Italy

Firm overview

Abion: Your Global IP Guardian

Abion is a leading force in the intellectual property (IP) industry. We are an innovative, platform-based provider leveraging 25 years of experience in the digital landscape with a strong foundation as an ICANN-accredited registrar and ISO27001 certified supplier.

Abion's edge lies in combining top-ranked industry experts with advanced technology. This fusion delivers an unparalleled service across the entire intellectual property lifecycle, including:

• Trademark and design prosecution
• IP and legal consultancy
• Enforcement and litigation
• Online brand protection and enforcement
• Strategic domain name consulting
• Web security

Streamlined efficiency at your fingertips

Our cloud-based brand management platform, Abion Core, combines cutting-edge technology with intuitive user experience to streamline managing and protecting your brand all in the one place. It’s a centralised solution that puts you in control of your brand, no middlemen and no service interruptions.

Globally positioned and locally empowered

Our 17 offices covering, EU/non-EU European territories, UAE, Asia and Australasia, combined with a global network of partners, enable us to provide expert advice and comprehensive IP solutions to service virtually any jurisdiction.

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

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.

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.