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: