Daniel Borgogni

Associate

dborgogni@trevisancuonzo.com

About

Daniel joined Trevisan & Cuonzo in 2019, after graduating in Law with a dissertation on artificial intelligence and its implications for patents and copyright. Daniel mainly collaborates on patent and trademark litigation, as well as dealing with antitrust and intellectual property matters. In 2024, he obtained an LL.M. from Queen Mary University of London, with a dissertation on the Unified Patent Court and the doctrine of equivalents.

Practice Areas

Education & More

Admission

Unified Patent Court – Representative (2023)

Italy – Avvocato (2022)

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M.), Queen Mary University of London, dissertation: “The Doctrine of Equivalents at the Unified Patent Court: a comparative analysis of the main EPC jurisdictions and a shot at harmonization” (2024)

Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, Milan (Master degree in Law, 2019)

University College Dublin, Sutherland School of Law (Exchange Program, 2017)

Languages

Italian, English

Acting for a well-known Italian venue obtaining annulment of a EU trademark based on a prior unregistered sign

Acting in multiple standard essential patents (SEP) cases in the telecommunications sector for US and Chinese clients

Acting in multiple cross-border trade secrets cases involving European and US-based entities in the pharmaceutical sector

Acting in multiple patent infringement cases regarding mechanical, electronics and chemical patents

“The Doctrine of Equivalents at the Unified Patent Court: A Comparative Analysis of the Main EPC Jurisdictions and a Shot at Harmonization”, GRUR International, Vol. 74(4) 2025, 331-341

Milan LD of the UPC confirms long-arm jurisdiction for infringement outside UPC territory”, www.ipinitalia.com, 2025

 “The protection loophole of disclosing unregistered designs outside the EU: a fix may finally be coming from the EU Design Regulation proposal”, www.ipinitalia.com, 2024

DABUS case: UK Supreme Court rejects appeal by Dr. Thaler and confirms that an artificial intelligence product cannot be named inventor under the UK Patents Act 1977”, www.ipinitalia.com, 2023

The Court of Florence finds against Condé Nast for use of the image of the David by Michelangelo, recognizing image rights to the work of art”, www.ipinitalia.com, 2023

 “Extraterritorial application of the Italian Cultural Heritage Code: the Court of Venice orders Ravensburger to cease the marketing of its puzzles with the image of the Vitruvian Man”, www.ipinitalia.com, 2023

Co-author of “Proprietà industriale, intellettuale e IT, IPSOA Gruppo Wolters Kluwer, Milano, 2022

The Court of Turin applies the proportionality principle to a patent injunction in Edwards Lifesciences Corp. et al. v. Meril Life Sciences Private Ltd. et al.”, www.ipinitalia.com, 2021

 “Heraeus v. Biomet: in application of the proportionality principle the Court of Milan grants a one-year “grace period” for a final injunction to take effect”, www.ipinitalia.com, 2020