Intellectual property and commercial contracts

Intellectual property generates value when it can be effectively transferred, shared, exploited and commercialised through appropriate contractual arrangements.

LGV Avvocati specialises in drafting and negotiating IP and IT contracts, providing assistance that combines legal, technical and commercial expertise. The experience gained in litigation enables us to draft agreements that do not merely govern the relationships between the parties, but are designed to prevent disputes, protect investments and facilitate the exploitation and circulation of technology.

We assist clients with all the main types of contracts through which intellectual property rights are transferred, licensed or exploited:

licences and assignments of patents, trade marks, designs, software, copyright, image rights and know-how Technology Transfer Agreements research and development agreements and Joint Development Agreements research agreements with universities and research centres Consortium Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements and Data Sharing Agreements letters of intent and confidentiality agreements coexistence agreements engineering and industrialisation contracts manufacturing contracts (OEM, ODM and private label) source code escrow agreements technical support and maintenance agreements

We also handle the main commercial contracts relating to the exploitation of intellectual property and the marketing of products and services:

national and international distribution contracts, selective distribution systems, sales concessions, agency and franchising arrangements sponsorship contracts agreements with authors and artists of various kinds (actors, voice-over artists, musicians, singers, designers, etc.), as well as professional sports players, brand ambassadors, influencers and content creators contracts for advertising campaigns and marketing initiatives merchandising and co-branding contracts publishing and music licensing contracts agreements relating to the production and exploitation of creative and audiovisual content

A growing area of our practice concerns the establishment and development of innovative start-ups and technology companies across all industrial sectors: we assist entrepreneurs, investors and companies in drafting articles of association, shareholders’ agreements and investment agreements; in drawing up contracts for research and development and industrial and technological collaboration; and in regulating relationships between founders, investors, universities, research centres and industrial partners.

Finally, we assist clients in the creation, negotiation and management of pledges and other security interests relating to patents, trade marks and other industrial property rights, where these are used in security and financing transactions.