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Orsingher - Avvocati Associati is a law firm that specializes in partnering with individuals and businesses to enhance:

- creative intellectual works
Orsingher - Avvocati Associati handles works of literature, music, figurative art, architecture, cinematography and photography, as well as software, databases and designs, all of which are protected by copyright law. Industrial products can also be protected by national and Community exclusive rights in designs if registered, and by unregistered Community exclusive rights in designs (for a shorter time).
- proprietary information
Technical know-how
Proprietary information includes know-how that resolves a technical problem in a new way; it can be protected as a patent, as a utility model or by exclusive rights over secret information.
Business know-how
Marketing information applied to the pursuit of business is one type of information in this category that can be protected as secret information and through competition law.
Personal data of customers, potential customers and employees
The use of the personal data of third parties collected by a business is governed by the provisions of the Data Protection Code, which sets the limits to data processing and the forms permitted.
- competitive positioning tools
Trademarks
All of the distinctive signs of a business, including registered and de facto trademarks, the name or trade name, the firm, signs, domain names, and the packaging and forms of the products are protected against passing off and unwarranted copying by competitors.
Company style
All elements used in crafting the identity of a business in the marketplace?including advertising campaigns, slogans, signage, the interior design of sales outlets and marketing strategies?are protected individually and as a whole by the provisions of the Industrial Property Code and competition law.
Promotional tools
Web sites and their domain names are protected by the provisions of the Industrial Property Code and competition law. Advertising campaigns, sponsorships, home shopping and prize competitions are regulated and in some cases protected by special rules.

with a specific focus on the TMT- related industries.

 

All of the boutique-size firm’s associates are highly trained in industrial and intellectual property law, commercial law, media law and competition and advertising law. And they utilize prior experience gained working at large international law firms to increase efficiency, improve analysis and work as a team on behalf of clients operating in the following industries:

- E-commerce and Internet
We assist businesses in compliance with the law on e-commerce, consumer protection, data processing, advertising, and prize competitions on telecommunication networks.
- Publishing
Our associates help clients protect and exploit the title, graphics and content of their publishing products, including both hard and soft copies. We negotiate and draft agreements for the acquisition, licensing and syndication of the intellectual works that make up the publishing products as well as license agreements for titles and co-publishing. Plus we advise our clients on compliance with the law on publishing, advertising and e-commerce.
- Gaming
We advise businesses on compliance with the European and Italian law governing on-line and off-line gaming and give opinions on the regulatory framework and context.
- Engineering
We ensure protection of our clients' know-how (patented or otherwise) and support them in devising strategies to exploit that know-how.
- Entertainment
For our clients in the entertainment industry (typically producers and distributors of cinematographic, television, home entertainment, music and infotainment content) we offer protection and exploitation of their intellectual works both online and offline. We draft acquisition, distribution, co-production, television, dubbing and merchandising agreements and advise clients on compliance with the law governing television broadcasting, e-commerce, the protection of consumers and children, advertising and competitions.
- Pharmaceuticals and biotechnologies
Orshinger - Avvocati Associati protects pharmaceutical and biotechnology trademarks and specialties patented by our clients, including within the context of patent disputes. We assist in negotiating and drafting agreements for the transfer and use of proprietary technology. And we counsel businesses on compliance with the laws regulating the manufacture and sale of pharmaceutical products and biotechnology discoveries.
- Fashion
Our clients' fashion trademarks and models need protection from counterfeiting and slavish imitation. We negotiate and draft agreements for the acquisition and licensing of trademarks and models as well as sponsorship, endorsement, distribution, franchising and merchandising agreements. We also offer our clients advice on compliance with the law on e-commerce, consumer protection, advertising/promotions and prize competitions.
- Advertising and promotional activities
We give clearance opinions to advertisers and advertising agencies on both the copy and art of advertisements and advertising campaigns. And we represent clients in cases before the advertising ombudsman, the competition authority and the courts in general, also helping them draft advertising and sponsorship agreements.
- Software
As our clients develop and evolve phases of their proprietary software we counsel them by giving copy clearance opinions and helping to devise strategies for the commercial exploitation of that software (drafting license, distribution and user agreements).
- Technology
We protect our clients’ know-how (patented or otherwise) and aid them in negotiating and drafting agreements for the transfer and use of propriety technology.
- Telecommunications
Using our expertise on European and Italian law governing telecommunications, we advise businesses on compliance and give opinions on regulatory framework and context.