Protecting intangible assets in every jurisdiction
Litigation is one of the firm’s key strengths. The experience gained by the founding partners over more than thirty years of practice encompasses highly technical proceedings and multi-jurisdictional disputes, in which the coordination of specialist expertise and the speed of action are decisive factors.
We devise litigation strategies tailored to the company’s industrial and commercial objectives and, where necessary, take action through interim relief proceedings and all available means of urgent protection. Our experience encompasses civil proceedings for interim relief and on the merits, criminal and administrative proceedings, and ADR, across all sectors of IP and IT.
With regard to copyright, the internet and digital platforms, LGV Avvocati has contributed to some of the key Italian precedents, ranging from the case concerning the protection of musical works against unauthorised use by infringers, to litigation defending rights in relation to sporting events against illegal IPTV services, and including numerous proceedings before AGCOM for the protection of content across various forms of online use.
In relation to patents, we assist clients in complex disputes before Italian and European judicial authorities, with specific expertise in managing highly technical cross-border litigation, where coordination between the jurisdictions involved is crucial. We also assist clients in proceedings before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), with particular regard to the Milan seat of the Central Division.
In the field of trade marks, we have handled anti-counterfeiting cases, disputes relating to the acquired or lost distinctiveness of signs—based on complex market surveys—and the accumulation of rights; we also manage enforcement activities and anti-counterfeiting campaigns in Italy and abroad, including customs procedures and coordinated interventions with the relevant authorities.
In the field of unfair competition, and in particular the protection of know-how, LGV Avvocati acts promptly in proceedings for the description and seizure of goods, acting for both claimants and defendants, whilst coordinating technical consultants, IT experts, investigators and bailiffs.
Where a negotiated settlement proves more efficient than litigation, we assist clients in mediation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution, drawing on the experience we have gained as mediators at the PMAC.