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Number of partners

89

Network Memberships

APAA, AIPPI, AIPLA, CIPA, CITMA, ECTA, EPLAW, IBA, INTA, GRUR, LESI, Marques, PTMG

Key practice areas
Intellectual property
Trade mark
Patent
Trade mark prosecution - law firms
IP transactions
IP transactions
UPC litigation
Firm overview

Over the last century we’ve been lucky enough to have played a part in protecting some of the world’s most ground-breaking inventions and high profile brands. You can trust us to know IP law inside out, to be curious, and to connect the dots to reach solutions others don’t.

We will provide you with a team, rich in real-world experience, comprising experts who have worked at the forefront of pioneering technologies. A substantial number of our lawyers hold qualifications in scientific or technical fields, meaning we are often called upon for our specialist knowledge and insight on large international mandates. We are respected for our creative and original solutions.

We offer both litigation and transactional support in relation to all IP rights, from small innovative projects to the largest, most complex and ground-breaking transactions and disputes.

Our approach has always been centred on client service, collaborating and innovating with our clients to create bespoke solutions that make their lives easier. This includes: our 'twobirds Pattern' product, a proprietary, in-house patent valuation and analysis tool, that allows us to landscape, analyse, and value patent portfolios in an automated and sophisticated way; and our innovative and dynamic Brand Protection Reporting Portal, which uses dynamic charts that give clients an up-to-date overview of their risk profile at any given time.

Talk to us to find out how our tools, experience and our genuine passion for IP can help you devise a strategy that will help to maintain your competitive edge, whilst protecting and optimising your IP in the best way possible.

Internationally Bird & Bird has over 400 IP lawyers, attorneys and legal professionals across our 29 offices, many of whom have known each other and worked together for years, meaning we're all on the same page and offer consistency and quality that runs through all levels of seniority. We are therefore ideally placed to devise and coordinate multi-jurisdictional litigation strategies and,in the future, to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court.

Office Locations: Australia, Belgium, China, Czech Republic & Slovakia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and United States of America

Practice Areas & Sector Specialisations

Pracitce Areas: 

  • Alternative dispute resolution (ADR)
  • Anti-counterfeiting
  • Anti-piracy
  • Antitrust
  • Cancellation action
  • Confidential information/trade secret
  • Database right
  • Design
  • Domain name
  • Due diligence
  • Geographical indications
  • Injunctions
  • Invalidity/nullity action
  • IP strategy & counseling
  • IP tax relief
  • IP transactions
  • ITC litigation
  • Opinion work
  • Oppositions & appeals
  • Oral proceedings
  • Plant breeders' right
  • Portfolio management
  • Regulatory
  • Research & development
  • Revocation action
  • Standard-essential patent
  • Supplementary protection certificate (SPC)
  • Technology transfer
  • Trade mark clearance
  • Unfair competition

 

 

Sector Expertise:

  • Aerospace & Defence
  • Automotive
  • E-Commerce
  • Engineering
  • Electronics & Semiconductors
  • Entertainment
  • Publishing & Media
  • Fashion & Luxury Goods
  • FMCG & Retail
  • Financial Services
  • Food & Beverage
  • Green Technology
  • ICT & Software
  • Life Sciences & Chemistry
  • Medical Devices
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Robotics & Nanotechnology
  • Telecommunication
  • Tobacco
  • Universities & Research
Address:
Via Borgogna, 8
Milan 20122
Tel:+39 02 30 35 60 00 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.twobirds.com/en/practice-areas/intellectual-property

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Overview

Bird & Bird’s intellectual property practice in Italy is highly recommended for patent disputes work, and for its pan-European patent litigation expertise. The IP team’s experienced trade mark attorneys assist clients with brand protection services.  

Notable practitioners: Paola Ruggiero, Daniele De Angelis and Edoardo Barbera.  

Notable patent practitioners: Giovanni Galimberti, Massimiliano Mostardini and Antonella De Gregori.  

Partners Giovanni Galimberti and Massimiliano Mostardini lead the firm’s Italian IP practice

Testimonials

2026

"The team is structured, diverse and composed of young talented and experienced professionals. They are able to immediately understand and identify client's needs and propose solutions and well-tailored support. Individuals are trustworthy, smart, available and responsive and transparent. In particular I point out Evelina Marchesoni, she's a brilliant, smart and tough professional."

Giovanni Galimberti

"He provides frank and insightful assessments of a case’s strengths and weaknesses, always grounding his analysis in the commercial realities facing the business. His ability to translate legal risk into practical business impact is particularly valuable."

Rita Tardiolo

"She is very competent, professional, and able to provide tailor-made IP advisory services."

Edoardo Barbera

"Edoardo it's amazing in managing the relationship with the client and, at the same time, he's hands on and with huge knowledge, expertise and experience in IP matters."

 

2025

"Experienced, multi-jurisdictional team that is available to handle cross-border disputes."

Linked Reviews
Trade mark

The practice acted for Consorzio del Formaggio Parmigiano-Reggiano in litigation. Transaction and invalidity cases were completed for the homeware and telecommunications industries.

Intellectual property

Copyright

Case highlights include advice relayed to an energy provider on an impactful settlement agreement. Copyright infringement and alleged passing off cases were initiated for homeware providers.

Patent

The firm assisted Menarini Diagnostics in provisional measures filed by Insulet at the Milan Local Division of the Unified Patent Court. It also handled cross-border SPC cases for the life sciences sector.

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A dispute over buggies, a decision on the UPC’s jurisdiction, and the formal launch of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre were among the top developments
Clarification concerning jurisdictional reach and latest stats released by the court were also among the top talking points in recent weeks
Nokia, represented by a team from Bird & Bird, adjudged to have made fair offer to Asus and Acer in UK SEP dispute
Publication of the UPC’s annual report and adoption of the procedural rules of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre were also among major developments
The variety of winners demonstrates that the UPC is now a core benchmark rather than an experimental consideration, while junior lawyers are becoming more deeply involved in key work
Abbott winning another round against Sinocare and Menarini, and 'long arm' clarification on the UK's position within the UPC, were also among major developments
Emma Green, partner at Bird & Bird, shares why the Iceland v Iceland dispute could prompt businesses and lawyers to think differently about brand enforcement
A new claim filed by Ericsson, and a request for access to documents, were also among recent developments
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