Activities
Since its inception, Sena & Partners has represented leading companies in each of the respective fields of intellectual and industrial property and in the commercial sector, contributing to the history of IP and industrial law in Italy.
Its clients include the most renowned Italian and foreign companies, which have entrusted the firm with their patent, trademark, copyright, design, advertising, competition and antitrust matters, as well as acquisitions and contracts related to intellectual and industrial property.
In addition to its ongoing legal advisory services, Sena & Partners provides legal assistance in proceedings before various Italian courts ( Court of Cassation, Regional Administrative Courts, Council of State, Italian Patent and Trademark Office, Appeals Commission, and also before the Constitutional Court) and European courts (European Patent Office – EPO, European Union Intellectual Property Office – EUIPO, Court of First Instance and Court of Justice), as well as in national and international arbitration proceedings.
He also provides assistance before various authorities (the Italian Competition and Market Authority – AGCM and the Italian Communications Authority – AGCOM) and, with regard to commercial communication issues, before the Advertising Self-Regulatory Jury.
Over the years, the firm has generated landmark decisions in the field of intellectual and industrial property, in the application of competition principles, in disputes relating to advertising and in all related sectors.
Areas of activity
Distinctive signs and trademarks
In trademark matters, domain names and distinctive signs in general.
Copyright
Protection of the most important domestic newspapers and publishers.
Patents
Handling problems relating to the ownership of patents and especially in matters involving employee inventions and fair compensation.
Designs and models
Protection of the aspect of the industrial product, in particular in the fields of fashion, home furnishings and automotives.
Designations of origin and geographical indications
Protection of local products are amongst its prominent clients
Advertising and commercial communication
Vast experience in handling disputes in matters relating to advertising before the Self-Regulatory Jury, Antitrust Authority, Regional Administrative Tribunals and Ordinary Courts.
Unfair competition
Assistance in concluding agreements and covenants of non-competition as well as disputing the relative violations
Anti-counterfeiting strategy
Highly skilled in developing and implementing anti-counterfeiting enforcement strategies,