IP & TMT

Intellectual property, technology, media

What we do

Trademarks, patents, designs and copyright (filings, oppositions, national and international portfolio management)
Licensing agreements, software development, IP assignment, sponsorship and merchandising contracts
Software and database protection (D.Lgs. 518/1992, art. 64-bis L. 633/1941, Database Directive 96/9/EC)
Trade secrets and know-how (D.Lgs. 63/2018, structured NDAs, protection of confidential information)
IP and artificial intelligence (model training, generated works, output attribution and protection, AI Act intersection)
TMT: media regulation (TUSMA), telecommunications (TUMC Code), digital platforms (DSA, DMA)
IP litigation before the Specialised Business Sections, urgent injunctions, description and seizure

Service pillars

Trademarks and industrial designs

Filing strategies at national (UIBM), European (EUIPO) and international (Madrid and Hague systems) level. Oppositions, invalidity, revocation, assignments and licences. Non-conventional trademarks (shape, sound, colour, position, motion) and management of reputation trademarks. Customs profiles and Customs IP Right Applications.

Patents and utility models

Italian and European patents (EPO), unitary patents (UPC) and international PCT. Prosecution strategy, oppositions before the EPO, litigation before the Unified Patent Court. Utility models and designs. Standard Essential Patents and FRAND licences in telecommunications and automotive sectors.

Copyright and software

Software protection under art. 64-bis L. 633/1941, creative and sui generis databases. Open source compliance (GPL, MIT, Apache, AGPL), management of inbound and outbound licensing. Protection of editorial content, multimedia works, audiovisual formats. Related rights of phonogram producers and performing artists.

IP and tech contracts

Drafting of licences (exclusive, non-exclusive, sole), software development agreements (waterfall, agile), IT Master Service Agreements, SaaS subscription agreements, sponsorship, merchandising, naming rights agreements. Technology transfer between industry and research, contracts with universities and research centres.

Trade secrets and know-how

Implementation of D.Lgs. 63/2018 (transposition of Directive 2016/943): mapping of confidential information, technical and organisational protection measures, structured NDAs, internal policies. Litigation for misappropriation and unlawful use of trade secrets, including in key personnel transition contexts.

IP and artificial intelligence

IP profiles of model training (text and data mining under arts. 70-ter L. 633/1941, rights holders' opt-out under CDSM directive), attribution and protection of generated works, unprotected outputs, copyright infringement claims against model providers. Intersection with the AI Act (Reg. EU 2024/1689) and emerging EU and US case law.

TMT and digital platforms

AGCom regulation, Consolidated Audiovisual Media Services Act (D.Lgs. 208/2021), Electronic Communications Code (D.Lgs. 207/2021). Compliance for online platforms under the Digital Services Act (Reg. EU 2022/2065) and for gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act (Reg. EU 2022/1925). AGCom proceedings on tariffs, access, net neutrality.