Studio Traverso has represented corporations in various industry sectors including electronics, audio-video, semiconductor, fashion and design, textile, apparel and shoes, furniture, household equipments, tobacco, pharmaceutical, scientific experiments, mechanical and automobile

Trademarks, Patents and Design

• Advising a Dutch multinational company in cross border patent litigation concerning household appliances.
• Arbitrator in arbitration proceedings concerning patent transfer agreement.
• Chairman of the Arbitration Panel in arbitration proceedings concerning corporate identity.
• Advising the seller in the sale and transfer of a famous trademark in the automotive sector.
• Patent litigation in Germany on behalf of an Italian multinational company in the household appliances sector.
• Representing an Italian furniture maker in a litigation concerning design and copyright infringement.
• Representing an Italian artist in a litigation concerning design and copyright.
• Advising an Italian company operating in the shoes manufacturing industry in a litigation in France concerning trademark and design matters.
• Advising an Italian company operating in the field of electronics and household appliances on design concerning various products.
• Advising a Japanese multinational company on a prospective international litigation concerning patents on a sound reproducing equipment.
• Advising a major Italian multinational company, also abroad (Germany and Switzerland) in various international disputes concerning patents in the coffee machine sector.
• Advising an Italian company operating in the consultancy sector on a trademark case.
• Advising an English multinational company manufacturing luxury motorboats on a trademark case in Italy.
• Advising an Italian company operating in the marketing and sales of automotive spare parts and equipments on a case concerning unfair competition and trade secrets.
• Copyright and Trademark infringement civil proceedings in one of the major computer software anti-piracy operations ever carried out by the Police in Italy.
• Representing one of the major worldwide semiconductor manufacturers in a leading patent case concerning standards.
• Representing major multinational and Italian companies in trademark infringement proceedings involving the textile, mechanical, food, tobacco, furniture and design, households and fashion industry.
• Patent infringement proceedings involving the mechanical, automotive, pharmaceutical and semiconductor Industry.
• Advising on the licensing of IPRs and know-how also in relation to competition law / Antitrust provisions of the Treaty of Rome.
• Advising on regulatory aspects and labelling in relation to various products including food and medication.
• Advising on IP aspects of cross border acquisitions.
• Advising multinational advertising agencies on clearance of advertising materials in Italy.

Licensing Agreement

• Advising on trademark licensing agreement in the textile-apparel sectors including calculation and negotiation of royalties
• Patent license agreements in various industry sectors including paper, electronics and textile equipment sector.

Advertising

• Preliminary opinions on advertising materials
• Assistance in litigation concerning misleading advertising.
• Advising multinational advertising agencies on clearance of advertising materials in Italy.
• Representing clients before the Italian Advertising Standard Authority.
• Advising on regulatory aspects and labelling in relation to various products including food and medication.

Unfair Competition and Antitrust

• Litigation concerning unfair competition, trade secret violation and agents’ misappropriation on behalf of Italian companies in the automotive sector.
• Litigation concerning unfair competition, patent and design infringement in the United States on behalf of Italian company in the scientific experiments sector
• Advising an Italian company on antitrust matters including dominant position in the electronic sector.