Industrial and intellectual property

The Firm provides consultancy on distinctive signs, know-how, patents, protection of industrial secrets, as well as designs and models, at a national, European and international level.

The field of activity of the Firm extends to the protection of property rights in contractual terms, through:

• Consultancy for the drafting and negotiation of confidentiality agreements both in Italian and in English;
• Licensing agreements/assignment of industrial property rights;
• Franchise agreements;
• Sponsorship and transfer of image rights;

The Firm assists its clients both in the pre-litigation phase and in court.

In the field of copyright, the Firm offers consultancy:

• in the area of author’s rights and copyright
• In relation to intellectual property and image rights (in publishing, advertising and communication, sport)
• In the field of protection and safeguarding of software, source codes, databases and website contents (concept, graphic editing, storyboards, contents)
• Registration of trademarks at national, European and international level.

With express reference to problems connected to the Internet, the Firm advises its customers on the protection and exploitation of domain names (searches, conflicts, assignments) also in connection with any related trademark rights.