National patents, utility models and design

Custom-made assistance throughout the patenting process including:

 a)Pre-filling and filing activities:

• System analysis and advice on patentability of a technical innovation for which client is seeking protection under patent or design law;
• Pre-filing “searches” (i. e. investigations) conducted (if requested by client) among patent literature by making use of major patent data bases and by inspecting or browsing internet websites;
• Representing client before the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (U.I.B.M.) in order to act in the name and on behalf of the applicant of a Patent or Utility Model or Design application;
• Preparation of description, drawings (if required) and claims to be filed together with a patent granting application;
• Filing patent or utility model or design applications in the name of clients with the U.I.B.M.

b) post-filing activities:

• Technical and legal advice for out-of-court and in court actions on patent, model or design infringement, validity matters, assignments, licenses, enforcement, etc.

European patents

Qualified personnel of our staff can deal directly with the European Patent Office (E.P.O.) in the name and on behalf of our foreign and national clients. Custom-made assistance throughout the patenting process including:

a) pre-filing and filing activities:

• System analysis and advice on patentability of a technical innovation for which client is seeking protection under patent or design law;
• Pre-filing “searches” (i. e. investigations) conducted (if requested by client) among patent literature by making use of major patent data bases and by inspecting or browsing internet websites;
• Representing client before the E.P.O. for acting in the name and on behalf of the applicant of a European patent application;
• Preparation of description, drawings (if required) and claims to be filed together with a European patent application;
• Filing European patent applications in the name of clients before the E.P.O.

b) post-filing activities:

• Prosecution of patent applications before the E.P.O.;
• Nationalization of a granted European patent in member States of the European Patent Convention;
• Payment of annuities for keeping the European Patent in force in any State where the same has been nazionalized;
• Resisting or lodging oppositions before the E.P.O.;
• Technical and legal advice in patent validity matters, assignments, licenses, etc. and in out-of-court and court actions against patent infringements, enforcement, etc.

Community designs

Qualified personnel of our staff is entitled to deal directly with the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (O.H.I.M.) in Alicante (Spain) in the name and on behalf of our foreign and national clients.
Custom-made assistance throughout the patenting process including:

 a) pre-filing and filing activities:

• System analysis and advice on registrability of a new design for which client is seeking registration in the European Union as a whole;
• Pre-filing “searches”(i. e. investigations) conducted (if requested by client) among design literature by making use of major patent and design data bases and by inspecting or browsing internet websites;
• Representing client before the O.H.I.M. for acting in the name and on behalf of the applicant of a Community design application;
• Preparation of drawings and a description in one of the five official languages to be filed together with a Community design registration application; - Filing Community design registration applications in the name of clients before the O.H.I.M.

b) post-filing activities:

• Prosecution before the O.H.I.M.;
• Payment of quinquennial annuities for keeping a Community design in force;
• Technical and legal advice in design validity matters, assignments, licenses, etc.; and in out-of-court and court actions against design infringements, enforcement, etc.

Patenting outside the european union

Qualified personnel of our staff is entitled to directly deal with the World Intellectual Property Organization (W.I.P.O.) in order to file international or P.C.T. (Patent Convention Treaty) patent applications in the name and on behalf of our clients.
Our office is in contact on a worldwide base with foreign collegues or associates duly qualified in their countries as patent attorneys for obtaining for our clients:

• Counselling on patentability or registrability of patent or design in foreign countries, assessing the best way of protecting Intellectual Property rights outside the European Union;
• Assistance for filing patent, design applications or validation of P.C.T. applications in the name and on behalf of our clients and for prosecuting the same up to grant of a patent or registration of a design;
• Taking legal representation of our clients before national patent and trademark offices;
• Assistance and legal advice in monitoring and defending intellectual property rights in foreign countries;
• Providing our foreign collegues and/or associates professional advise and assistance on national and European patent practice and procedures.