Legance - Avvocati Associati

Intellectual Property - Dispute Resolution - Life Sciences & Healthcare

Partner

Monica Riva is Co-Head of the Intellectual Property department and is based in Milan.

Over a period of 20 years, Monica has garnered experience in all areas of intellectual property, including Patents, Trademarks and other distinctive marks, Supplementary Protection Certificates, Copyright and related rights, Design, Software, Geographical Indications, Know-How and Trade Secrets, Unfair Competition, Defamation in the press, image rights, name rights, and portrait rights, misleading advertising and improper commercial practices, Information Technology, e-commerce and selective distribution, and franchise and licensing agreements. She has advised clients in a wide range of sectors, including fashion and luxury goods, finance and insurance, industry, food and beverages, software, publishing, life science and pharmaceuticals.

Among her particular specialisms is advice to clients on the full range of litigation matters (at interim and substantive hearings, and in arbitrations), including matters with international and cross-border implications and where the issues impinge upon multiple practice areas. In addition to her litigation work, Monica also advises on transactional matters, in connection with joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, the drafting and negotiation of licensing agreements, technology transfers, distribution and franchising, the development of new IT platforms, and software development and maintenance.

She is the author of a large number of publications and commentaries in the field, and regularly appears at seminars, conferences and conventions.

Italian, English

Admitted to practice before the Supreme Court and Highest Jurisdiction Member of the Milan Bar, Italy Member of AIPPI, the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property Member of the editorial team for Giurisprudenza Annotata di Diritto Industriale, leading IP-law review

Monica graduated cum laude in industrial law at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, and subsequently gained a research doctorate at the Università degli Studi di Parma, her thesis receiving first prize from the Lewis Gaze Memorial Scholarship established by MARQUES, the European brand-owners' association.