“Artificial intelligence and intellectual property: future protection for works” is the theme of our partner Mario Pozzi’s contribution to the conference on AI in the current philosophical, legal and artistic debate taking place place on 11 October 2024 in Milan at...

SIB LEX is to contribute to the European Policy for IP Association’s 2024 Annual Conference on the theme "Intellectual Property and the Future of the data economy". The event, taking place 11-13 September 2024 in Pisa, Italy, is organized by Scuola Superiore...

Our partner Federico Caruso and Valentina Predazzi, partner at SIB, have commented a recent decision of The Hague Local Division of the Unified Patent Court to grant a request for preliminary injunction filed by the holder of a European patent, covering the “Heirloom”...

Who’s Who Legal 2024 has ranked our founding partner Giovanni Antonio Grippiotti "Italy Leader" in its list of specialised intellectual property lawyers in Italy. Giovanni Antonio has been included in the Who's Who Legal rankings since 2018. Who’s Who Legal guides are...

Our partners Giovanni Antonio Grippiotti and Mario Pozzi have been named IP Stars in the trademark category by the IP Stars 2024 guide to the world’s leading IP firms and practitioners. Giovanni Antonio receives this recognition for 10th consecutive year, Mario for...

The third seat of the Unified Patent Court’s central division is to be inaugurated in Milan on 26 June 2024: a most important event for the city of Milan and for its community of intellectual property practitioners. SIB and SIB LEX are hosting an Aperitivo to...

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...

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...

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...