Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
The written word: a sharp weapon to defend a company's intellectual property. This is the compass that guides my work as trademark attorney with a clear vision: a winning strategy is built on solid arguments, supported by a strong knowledge of regulations and case law. Specialized in decoding and sharing the complexity of law, I collaborate with prestigious legal and industrial magazines, translating legal theory into concrete solutions for businesses.
I assist clients in the field of Intellectual and Industrial Property in any question related to trademarks, designs, models and copyright, such as filing and prosecuting applications, conducting search, technical and legal advice, managing and maintaining IP portfolios.
Key Areas of Activity: • Manage, protect and enforce portfolios of intellectual property rights, including trade marks, copyright and designs; • Advise on the legal aspects of marketing new goods or services and their introduction into the market place, as well as developing brand enlargement; • Negotiate in trade mark disputes and take action on trade mark infringement; • Draw up appropriate contractual papers (e.g. co-existence agreements); • Develop working relationships with relevant brand managers and customers of departments.
Intellectual Property Management & Consulting Services: • research new trade marks and advise on availability by carrying out national and international searches to see if the proposed trade mark is already in use; • advise clients about countries in which to seek registration and the most cost-effective way of achieving this; • oversee all procedural details of trade mark and design registrations in Italy and internationally; • monitor existing and proposed trade marks; • handle renewals of trade mark and design registrations; • provide back-up to the barristers conducting a case if it comes to litigation.
Intellectual Property Management and Consulting Services: ▪ supporting Client with expert legal consulting services; ▪ trademark litigation, such as writing defensive or accusatory arguments in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings. IP Portfolio Evaluation: ▪ evaluation and rationalization of trademark portfolios, including overall health assessment of the portfolio and support for worldwide coverage optimization; ▪ collection of extensive statistical IP data and organization in graphical representations.
Tasks for corporate communication and document management: ▪ researching the latest developments in the legal regulations of non-member States; ▪ drafting country fiches, comprising the political situation and economic insights. Tasks for event co-ordination and external communications: ▪ defining the agenda of trainings and other join activities foreseen by the Work Plans. ▪ event organization by liaising with the sponsors, researching members of the interested groups, sending invitations, monitoring the registration of invitees, creating following-up materials.
Legal Assistance in Civil and Criminal law: ▪ collecting evidence to support arguments in adversarial proceedings; ▪ researching and analyzing law sources to prepare draft arguments; ▪ reviewing and filing pleadings, procedural documents and petitions; ▪ lodging enforceable titles, writs of execution and transcription notes with the Registry.