Bird & Bird

Bird & Bird remains a top choice for multinationals and large domestic companies from an assortment of sectors seeking assistance with contentious and non-contentious intellectual property rights matters. The flexible practice handles cross-border patent matters for innovation-heavy industries like tech and pharma, as well as brand protection, trade mark portfolio management and copyright advice for clients in the gaming, media, sports, luxury goods, and other consumer spaces, and has developed a strong reputation for its work protecting geographical indications for iconic foodstuffs like Prosecco. The sizeable team, which houses its own trade mark and patent filing practice, is led by two highly experienced IP practitioners: the ‘extremely skilled’ Giovanni Galimberti, and the ’business-oriented’ Massimiliano Mostardini. Other key individuals include patent attorney Antonella De Gregori, whose work covers non-contentious IP matters in the pharma and chemicals sectors; trade secrets, patents, trade marks and designs specialist Edoardo Bàrbera; Fulvio Mellucci, whose broad practice touches issues relating to 3D trade marks; and Rita Tardiolo, who is a key contact for trademark issues and work concerning Protected Designations of Origin (PDO). Claudia Ricciardi is active in transactional IP assistance, particularly in the life sciences space, Elisabetta Bandera is experienced across a variety of IP issues, and Arturo Leone leads on copyright matters, an area where associate Daniele De Angelis is also appreciated.