He graduated in law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica in Porto Alegre, RS and did a specialization course in Civil Prosecution Law at the same university. Carlos Ignacio Schmitt Sant´Anna is a lawyer with an office in Porto Alegre and works in the Brazilian most important states. He improved his specialization in Intellectual Property (trademarks, patents and Author’s copyright) and has published many doctrinaire articles on the subject. Carlos works together with PAP Intellectual Property.