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Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)

Italy

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Quick facts
Firm - Year of Establishment

1882

Number of Partners

18

Total Number of IP Practitioners

42

Key practice areas
Intellectual property
Trade mark
Patent
Patent prosecution
Trade mark prosecution
Firm overview

Società Italiana Brevetti is a top-tier, internationally recognised European firm specialising in intellectual property only.

Our IP attorneys have a wide range of specialisations; our services cover all areas of intellectual property, including filing and prosecution of patents, trademarks, designs, models and plant variety rights as well as copyright, domain names, licensing and litigation.

Many of our European patent attorneys are qualified to represent clients before the Unified Patent Court.

We are proactive in devising partnership solutions to work seamlessly with our clients’ organisations.

We provide bespoke services, delivered as best suits clients.

We value diversity, inclusion and human rights and promote equal opportunities within the firm as well as within the IP profession.

Managing IP Awards and Rankings:

  • Managing IP Italy Firm of the Year Trademark Prosecution 2026.
  • Managing IP Europe Impact Case of the Year Award 2026.
  • Only Italian IP firm ranked by Managing IP in 1st Tier for trademark prosecution for 21 years in a row.
Network memberships

We are members of the main international and Italian intellectual property organizations, and are actively committed in most of them.

  • AIPLA - American Intellectual Property Law Association
  • AIPPI - Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle
  • CIPA - Chartered Institute of Patent Agents
  • ECTA - European Communities Trade Mark Association
  • EPI - European Patent Institute (Institute of Professional Representatives before the European Patent Office)
  • EPLIT - European Patent Litigators Association
  • FICPI - Fédération Internationale des Conseils en Propriété Industrielle
  • INTA - International Trademark Association
  • LES - Licensing Executives Society
  • MARQUES - European Association of Trademark Owners
  • ORIGIN - Organization for an International Geographical Indications Network
  • PTMG - Pharmaceutical Trademarks Group

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  • INDICAM - Anti-counterfeiting industry association
  • Italian College of Industrial Property Consultants
  • Italian Industrial Property Consultants Institute
  • LES Italy - Italian group of LES (Licensing Executives Society)

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We are also members of:

  • Altagamma
  • International League of Competition Law (Associazione italiana per la tutela della concorrenza)
  • Istituto Affari Internazionali
  • Unismart Fondazione Università di Padova
Practice Areas & Sector Specialisations

Key IP Areas

Copyright & related rights, Designs, Intellectual property (prosecution), IP transactions, Life sciences IP, Patent, Patent prosecution, Trade mark, Trade mark prosecution, Trade mark contentious, Patent contentious
 
Key Sector Expertise

Agriculture, Artificial intelligence, Automotive, Biotechnology, Chemical, Computer technology & services, E-commerce, Electrical, Electronics, Fashion & luxury goods, Media, Food & beverage, Furniture, ICT & software, Industrials, Instruments, Life sciences, Mechanical, Medical device, Nanotechnology, Pharmaceutical, Renewable energy, Robotics, Semiconductors, Sports, Telecommunication, Tobacco, Universities & research, Utilities, Manufacturing, Retail, Construction & materials

Address:
Piazza di Pietra, 39
Rome
00186
Tel:+39 06 695441 Fax:+390669544810 Email:Contact Us Web Address:http://sib.com

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2026 Edition
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Tier 1
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Tier 1

Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx
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Jacobacci & Partners
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Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)
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Studio Torta
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Tier 2

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Overview

Società Italiana Brevetti is a leading firm in Italy for intellectual property protection and portfolio management. The firm’s expertise in complex IP includes supplementary protection certificates, predominantly in the pharmaceutical sector. The firm’s IP practice is one of the few with expertise in plant breeders’ rights and advises leaders in the agricultural industry. The practice has an experienced team of patent attorneys handling filing and prosecution work in industries such as biotechnology, chemistry, nanotechnology pharmaceuticals, electronics, and mechanics.  

Notable patent practitioners: Elisabetta Papa.

Notable trademark practitioners: Fabrizio De Benedetti, Angelica Torrigiani Malaspina and Mara Mondolfo

Its trade mark department is headed by Fabrizio De Benedetti and Elisabetta Papa heads the patent department.

Testimonials

2026

"Always available with competent feedback and useful practical insights and recommendations."

"Excellent interpersonal skills, excellent analytical skills, excellent writing skills, very good understanding of concepts, very good technical skills."

"They provide prompt, business oriented and cost-effective services."

"SIB provides high level legal advice, clever strategy, quickly and at a reasonable cost. They are always available to answer questions."

"Reliability and quality consistency especially for patent related matters for new patent application filing (IT, WO, EP) and associated prosecution."

 

2025

"Professional and fast response times."

"I appreciate SIB's IP service and team for their efficiency, expertise, and punctuality. They consistently demonstrate a high level of competence in all aspects of intellectual property, ensuring that every step of the process is handled with care and precision.

"Their proactive approach to identifying potential risks and offering clear, actionable advice is invaluable. Moreover, their professionalism and timely responses give us confidence that our intellectual property is in safe hands.

"Their dedication to delivering excellent service makes them an outstanding partner in the IP field."

"Excellent patent practitioners that have a very strong technical background."

"Very attentive and proactive. They provide timely work products that utilise the law well."

"They are a very professional team: they listen to us and clarify our doubts, clearing the path for an IP strategy."

A client likes the team's "diligence, expertise, and regular communication".

"They provide very high-quality advice at a fair price and in a quick manner."

"Responsive and knowledgeable."

"They have a very knowledgeable team who are very friendly and always available for a call."

Linked Reviews
Patent

The firm overcame an opposition appeal based on insufficient disclosure for Gruppo Fabbri Vignola. It also served as a technical expert in infringement and nullity litigation in court for a waste disposal client.

Trade mark

The practice provided oppositions for the telecommunications and pharmaceutical industries. It also acted for a real estate client in prosecution before the Italian Trademark Office.

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