RPmacau - About Us
RPmacau - Intellectual Property Services, Limited, has been practising exclusively in intellectual property law and related areas for over a decade. It was formed at around the same time that Macau's localised legislation for protection of marks was brought into effect.
Although not a large firm RPmacau was a pioneer and is now a leader well established in the field of intellectual property law in Macau. Our size enables us to offer a personal and efficient service to our expanding client portfolio from around the world.
Constantly seeking to streamline and simplify procedures, we are able to provide top quality, competitively priced work for domestic and international companies of various sizes that use our services. We also guarantee there will be no hidden costs in the extremely professional, comprehensive legal services we provide.
Being a member of relevant international organisations, we regularly take part in numerous meetings, seminars and conferences.
RPmacau - Intellectual Property Services, Limited, specialises in all aspects and management of intellectual property matters both contentious and non-contentious, including registration, licensing and litigation relating to intellectual property rights, and unfair competition. We cover marks, patents, utility models, designs and models, topographies of semi-conductor products, appellations of origin and geographical indications, names and emblems of establishments, awards and domain names. The languages spoken and written fluently by our staff are English, Mandarin, Cantonese and Portuguese. While we have a comprehension of French and Spanish.
The senior partner Luis Reigadas started practising in Portugal in 1987 until he moved to Macau in 1990 and in 1991 established the law firm of Reigadas & Associates which is now a 20 strong team of lawyers and technical staff. He is a founder of RPmacau, which was established in 1996 to deal exclusively in all IP legal matters when Macau's mark legislation was brought into force giving it autonomy from Portugal.
We are members of a number of international organisations namely: International Trademark Association, (INTA), Asian Patent Attorneys Association, (APAA), Pharmaceutical Trade Marks Group, (PTMG), The Anti-Counterfeiting Group (ACG), Licensing Executives Society (International and China), (LES), American Intellectual Property Law Association, (AIPLA), International Bar Association, (IBA), Inter-Pacific Bar Association, (IPBA) and American Bar Association, (ABA).
Global Investment Management 2001 - Macau: Where East Meet West,At the numerous meetings, seminars and conferences, that we attend we try to meet as many prospective and existing clients as possible. Obviously, it is not possible to know all of our clients personally and at these meetings we try to put the faces to the names we have been corresponding with and talking to over the years. We are sure that we are not the only ones who feel this way.
When you see us please do not hesitate to come up and introduce yourselves as we take great pleasure in meeting old friends and making new ones.
We look forward to seeing you all at the next meetings, seminars and conferences.
RPmacau - Intellectual Property Services, Limited
Address: No. 11, Travessa da Misericordia,
2nd Floor 'D',
P.O.Box: No 1299
Macau SAR, China
Tel: (853) 28 35 65 69, 28 35 65 70
Fax: (853) 28 35 65 71
Email: contact@rpmacau.com
Macau legal and economic environment.
Macau Special Administrative Region came into being on 20 December 1999 when the People's Republic of China resumed sovereignty of the territory, after over 450 years of Portuguese administration, in accordance with the Joint Declaration..
Apart from foreign and military affairs Macau SAR has a high degree of autonomy in judicial, legislative, and financial matters as well as its social and economic systems remaining unchanged for at least 50 years.
In order to promote economic growth and maintain social and political stability, Macau SAR's Basic Law lays out several precepts that ensure that the socialist system and its policies will not be practised here.
Although the majority of the population speaks Cantonese, Portuguese is the second official language and may be used in the legislative council, courts and government departments.
All laws, decrees, administrative regulations and other acts previously in force will be maintained, unless they contravene the Basic Law and will therefore be amended to comply with the SAR ordinance.
As a separate customs territory operating a free port policy, Macau SAR will maintain and develop economic trade relations with all states and countries, as well as continuing to participate in all relevant organisations and trade agreements previously signed.
As a separate customs territory and adopting free port policies, the Macau S.A.R. maintains and develops economic and trade relationships with all states and countries and will continue to participate in relevant international organizations and trade agreements.
Macau has an autonomous industrial property right legal system, which has mechanisms in place to protect and accord a complete range of industrial property rights. As Macau SAR is a member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) all international agreements related to intellectual property protection are applicable.
Macau SAR ensures legal protection for the following:
Macau Public Holidays for 2008
| Date | Event |
| 1st January | New Year's Day |
| 6th - 12th of February | Lunar New Year (Year of the Rat) celebration |
| 21th - 23th March | Easter Celebration |
| 4th of April | Ching Ming Festival |
| 1st May | Labour's Day |
| 12th May | Feast of Buddha |
| 8th Jun | Dragon Boat Festival (Tun Ng Festival) |
| 15th September | The day following Mid-Autumn Festival |
| 1st October | Peoples Republic of China National Day |
| 2nd October | Day following the P. R. of China's National Day |
| 7th October | Festival of Ancestors - Chung Yeung Festival |
| 2nd November | All Souls Day |
| 8th December | Feast of Immaculate Conception |
| 20th - 26th December | Macau, SAR Establishment and Christmas celebration |
| 31st December | Christmas Holidays |
The IP Office is open from Monday to Friday: 9.30am - 1.00pm & 2.30pm - 5.30pm
Latest time to submit documents in any given working day is 4.30pm
Macau is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time.