Chambers and partners – the English company that deals with the rating of professional firms and individual professionals, both in Europe and globally – has published on its website, in the „Law and Practice“ section of the Guide to Patent Litigation, year 2019, a contribution by attorneys Luigi Goglia, Brenda Villa and Tankred Thiem, established professionals in the practice of patent litigation https://practiceguides.chambers.com/practice-guides/patent-litigation-2019/italy/1-types-of-intellectual-property-rights-grant-procedure

The contribution reviews the forms of protection granted by the Italian legal system to inventions (patents for industrial inventions, utility models and know-how) and analyzes in detail the procedure for granting patents and utility models. It also deals – among other things – with matters relating to the time line of the procedure for granting such rights, the duration of intellectual property rights, the rights and obligations that arise for the holder of the intellectual property right and the means available in the event of refusal to grant the rights analysed.

The publication by the directory represents a further confirmation of the significant experience of LGV Avvocati in the field of patent litigation, an area in which the firm already has earned important recognition in the national as well as in international context and attributes to the firm a role of relevance, in an increasingly competitive global market.