Intellectual property

Intellectual property rights are vital to the digital media and technology sectors, and our team draws on deep and long-standing experience in this area. Over the years, we have assisted clients in resolving traditional IP issues while also addressing new  challenges arising from technological developments, platform convergence, data-driven-products, digital distribution models, and AI-enabled and other disruptive technologies.

Our work in the life science-healthcare industry is equally strong. We advise pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device companies, and healthcare providers in navigating complex IP strategies, securing and defending critical innovations, with a strong expertise in patent litigation and technology transfers.  Our experience spans small molecules, biologics to advanced therapies, diagnostics and digital health technologies, supporting innovators from R&D to market.

Our interdisciplinary approach allows us to integrate IP, regulatory, data protection, competition and transactional expertise, providing comprehensive support across the full innovation lifecycle.

In the IP rights field, we advise on:

• civil proceedings relating to the validity and infringement of patents, trademarks, designs and copyrights, at national level, in cross-border disputes, and before the Court of Justice of the European Union.
• administrative procedures before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the European Patent Office (EPO) and the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM)
• litigation before the Unified Patent Court
• litigation regarding infringement of intellectual property rights and rights of personality by Generative AI technologies
• drafting and negotiation of IP contracts, including
  • licensing and assignment of copyrights, patents and trademarks also in the context of university spin-off and technology transfers, co-branding agreements and franchise agreements
  • cooperation agreements, co-development and co-marketing agreements;
  • software and other technologies development, exploitation licensing, SaaS, IaaS, transfer and acquisition agreements
• litigation related to domain names
• civil and arbitration proceedings relating to breach of licensing, franchising and distribution agreements
• establishment and enforcement of guarantee rights in trademarks
• use, exploitation and protection of databases
• legal assistance for audiovisual productions, including development, production and distribution of series and movies
• the synchronization rights of musical works and reproduction rights for broadcast and online exploitation.
• regulatory matters of collecting societies
• ISP liability for breach of copyright and trademark
•  implementation of the DSM Copyright Directive
• etc.