Jacobacci&Partner (www.jacobacci.com)

Established in 1872 in Turin.
Provides comprehensive services in all aspects of Intellectual Property and its multi-faceted practice includes: registration and management worldwide of patents, trademarks, designs and copyright; global trademark searches and clearance; design patents priority and novelty issues; oppositions and cancellation actions throughout the world; recordal of assignments, mergers and corporate changes; advice and coordination of anti-counterfeiting, enforcement and unfair competition matters; recordal of registrations with Customs in Italy, in the U.E. and internationally; due diligence for mergers/acquisitions; negotiation and counseling for IP agreements, licenses and transactions.

The firm’s international operations rely on an extensive network of long established relationships with other leading IP firms in over 160 countries. All the professionals and staff speak fluently one or more foreign languages, particularly English, French, German and Spanish.

Jacobacci & Partners is the largest and leading IP firm in Italy and one of the international key players, with 70 dedicated professionals, of which 45% deals with trademarks and copyright and 55% with patents and designs, and over 260 staff people. The Group maintains offices in Turin, Milan, Brescia, Padua, Rome, Kilometro rosso, Geneva, Madrid and Alicante.

With a turnover of 60 million Euros in 2008, the firm handles a portfolio of 100,000 trademarks and 80,000 patents and assists over 5,000 clients active internationally in all commercial areas from luxury to publishing, mechanics, automotive industry, electronics, food industry, tobacco, chemistry pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, high tech, and transports.

Jacobacci & Partners was ranked in 2007 by Managing Intellectual Property (MIP), in the Top Tier for trademark prosecution work and selected as one of the top patent prosecution firm.