Italy

Firm overview

Martini Manna & Partners is an independent and client-focused boutique law-firm specialising in intellectual property, unfair competition, data protection and commercial law. It provides individually tailored, highly-specialised legal assistance both in contentious matters, including cross border proceedings, arbitrations and procedures before independent authorities and juries, and in non-contentious matters, including transactions and IPRs filing & prosecution.

The firm’s experience covers almost any industry sector, including entertainment, media, art, IT, automotive, electronics, life science, chemical, plant varieties, food & beverage, design furniture, fashion.

Martini Manna & Partners provides legal assistance according to the highest international standards, with a business-oriented mentality and a clear communication, with the utmost transparency and ethics, and paying great attention to the client's needs and budget.

The firm’s partners led high profile cases, many of which have formed current Italian case law on issues such as the protection of trademarks against dealers not belonging to the IPR holder’s selective distribution network, the limits of the Italian Bolar clause, the copyright protection of design works and of architectural works, the protection of sui generis rights on databases, the liability of content delivery networks and know-how infringement.

At Martini Manna & Partners, our key strenghts are:

• communication skills: we embraced legal design – we provide easy to read documents and practical advice;
• business mindset: we always keep in mind the client’s business needs and base our assistance on a thorough knowledge of their market;
• speed: we provide an initial response to requests within a few hours and ensure that tasks are completed quickly;
• proactivity: we try to identify problems before they arise and suggest ways to avoid them;
• value & budget: we offer reasonable rates corresponding to the value of the work we perform, without any increases due to organizational costs from which the client does not get real benefits. We pay great attention to respecting the client's budget;
• transparency: we allow clients to access all their files and our relevant timesheets online;
• ESG: we are ethical, eco-friendly and gender-neutral;
• global: we work with foreign colleagues on a daily basis, typically in English but also in French and Spanish;
• technology: we use any newly available technology which may make our work more efficient and less expensive for the client.

Firm overview

The Simmons & Simmons international IP team offers the specialist expertise of a boutique IP practice complemented by the full service offering of a major international firm. We are well known in the market for our high-calibre clients and involvement in many of the leading IP cases and transactions, both in the UK and internationally.

Our IP practice, comprising litigation, prosecution and transactional expertise, for both brands/trade mark and patents matters, is one of the only international firms that provide the full suite of IP services from one trusted source – a significant differentiator in the legal market.

We boast an extremely deep and strong bench. Consisting of over 100 fee earners internationally, our IP team has a presence across EMEA (in Belgium, China, Dubai, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, The Netherlands), the UK and Asia.

Known for our expertise in the life sciences, fintech and technology sectors, we leverage our in-depth industry knowledge developed over our 120+ year history to provide the best advice to the most sophisticated clients. The majority of our patent litigators, attorneys and transactional IP lawyers have technical backgrounds, including advanced degrees and scientific research experience, giving our clients the advantage of market leading legal advisors who also understand their complex and cutting-edge inventions.

Firm overview

castellano ip – studio legale operates in the field of Intellectual and Industrial Property and, more specifically, in the sector of distinctive signs (trademarks, domain names, company names, etc.), patents, designs and models, copyright, advertising and competition law.

castellano ip – studio legale proposes a new model of providing legal services, aligned with the needs of a market, increasingly attentive to costs, innovation and competition. The firm’s lean philosophy is centered on professionalism, dematerialization, transparency, trust and closeness to the client and to their needs and requests.

castellano ip – studio legale collaborates with a worldwide network of professionals with whom it has been working for many years and who guarantee the customer the same quality, professionalism and seriousness they are accustomed to and which they cannot and must not ignore by now.

Firm overview

Founded in the mid-1990s, Jacobacci Avvocati-Avocats has always been a point of reference in the field of intellectual property, in Italy and abroad.

Today the firm’s strength lies in a team of 15 partners and over 40 professionals operating in 4 offices located in Italy and France.

All of the lawyers in the firm specialise in different areas of Intellectual Property, from trademarks to patents to design, to protection of the innovative ideas of an international clientele, operating in a wide range of sectors, from technology to services.

Over the years, the Jacobacci Avvocati-Avocats professionals have represented clients in matters of significant legal complexity, across the entire intellectual property landscape, obtaining ground-breaking decisions and contributing to legal precedent, before both Italian and European Courts, in numerous areas of intellectual property law and practice.

National experience and international vocation, attention to detail and exploration of the new frontiers of law. We are constantly focused on the client's needs.