Italy

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

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

After spending more than 50 years in business, Bugnion S.p.A. ranks among the leading Italian and European industrial property consulting companies.

With its office network based throughout Italy, Bugnion enjoys remarkable international visibility and is a major player in the European set.

Thanks to an established tailor-made approach, Bugnion attorneys can effectively identify, protect and enhance ideas, while transforming them into key drivers of a corporate’s asset, besides helping clients achieve a competitive edge in the global market.

Throughout its long-standing activity Bugnion has grown and expanded up to becoming one of the foremost Italian and European partners in the market of industrial property.

Currently totalling more than 200 staff, Bugnion’s network includes offices in Italy, Germany, Spain and U.S.

Firm overview

For almost a century and a half, Studio Torta has played a key role in protecting some of the most relevant patents, high profile brands and innovative designs across Europe and the world.
 
Our focus has always been on clients, collaborating and innovating with them to create bespoke solutions that protect and help their businesses grow. The long-standing legal experience of our senior partners is complemented by the expertise of talented junior partners on emerging technologies, with a view to meeting the needs of a constantly evolving market with exceptional standards of efficiency and competence.
 
Studio Torta operates as a joint-stock company with 59 practitioners, 43 of whom are partners, plus 135 staff members. It has offices in Turin, Milan, Bologna, Rome, Treviso and Rimini and can rely on a consolidated network of associates around the world. Moreover, to ensure excellent assistance to our overseas clients, our staff includes Chinese, Japanese, German and French native speakers.
 
Our motto is: “Value on Innovation”.