Italy

Firm overview

Headed and founded in 2004 by Dr. Professor Cesare Galli, (Full Professor of IP Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Parma), the firm operates mainly in the field of Intellectual Property law with a specific experience in Pharmaceutical, Biotech and TMT Patents and Fashion & Luxury litigations.

Having its main office in Milan and branch offices in Brescia and Parma, the firm came into being as a boutique firm, highly specialized in IP law, Business Law and Competition/Antitrust. The Firm is characterized by the personal imprint of its founder, and has maintained strong reputation by combining it with a firmly market-oriented approach aimed at enhancing the procedural instruments in order to reach positive results in the shortest terms. Professor Galli has also been personally involved in the process that led Italy to taking part in the Unified Patent Court Agreement in 2013 and in the Enhanced Cooperation on the Unitary Patent in 2015 and flanked the Italian delegates in the drafting of the Rules of Procedure (RoP).

The Firm clients include large foreign industrial groups working in the pharmaceutical, chemical, food and fashion sectors and Italian firms operating in the most cutting edge fields such as new technologies as well as TMT, mechanics and electro mechanics industries.

The firm displays a special competence both in patent and trademark litigation and out of court field strategy (such as license agreements and international transfers of technology).

Network Memberships:
AIPPI, LES, INDICAM, AMCHAM

Firm overview

TCBM is an Industrial and Intellectual Property consulting boutique born from the incorporation into Bianchetti & Minoja, a historic IP consultancy firm specialising in patenting with outstanding expertise in the chemical, pharmaceutical, life science and biotech sectors, of Trevisan & Cuonzo IPS, an IP consultancy firm specialising in the engineering sector.

TCBM combines the experience of one of the most renowned intellectual property consultancy firms in Italy, Bianchetti & Minoja, founded in 1976 by Prof. Giuseppe Bianchetti, with the expertise of Trevisan & Cuonzo IPS , in order to offer Italian and international clients specialist advice across all fields of industrial and intellectual property.

TCBM assists Italian and foreign SMEs and multinational corporations, as well as research institutes and universities.

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)

Firm overview

Saglietti Bianco client-oriented mindset and obsession with quality made the difference in how we trickled the most complex litigations.

We have gained reputation for our success in complex patent and design litigation, winning landmark cases on behalf of the world’s most innovative companies in the sectors of electronic, biotech, packaging, mechanics, automotive, pharmaceutical, chemicals, sport, social media, and consumer goods.

Our litigation team represents some of the most important players in patent, design, and trademark matters in the areas of packaging, automotive, consumer goods, fashion, and industrial design. We have obtained ground-breaking decisions that have shaped the legal landscape in the design sector. We are focused on the business objectives of our clients, constantly looking for strategic solutions to increase their leverage and to reach their goals most effectively.

Luigi Saglietti is an innovative and successful lawyer, highly effective ad developing creative case strategis and writing persuasive briefs. He is considered by his clients the “go-to-lawyer” in Italy for trademarks, patents and design cases.

Luigi Saglietti has successfully represented all range of clients (private, small, medium, companies and of course multinationals) in high and complex profile cases, such as: Lego v Mega Blocks, Ferragamo v Omega; Panda v Peri, Smart v Bubble-Noble, Barbie v Corrierino di Barbara, Venus v Venus IV, Football Club Juventus v Juvena, Hugo Boss v Boss, Prancing Horse (Ferrari) v Prancing Pig, Uber v Taxi Emanuela Bianco has an impressive track record in several patent litigation cases. Client-oriented, conscientious, she tackles cases with tenacity and an analytical mindset. Confident in court room and leverages excellent argumentation techniques that help boost case winnings. She has excellent communication skills strengthen by 5 languages which she masters very well.