Hamburg.

The workshop was attended by representatives from the organizing institutions, as well as by IP specialists and by German industry members.
António Andrade is a member of various international IP organizations such as AIPPI (Portuguese Group), ECTA, FICPI, MARQUES and UNION. He has joined VdA's IP area of practice since July 2011.

VdA's IP area of practice is very active in what concerns patent litigation (especially regarding the pharmaceutical industry), trademarks, designs and models and also in advising companies in what regards author's rights and industrial law.

VdA's partner responsible for the IP area of practice, António Magalhães Cardoso, highlights António Andrade's "vast experience in these matters. António's entrance reinforces our activity in this area in which we are glad that VdA is perceived as a reference."