IP Law Galli

The Firm mainly refers to IP Law, by providing clients with judicial (litigation) and extrajudicial (strategy-contracts-M&A) consultancy concerning patents and life sciences (specific experience in pharmaceutical and biotechnology patents, computer and software patents, IT, TMT, patent litigation and licensing), trademarks (trademark litigation and trademark licensing), design, domain names, unfair competition, appellation of origin, protection of classified information, advertising and media law, copyrights and neighbouring rights (copyright infringement, copyright licensing and copyright litigation).

The Firm’s clients include large multinational and domestic industrial groups in the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors as well as in the field of fashion and luxury goods, mechanics, electro-mechanics and the agricultural produce processing sector. The firm also advises important international publishers in the copyright field.

The expertise of the Firm and of its head and founder, Professor Galli, has been widely recognized at both domestic and international level. Since 2004, he has always been part of the group of experts appointed by the Parliament and the Government who drafted the reform of Italian IP law, including the 2010 and 2023 reform of the Code of Industrial Property; he is currently a Legal Expert of the European Observatory on the Infringements of IP rights within the EUIPO and of CNALCIS – Italian Government National Council for the Fight against Infringement and Italian Sounding, and he collaborates permanently with INDICAM, Confindustria, AIPPI and AmCham on IP issues.

The Firm also provides clients with a specific expertise on the Chinese market, due to a wide network of correspondents in China and to the extensive knowledge of Chinese law and language. The Firm has also a dedicated Associate.

The Firm is also advising major companies on the implementation of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court. To better serve its clients, both in Italy and abroad, the Firm is a founding member of UPCLA, a network of high profile boutique law firms specialised in patent litigation.

The firm is well-known on the market mainly for its solid expertise in patent-related matters especially in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology domains. It is also highly skilled at providing both contentious and non-contentious assistance, and experienced in trade mark and design infringement, designations of origin/geographical indications and unfair competition.

industry sector expertise:

Pharmaceuticals, Electronics, Mechanics, Automotive, Luxury, High Design furniture, Food and Beverage, Fashion, Software, Media, Services, Advertising and Art, Mass Retailing.

key types of work:

Litigation (patent, trade secret, trademark, design, copyright, competition), including PI proceedings and assessment of damages/disgorgement of profits, strategic IP consulting, IP transactions, including technology transfer, distribution and licence agreements, trademarks/design oppositions.

areas of recent growth:

Life science, fashion, design, automotive, food & beverage disputes, IT.