Filing to protect a plant variety? Bear in mind that the novelty requirement is not the same as for patents: the Italian Supreme Court has recently ruled that the mere existence of an earlier application abroad filed by the same applicant for the same plant variety...

On 15 November 2023 our senior partner Giovanni Antonio Grippiotti and patent attorney Sara Manna of Società Italiana Brevetti met PhD students and researchers at the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma for a training event on new rules concerning regarding...

Our partner Mario Pozzi has been invited to speak during the Federal Circuit Bar Association's Global Series 2023 Fall session taking place in Milan at the Hotel Principe di Savoia, 1-3 November 2023. On Friday 3 November, Mario will speak during the “Hot topics in...

The Unified Patent Court (UPC) promotes international cooperation among participating EU member states. In order to properly position themselves for handling cases before the UPC, IP law firms from different countries have joined together to form the European Patent...

SIB LEX and SIB Società Italiana Brevetti have the pleasure of hosting jointly the first live meeting of the European Patent Litigators Network (EPLN) in our Milan offices on 18-19 July 2023. Patent litigation in Europe has undergone crucial changes with the...

On 12 July 2023 our attorneys at law Federico Caruso and Mario Pozzi are to hold a lecture on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property for the Intensive Programme on AI and Business Opportunities organised by LUISS Business School.

SIB LEX founding partner Giovanni Antonio Grippiotti, Attorney at law, and Of counsel Elisabetta Papa, European Patent Attorney, have both earned recognition for intellectual property law by the guide Best Lawyers® in Italy 2024, researched by the respected peer...

The Italian ministry of foreign affairs confirmed this week in a press release that the Administrative committee of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has unanimously decided to proceed with the establishment of the Milan section of a central division of the UPC. The...

Our attorney at law Federico Caruso has been invited to speak at the XIV Giornate scientifiche SOI conference on the theme "Horticulture for the ecological transition”, taking place from 21 to 23 June 2023 at the Luigi Einaudi...