On 17 February 2023 Germany finalised its ratification of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, as announced on the court’s web site. Germany’s ratification was the last one needed to trigger the entry into force of the agreement, so it is now certain that both the...

Our partner Mario Pozzi is to speak at the 18th Annual Advanced Patent Law Institute taking place on 23 and 24 March 2023 at the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia, organised by University of Texas School of Law and by the George Mason...

How should a company adapt its IP strategy to the changes to that are soon to be brought by the Unitary patent and the Unified Patent Court? On 23 January 2023 our partner and attorney-at-law Mario Pozzi will join Marta Manfrin, European Patent Attorney with Società...

The opening date of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) has been postponed to 1 June 2023, and the Sunrise period, during which it will be possible to opt out of the UPC’s jurisdiction, will begin on 1 March 2023.

1 April 2023 is the date set for the opening of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) as announced by the Preparatory Committee last week. The Committee has also published an “implementation roadmap” indicating the date of 1 January 2023 for the start of the so-called...

Background On 17 October 2018 and on 7 November 2018 Stephen Thaler filed two European patent applications with the European Patent Office (EPO) - the first one, EP 18 275 163, concerning a Food Container and the second one, EP 18 275 174, relating to Devices and...

SIB LEX is included as a recommended firm in the Leaders League Italy Patent Litigation ranking 2022. Our Founding Partner Giovanni Antonio Grippiotti is individually recommended in the same ranking.

SIB LEX Founding Partner Giovanni Antonio Grippiotti, Attorney-at-law, and Of counsel Elisabetta Papa, European Patent Attorney, are both listed for Intellectual Property Law in the guide Best Lawyers® in Italy 2023, researched by the respected peer review publication...

On 8 July 2002 our partner Mario Pozzi is to hold a lecture on intellectual property and artificial intelligence for the Intensive Program on Artificial Intelligence and Business Opportunities of the LUISS Business School in Rome. The lecturer will lead students on an...