SIB LEX società tra avvocati is a law firm based in Rome and Milan focusing on all aspects of intellectual property and particularly on litigation concerning patents, trademarks and distinctive signs in general, designs, copyrights and competition law, internet, privacy as well as contracts in all of these areas.
Our clients are Italian and multinational enterprises, SMEs and large enterprises in highly specialised areas or in the consumer products and consumer services industries including fashion, design, electronics, mechanics, pharmaceuticals, biotechnologies and many more.
We rely on over 30 years’ experience and adopt a pragmatic, dynamic approach, focused on meeting client needs in full with the aim of protecting and maximising investments in research, innovation, creativity, business.
As well as a team of attorneys-at-law, the firm includes partners with a long professional experience holding membership in the patents and trademarks sections of the Ordine dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale (Italian Industrial Property Consultants Institute). This ensures that when protecting or maximising the value of our clients’ rights all aspects, both legal and technical, of issues are carefully and timely examined, adding significant value for our client.
SIB LEX professionals hold membership and are active in all major intellectual property professional associations, including: INTA (International Trademark Association), AIPPI (International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property), AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association), MARQUES (Association of European Trade Mark Owners), LES (Licensing Executives Society), FICPI (Fédération Internationale de la Propriété Intellectuelle), ECTA (European Communities Trade Mark Association).
We offer legal advice and assistance for the resolution of any issue concerning intellectual property or neighbouring areas.
We offer legal advice and assistance for the resolution of any issue concerning intellectual property or neighbouring areas.
News
Unified Patent Court kick-off postponed to 1 June 2023
The opening date of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been postponed to 1 June 2023, and the Sunrise period, during which it will be possible to opt out of the UPC’s jurisdiction, will begin on 1 March 2023.
Unified Patent Court to open on 1 April 2023
1 April 2023 is the date set for the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) as announced by the Preparatory Committee last week. The Committee has also published an “implementation roadmap” indicating the date of 1 January 2023 for the start of the so-called...
Artificial Intelligence inventorship: EPO Board of Appeal rules in case J 8/20, latest development in the DABUS case.
Background On 17 October 2018 and on 7 November 2018 Stephen Thaler filed two European patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) - the first one, EP 18 275 163, concerning a Food Container and the second one, EP 18 275 174, relating to Devices and...
SIB LEX Società tra Avvocati a.r.l. – sede legale: Piazza di Pietra, 38-39 00186 Roma – Reg. Imprese Roma C.F./IVA/VAT IT14893531005 – REA 1553728. Capitale versato Eur 10.500,00 i.v. – Pol. Assic. N./Insurance 95NA1337 Zurich Eur 5.000.000,00