Italy

Firm overview

Trevisan & Cuonzo, established in 1993, is one of the leading independent Italian law firms working with some of the most technologically advanced and innovative businesses and industry leaders around the globe.
The firm delivers client focused, industry specific, commercially aligned legal expertise covering a wide range of industrial sectors including electronics, chemical, automotive, food and nutrition, life sciences, telecommunications, media and entertainment, information technology and sports.
Trevisan & Cuonzo has established a commanding reputation both domestically and internationally for its success and in-depth business and industry knowledge in intellectual property, commercial and product liability litigation.
Intellectual property represents the core of Trevisan & Cuonzo. Our lawyers offer strategic and commercial advice on the identification, procurement and exploitation of IP rights for both offensive and defensive purposes before the Italian and European Courts.
Trevisan & Cuonzo is formed by a group of lawyers committed to excellence in the practice of law with the highest ethical standards and operates as a single independent partnership.
The firm has a network of offices in Milan, Rome, Parma and Bari.

Firm overview

Established in 2020, GR Legal is the result of a merger of two law firms that have been operating for more than ten years in the field of intellectual property.

GR Legal has extensive IP litigation experience in the Italian courts as well as in the European Courts. GR Legal professionals regularly handle proceedings before the administrative Italian and EU authorities. The patent lawyers of GR Legal are UPC representatives. The firm often deals with Italian proceedings involving parallel actions in other jurisdictions related to pharmaceuticals and biotech, chemicals, electronic and mechanical patents, as well as copyright, trademarks and distinctive signs, designs, unfair competition, in the most diverse industrial and commercial sectors.

The firm is also well known for its expertise in disputes involving software and trade secrets.

GR Legal has extensive knowledge of out-of-court matters, and namely the negotiation and drafting of contractual agreements with an IP focus. The firm is often involved in large-cap M&A transactions in relation to IP aspects.

GR Legal lawyers provide assistance in data protection matters and regulatory matters for the life sciences sector.

The diverse team of professionals and the presence of offices in the main hubs for IP in Italy allow the firm to deliver fast and accurate services to its clients.

Firm overview

LGV is an independent law firm founded in 2003 in Milan (Italy). LGV specialises in IP, IT, TMT, Copyright and business law and has a large client base, both domestic and foreign. The firm has acquired considerable wide-ranging legal experience, principally in respect of clients having significant IP and IT assets, and innovative business ventures. LGV values a dynamic and international professional team environment and has a department specifically focused on Germany and other German-speaking countries. Moreover, LGV is a firm accustomed to managing cases and consultancy of transnational nature. In litigation LGV offers an unrivalled competence, acquired over the years in relation to enforcement programmes concerning both national and international profiles.

Firm overview

Racheli, your partner in Italy for IP protection since 1925.

Racheli takes its name from its founder, Adele Racheli, the first woman to graduate as a mechanical engineer at the Polytechnical Institute of Milan.

We are an industrial and intellectual property consultancy boutique firm, located in Milan, Italy’s financial and business capital, and provide a wide range of consultancy services and assistance in the registration, commercial exploitation and enforcement of patents, designs, trademarks, domain names, and of intellectual works, in Italy, in the European Union and internationally.

Our highly skilled IP professionals are qualified representatives before the Italian Patent and Trademark Office, the European Union Office for Intellectual Property and the European Patent Office.

Our work culture is based on a high-quality and client focused pro-active service.

Working with experienced and skilled professionals, we assist each client in defining business and legal strategies for the research and development of new technologies, for the communication and marketing of goods, services, and processes.

Network Memberships:

• Order of Italian Industrial Property Consultants
• Italian College of Industrial Property Consultants (FICPI)     
• International Trademark Association (INTA)
• Association International pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI)
• Licensing Executives Society (LES)