Luigi Fontanesi

Practice Details

• Languages
  Italian
  Native
  English
  Fluent
  French
  Basic Conversation
• Firm Information
  Position

  Partner

  Firm Name

  Greenberg Traurig, LLP
• Representative Cases & Transactions
  Cases

  Experience: Litigation: Advise of a pharmaceutical company, operating in the Life Science sector, in very complex proceedings relating to trademark infringement
  unfair competition, before the Section for Intellectual Property in the Court of Rome, also assisting the client in the drafting of new agreements as well as in the day-by-day company activity.
  Assistance of a leading Hotellerie Company in litigations regarding trademark decadence
  provided legal advice also in the day by day activity with reference to IP issues.
  Assistance of a Dutch company, leading manufacturer of backpacks for kids, in proceedings relating to trademark infringement
  unfair competition before the Section for Intellectual Property in the Court of Milan.
  Assistance of a primary casual wear Italian company throughout all its compositions with creditors procedure.
  Assistance of a primary Oil
  Gas Company on complex litigations
  corporate
  IP issues.
  Assistance of a primary pharmaceutical company in a very complex international litigation in Switzerl
  .
  I have been appointed by the Bankruptcy Court of Milan to assist the bankruptcy proceedings of an Italian fashion company, with particular reference to the defence of trademarks
  the drafting of opinions, as well as the drafting of a license agreement that allows the company to dispose of its br
  s through a public contract.
  Assistance of a Gas supply Company of integrated systems
  instruments for the analysis of gases
  liquids with reference to contracts
  litigation regarding hardware
  software for the energy sector.
  Assistance of a leading multinational company operating worldwide in the production
  distributions of accordions in a very complex proceedings involving international trademark
  IP issues against an Italian company.
  M&A: Represented Black Dragon Capital in connection with its acquisition of Grass Valley, a leading technology supplier of advanced broadcast
  media solutions, with operations in over 20 different jurisdictions worldwide.
  Assistance of a leading French company in the electronic sector, in the purchase of a primary Italian company, also overseeing all the aspects of the deal related to know how, trademarks, domain names, trade secrets, privacy, antitrust. I also assisted such company in complex transactions concerning the purchase of branches of business from Italian companies operating in the same sector.
  Assistance of a primary pharmaceutical company in the transfer of a part of its branch of business.
  Assistance of a primary Italian casualwear company in the sale to a Chinese company of all its business.
  International Trade
  Research, Sponsorship, Franchise, Agency
  Distribution Agreements: Assistance of Italian leading companies in the Italian hygiene
  beauty market in the licensing of its trademark portfolio.
  Assistance of a primary pharmaceutical company with reference to the agreement of a new award project aimed at young Italian researchers who are doing their work abroad in the field of 'flow chemistry'. The initiative is promoted by the pharmaceutical company in collaboration with Milan Polytechnic Foundation
  the Polytechnic University of Milan.
  Assistance of a primary sports
  casual wear Italian company in drafting several (more than 200) international franchise, distribution
  agency agreements. I assisted such company also in drafting the sponsorship agreements with several famous tennis players.
  Assistance of fashion wear
  jewellery companies in drafting of patent
  trademark license agreements.
  Assistance of a primary Italian Research Consortium
  University in drafting research
  patent license agreements. For such entities I revised the spin-off
  patent regulation.
  Assistance of primary food companies (wine, vinegar
  rice
  corn companies) in complex trademark litigations
  drafting of license
  supply agreements.
  Software
  Information Technology: Assistance of a leading company operating in the software enterprising in a complex international transaction concerning the development of software
  the supply of IT services with an Italian primary company operating in the telecommunication system.
  The above representations were h
  led by Mr. Fontanesi prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig.
  Teaching Experience: Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property
  e-Business, Bicocca University of Milan, 2003-2012
  Visiting Professor, Intellectual Property, Biotechnology,
  e-Business law, Various Organizations, 2001-2010
  Master, 'The Patents,' BioBresso Consortium, 2009
  Lecturer, Master in Biogiuridica of BioGem, in cooperation with Lumsa University of Rome, 2008
  Master in Information Technology, Bicocca University of Milan, 2002-2005
  Master in Bioinformatics, Bicocca University of Milan, 2004
  Lecturer in EU Trademark Law, Master on International Law, ISPI (Italian Institute for International Political Studies), 1999
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