The primary specialization of the team has historically been high-level patent litigation, including transnational disputes, which has made our team well-known and appreciated by the most prominent international firms. The successes achieved in various cases, now established as significant legal precedents, have contributed to strengthening our team’s reputation, regarded as excellent by observers and clients alike.

This is complemented by extensive expertise in the protection of trademarks, designs, geographical indications, trade secrets, and copyrights, where our Firm is widely recognized for excellence.

Morri Rossetti’s services are mainly directed at leading companies in the fields of mechanics, chemistry and pharmaceuticals, fashion and design, food and beverage, electronics, and information and communication technology.

A dynamic, cohesive, and highly skilled team, internationally recognized for the originality of its solutions – for years international publications and major industry directories have been ranking our team among the leading Italian professionals in this area of practice.

This reputation allows our Firm to handle cases of primary importance - complex and multifaceted - where skilful interpretation of the law is a distinctive and winning factor. We have expertise for high-profile national and international disputes in the following areas:

Patents

Our team has been entrusted with some of the most prominent patent disputes, whose resolutions have shaped the history of this area of law in Italy and abroad. The professionals in our IP team are recognized for their exceptional expertise in patent litigation. We defend patent rights:

• Before all Italian and foreign courts, leveraging our international network.
• Across all industrial sectors, achieving significant economic results for our clients, in terms of market share and royalties.

We also handle non-contentious matters, including:

• Conducting infringement analysis.
• Valuation of corporate assets and related agreements for transfer and exploitation.
• Due diligence on patent portfolios in the context of mergers and acquisitions.

Trademarks

We assist our Clients in both contentious and non-contentious matters, from drafting licensing and distribution agreements to addressing infringement issues. The team specializes in innovative topics such as selective distribution and online counterfeiting, earning a solid reputation in these areas. Our expertise in trademark matters in China, particularly in judicial and extrajudicial contexts, has provided our clients with substantial competitive advantages in the Chinese market.

Designs

We regularly assist Italian and international designers operating in various industries, such as fashion and luxury furniture, offering advice on a broad range of contracts that protect design in all its aspects. We have achieved success in landmark cases that have directly contributed to the development of this legal area.

Trade Secrets

We assist companies in protecting industrial know-how. Specifically, in contentious matters, we handle disputes concerning:

• Imitation of industrial designs.
• Misappropriation or unlawful use of confidential business information.
• Exploitation of knowledge acquired by former employees during prior employment relationships.

In non-contentious matters, we support Clients in drafting confidentiality agreements and contracts to protect their technological and commercial assets.

Copyright

We provide legal assistance in both contentious and non-contentious matters related to the protection of intellectual works, with a focus on software, literary, musical, photographic, design.

Made in Italy

We offer assistance in:

• Enhancing and protecting the "Made in Italy" designation.
• Food product labeling and traceability.
• Geographical indications and designations of origin.

Unfair Competition

We provide legal support in disputes involving breaches of competition rules and principles of professional fairness, including:

• Slavish imitation.
• Confusing practices.
• Denigration.
• Solicitation of employees.
• Boycotting, dumping, parasitic competition.
• "Italian sounding" practices in food law.
• Appropriation of merits