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.
Operating in Italy, one of Europe’s major consumer electronics markets, LGV Avvocati has for many years acted as Italian counsel in complex pan-European licensing and enforcement strategies, frequently taking a coordinating role in their development and implementation.
The Firm has particularly significant experience with Standard Essential Patents (SEPs) and in managing licensing and enforcement programmes on behalf of patent pools and patent portfolio owners. LGV Avvocati has coordinated multi-level campaigns ranging from licensing and pre-litigation activities to court proceedings and large-scale customs enforcement actions involving consumer electronic devices, including smartphones and televisions. The Firm also advises on issues relating to the determination and application of FRAND terms.
LGV Avvocati has also represented semiconductor and memory manufacturers, owners of semiconductor topography rights, manufacturers of smartphones and other electronic devices, telecommunications operators, and companies developing advanced electronic technologies.
Significant experience
- Ongoing representation of international patent pool administrators and owners of Standard Essential Patent (SEP) portfolios in licensing and enforcement programmes in Italy and as part of broader pan-European strategies, including court proceedings and coordinated customs enforcement actions involving substantial volumes of consumer electronic devices.
- Representation of a US semiconductor company in complex pan-European patent litigation concerning power-management technology for electronic devices, conducted in parallel across several European jurisdictions and ultimately resolved through a settlement.
- Representation of a leading Asian manufacturer of smartphones and electronic devices in assessing an enforcement strategy for a substantial patent portfolio against a competitor, including the analysis of multiple patents and potential litigation across Europe, with particular reference to innovative foldable display technologies.
- Representation of manufacturers of memory products and electronic components in disputes concerning the protection and exploitation of semiconductor technologies, as well as the protection of semiconductor product topographies.
- Advising a leading German group active in the television and consumer electronics sectors in connection with a complex international corporate reorganisation involving also its Italian subsidiary.