Copyright

Trevisan & Cuonzo has longstanding expertise and experience in this crucial area of intellectual property protection.

Over the past 25 years, we won some of the most important copyright cases before the Italian courts in the areas of creative design furniture, software, publishing, music, video games, films, theatre and television.

We have been pioneers in obtaining fundamental decisions from the Italian courts allowing copyright protection to world famous designs by legendary designers such as Charles and Ray Eames, Verner Panton and others in the furniture sector. Our firm has carried out a massive enforcement program against end users of software programs based on copyright law lasting over 10 years. We have also been involved in significant cases on TV format rights.

In music sector, we have successfully represented the Italian Federation of Music Industry (FIMI) in many cases before the civil and criminal courts. We have a solid experience in the field of digital anti-piracy of copyrighted content, from cinematographic and editorial works to live sports events.

Our commercial team has substantial experience in negotiating complex copyright licensing agreements in a variety of industries and sectors.

Recent notable cases:

  • Representing a Swiss-based international furniture design company in multiple copyright infringement cases
  • Representing a sports audiovisual rights holder in connection with digital piracy incidents
  • Representing two leading mobile device manufacturers in proceedings before the Italian and EU courts concerning the legality of the Italian discipline on copyright levies
  • Assisting a renowned Italian designer and artist on a broad and successful enforcement program to actively protect the client’s copyright rights against plagiarism and counterfeiting
  • Representing a biomedical company in a proceeding filed by a competitor that claimed an alleged violation of copyright on a software
  • Representing and advising a U.S. video game producer, a leader in the industry, in cases related to the exploitation of image rights
  • Representing an Italian company, owner of a chain of supermarkets, in a complex litigation instigated by a competitor on claims of alleged infringement of copyright related to buildings and the internal layout of stores

Capable across all facets of IP law

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