Daniele Costa
Ruolo: Founder
Intellectual Property
The Intellectual Property Team protects Clients’ IP portfolios both in and out of Court, with particular reference to the trademark, copyright and software sector.
Trademarks
- Brand portfolio rating and strategic planning
- Prior rights searches
- Drafting and filing of (Italian, Community, International) applications for registration
- Trademark litigation, with particular reference to motions for interim relief (descriptions, injunctions, seizures, discovery orders)
- Drafting of contracts (assignment of rights, licensing, co-branding, etc.)
Designs
- Assessment of protection of designs (i.e. individual character and novelty)
- Drafting and filing of (Italian, European, International) design applications for registration
- Design litigation, with particular reference to motions for interim relief (descriptions, injunctions, seizures, discovery orders)
- Drafting of contracts (assignment of rights, licensing, etc.)
Copyright
- Assessment of protection of works (analysis of innovation and originality)
- Filing at SIAE and similar bodies of foreign States
- Copyright litigation, with particular reference to motions for interim relief (descriptions, injunctions, seizures, discovery orders)
- Digital entertainment (provision of on-demand, download-to-own, streaming, simulcast content, etc.)
- Digitization of content (with particular reference to the legal issues connected to so-called “Orphan Works”)
- Contracts (assignment of rights, licensing etc.)
Software
- Assessment of software legal protection (copyright and/or patent)
- Contracts (software development, assignment of rights, licensing, etc.)
- Filing at the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (S.I.A.E.) and analogous foreign collecting societies
- Software litigation, with particular reference to motions for interim relief (descriptions, injunctions, seizures, discovery orders)
- Protection and development of free and open source software
- Reuse of software in P.A.
Databases
- Assessment of protection of databases (in terms of copyright and sui generis rights)
- Filing at the Italian Society of Authors and Publishers (S.I.A.E.) and analogous foreign collecting societies
- Database litigation, with particular reference to motions for interim relief (descriptions, injunctions, seizures, discovery orders)
Denominations of Origin
- Drafting and filing of applications for PDOs and PGIs
- PDO and PGI litigation, with particular reference to contesting trademarks and/or distinctive signs conflicting with PDOs and PGIs
- Drafting and filing of applications for collective (national and Community) trademarks
Domain Names
- Preliminary assessment of domain name usability
- Domain name Registration
- Domain name litigation, including the national (Italian Network Information Center -NIC) and International - WIPO) reassignment administrative procedures
The Clients assisted by the Intellectual Property Team work in the following industries:
- IT (Information Technology)
- E – Commerce
- New Technologies
- Fashion & Design
- Food
- TLC (Telecommunications)
- Media & Entertainment
- Comics
- Energy
- Planning & Engineering
Professionals
Paul Bodenham
Ruolo: Of Counsel
Paolo Bossini
Ruolo: Of Counsel
Roberto Alma
Ruolo: Founder