Industries
Agritech
The agritech sector is evolving and expanding across the Italian and European markets. LGV Avvocati is active in this industry along several fronts. On one hand, the firm assists clients in the assessment and registration of new plant varieties and, where necessary, in litigation and pre-litigation matters relating to plant variety rights.
Art & Cultural Heritage
Italy boasts a rich artistic heritage, which is also reflected in the recognition of specific protection for certain assets, including the landscape, cultural heritage and protected designations (which now extend beyond the food sector).
Artificial Intelligence
The firm’s client base consists mainly of highly technological companies, including those in the digital sector.
Automotive & Mobility
The firm assists car manufacturers, supercar and hypercar manufacturers, motorcycle manufacturers, engineering companies, OEMs and companies in the automotive supply chain, primarily in litigation as well as in the development, production and commercialisation of innovative technologies.
Biotechnology & Medical Devices
Biotechnology and medical devices are fields in which innovation arises where scientific research, engineering and clinical application meet, and in which protecting rights calls for a thorough understanding of the underlying technology.
Chemicals & Advanced Materials
Chemicals and advanced materials underpin most industrial supply chains and consumer products, and the legal issues they raise call for a precise understanding of the composition of substances, of production processes and of their effects.
Cosmetics & Personal Care
The cosmetics and dermocosmetics industry calls for an approach that goes beyond the analysis of a single patent or specific item of know-how.
Electronics & Semiconductors
LGV has developed extensive experience in patent validity and infringement litigation in the electronics sector, including complex pan-European disputes, in which the Firm has frequently played a leading role in defining and implementing the overall litigation strategy.
Energy & Clean Technologies
LGV Avvocati has long been active in the energy sector. The firm assists its clients on technological innovation in the energy field, which concerns patent matters (for example, patented innovations in wind turbine blades, panels, and CO2 treatment and storage systems, as well as innovations relating to boilers for domestic and industrial heating).
Fashion & Luxury
Fashion is one of the leading sectors of the Italian and European economy, and LGV Avvocati has long been committed to protecting intangible assets in the fashion industry.
Food & Beverage
Food & Beverage is one of the most representative sectors of the Italian economy, and one in which product, technology, communication and brand identity are most closely intertwined along the entire supply chain.
Furniture & Interior Design
LGV Avvocati advises architectural practices, designers, and Italian and international businesses operating in the furniture, interior design and home and commercial interiors sectors.
Industrial Machinery
LGV Avvocati has for many years assisted Italian and international companies engaged in the design, manufacture and marketing of machinery, industrial plants, mechatronic components and process technologies.
InsurTech
For almost twenty years, the firm has advised on platforms and software for the management of insurance policy portfolios, in both the life and non-life sectors, including claims management.
Life Sciences & Pharmaceuticals
The pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors are among the areas in which LGV Avvocati has developed particular depth of expertise.
Media & Entertainment
For many years the firm has assisted operators across the entire content value chain.
Music Industry
In the music sector, we have in-depth experience of all aspects of the business, from negotiating contracts with artists and/or producers, to dealings and licensing (as well as litigation) with collecting societies, to the enforcement of rights in the event of infringement (with particular regard to the world of new technologies), to the implementation of AI in the sector and the management of the challenges it poses.
Software & Digital Technologies
The firm has extensive experience in the software, databases and, more broadly, digital sector.
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
The firm advises technology companies, software houses, digital platforms and professional users of technology in a wide range of sectors, from insurance to medical devices and from online gaming to environmental services.
Videogames & Esports
The firm has been assisting various operators in the sector for over twenty years, including console manufacturers, video game publishers, independent developers, localisation companies, service providers within the supply chain, and trade associations.