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Stefania Bergia

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Position

Stefania is a partner in our Milan office IP practice. She assists clients, including on a pan-European level, on a extensive range of judicial and extra-judicial matters of IP law, including patents, trademarks and domain names, trade secrets, appellations of origin and geographical indications, industrial design, copyright and related rights, unfair competition, and arbitration.

Stefania has a longstanding relationship with the University of Parma, where over the years she has taught a course entitled “Legislation and Patents – Chemical and Biotech Patents and GMO Legislation”. She teaches for postgraduate courses, including those held by the Italian School for the Judiciary (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura), and is a lecturer for the annual “Industrial Property – Patents” course organised by the Polytechnic University of Milan as well as for Just Legal Services’ post-graduate courses on IP matters. She was also recently involved in an online course organised by Harvard University.

Stefania has presented papers at conferences and authored publications in the IP field.

Career

Stefania joined Simmons & Simmons in 2018. She is a registered representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), which became operational on 1 June 2023.

Education

Stefania holds a PhD in IP Law from the University of Parma.

Lawyer Rankings

Italy > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences

Praised for its ‘unique’ industry experience, Simmons & Simmons excels in assisting with the full gamut of IP work within the sector, in addition to product liability and marketing issues. Jointly leading the team, the ‘outstanding’ Stefania Bergia is recommended for her broad knowledge of patent, trade mark, and trade secret matters, and Giulio Enrico Sironi primarily handles cross-border IP disputes. Having joined the group from BonelliErede in March 2024, practice co-head Vincenzo Salvatore and Giuseppe Ragucci contribute their vast regulatory expertise.

Italy > Intellectual property

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Stefania Bergia – Simmons & Simmons

Simmons & Simmons‘ intellectual property practice in Milan handles the complete spectrum of IP matters. The team routinely advises major global clients in the healthcare, pharma, and life sciences sectors as well as the food and beverage and fashion industries, handling copyright and trade mark issues and patent disputes before the UPC. Practice co-head Stefania Bergia is experienced in matters of appellations of origin and geographical indications alongside a wide variety of IP matters such as trade marks, patents, and unfair competition. The ‘exceptionally scrupulous’ Giulio Enrico Sironi is the team’s other co-head and has significant experience working on multijurisdictional IP matters. Anna Colmano is another central team member, as is Alessandro Zullo.

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