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
Patent rules on assessment of novelty apply to plant variety rights according to Italian case law
The company Subiace brought a court action before the Court of Rome to obtain a declaration of nullity of the Italian plant variety protection for a new bean variety named ETNA, which was also protected in the United States of America (USA) and owned by Asgrow Seed...
UPC Aperitivo: join our EPLN webinar on significant cases in the UPC’s first 6 months
On 16 May 2024 SIB LEX and SIB, together with the European Patent Litigators Network (EPLN) are to hold UPC Aperitivo, a one-hour webinar on the most significant cases before the Unified Patent Court (UPC) during its first six months, organised by the EPLN of which...
Italian Supreme Court issues game-changing decision concerning plant variety right license agreements
With a decision issued on 9 April 2024, the Italian Supreme Court (hereinafter “the Court”) declared invalid an agreement between the well known American table grape breeder, Sun World, and Ms. Miglionico, an Italian grape grower. Ms. Miglionico had previously been...
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