Trevisan & Cuonzo
Trevisan & Cuonzo keeps abreast of developments in the food industry, both domestically and internationally and assists clients in protecting and enforcing their rights against fraudulent activity. Its clients include leading producers of a wide range of food products, including specially protected grape varieties and new plant and cereal varieties in which it has deep expertise. The group also advises on IP including patent protection and related corporate/commercial issues. Alongside Luca Trevisan, Vincenzo Acquafredda leads the food practice and advises food companies in a wide range of matters, including those related to labelling, trademarks and food technology.
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Key clients
- RK Growers S.r.l.
- Molino Casillo
- California Table Grape Commission
- Italian Variety Club
- Nova Siri Genetics S.r.l.
- Andriani SpA
- Sicasov
- Agride’ Srl
- Agricolt Brandoni di Tommaso Brandoni & C. s.n.c.
Work highlights
- Assisted Casillo Group in the patenting of an innovative “upcycling” process which, starting from durum wheat milling waste, allows to obtain wheat oil, deoiled wheat germ and deoiled wheat bran.
- Assisted the California Table Grape Commission, which exclusively manages a licensed portfolio of world-famous seedless table grape varieties (worldwide protected) in a massive regularisation programme for hundreds of growers who have decided to self-declare their plantations as illegal.
- Advised Andriani Spa on foodstuff labelling, functional food, novel food and assisted in drafting a contractual architecture for a corn supply chain, certified and traced with blockchain technology.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Luca Trevisan, Vincenzo Acquafredda