Intellectual
Property

WHO WE ASSIST

National and multinational companies belonging, among others, to the pharmaceutical and life sciences, luxury, sport & fashion, entertainment & media, IT and automotive sectors.

WHAT WE DO

All aspects of IP including:

  • Patents (national and European)
  • Trademarks (national and European)
  • Industrial design (national and European)
  • Filing and prosecution of trademark, patent, utility model and design applications
  • Domain names
  • Copyrights
  • Piracy and anticounterfeiting
  • New technologies and media
  • IP litigation
  • Data protection
  • Customs and customs surveillance
  • Unfair competition
  • Trade secrets
  • Plant varieties
  • Semiconductor topographies
  • Food & Wine, designations of origin and geographical indications
  • IP infringement damages

In the area of litigation:

  • Representation in invalidity, cancellation, infringement, unfair competition and damages cases, in ordinary as well as preliminary proceedings before the Specialized Chambers of all Courts and Courts of Appeal, the IPTO, the IPTO Board of Appeal, the Supreme Court, the Regional Administrative Courts, the Council of State and the Constitutional Court
  • Proceedings before the EPO and the EUIPO, as well as the WIPO
  • Assisting on all IP issues connected with extraordinary transactions, mergers, acquisitions, JVs, IP due diligence and compliance programs, licensing, commercial contracts and technology transactions with IP content
  • Collaboration with criminal law counsels, brand protection and investigative agencies, patent attorneys and foreign firms, leading forensic economists and academics in infringement damages cases

In particular in patent litigation, we have extensive experience in working in multi-jurisdictional contexts in close liaison with other lawyers and correspondents in numerous European and non-European jurisdictions.

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