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“A robust and trustworthy firm that gets results, IP Law Galli seamlessly handles all aspects of complex patent litigation, transactions and unfair competition.” Enlisted by domestic and global players, the outfit has also made its mark on the Chinese market through its network on the ground and understanding of local laws. While its practitioners can navigate an array of industries, the ensemble has made a name for itself in the life sciences sector, specifically in the pharmaceuticals space, which is where Cesare Galli and Mariangela Bogni shine. “One of the leading practitioners in the IP field”, Galli is “a force to be reckoned with in the courtroom and a renowned figure in academic circles”. “He effectively capitalises on his carefully cultivated network of technical experts for a well-rounded service for clients.” With remarkable expertise in protecting IP rights, Bogni is a safe pair of hands for those involved in the field of pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and chemistry, as well as electronics and mechanics. A trusted ally for in-house teams and inventors, she possesses immense legal know-how with great technical expertise. Joining forces, the duo successfully defended medical device company Lima Corporate against both an infringing product and a revised version used to bypass the injunction.
Admitted in 1989, Cesare Galli is a lawyer and Chair of IP Law at the University of Parma. Since 2002 he has been listed in international directories as a leading Italian expert in the IP enforcement, transactions and strategic advice.
He has been dealing with major IP litigation before Italian Courts, the GC, CJEU and Courts of extra-UE countries (e.g. South Korea, China, and the US). In 1999 and 2004 he obtained the first Italian rulings on biotech and computer-implemented invention patents respectively and between 2005 and 2024 some of the most innovative decisions protecting patents (with a focus on pharma and IT), trade secrets and trademarks, including the highest damages ever awarded in Italy and the CJEU ruling which forced Italy to effectively grant copyright protection to design.
Since 2004 he has been a member of all the panels of experts appointed by the Italian Parliament and Government on IP Law issues, including the national implementation of Directive no. 2004/48/EC and the 2010 and 2023 reform of the Italian Code of Industrial Property. He is a Legal Expert of CNALCIS - National Council for the Fight against Infringement and Italian Sounding, a member of the European Counterfeiting and Piracy Observatory launched within DG Markt of the European Commission (now a legal Expert of the Observatory on the Infringement of IP Rights at EUIPO), and works on a permanent basis with INDICAM, Confindustria, LES, AIPPI, Centro Studi Anticontraffazione, AmCham and Istituto Bruno Leoni (as Honorary Fellow) on IP issues.
He authored an impressive number of publications on almost all IP aspects, including the largest Italian commentary (a new edition will be out soon) and as Co-Editor of Il diritto industriale (the most important Italian IP Law Review) he analyses enforcement-related case-law to monitor trends and identify new developments in IP.
Founded in 2004, IP LAW GALLI is a specialized IP boutique law firm, providing clients with judicial (litigation) and extrajudicial (strategy-contracts-M&A) services concerning all branches of IP, with a special focus on patent and trade-secret litigation, with specific and extensive experience in pharmaceutical and biotechnology patents, computer and software patents, IT, TMT. Key types of work include PI proceedings and assessment of damages/disgorgement of profits, strategic IP consulting, technology transfer, distribution and licence agreements, trademarks/design oppositions.
The Firm’s clients include large multinational and domestic industrial groups in the pharmaceutical, chemical and electronic sectors, as well as in the field of fashion and luxury goods, mechanics, electro-mechanics and the agricultural produce processing sector and it also advises important international publishers in the copyright field. The firm provides clients with a specific expertise on the Chinese market too, due to a wide network of correspondents in China and to the extensive knowledge of Chinese law and language (it has also a dedicated Associate).
IP LAW GALLI is a founding member of the UPCLA network of high profile patent litigators firms, aimed at planning and coordinating pan-European patent cases before the UPC.
With its main office in Milan and branch offices in Brescia and Parma, IP LAW GALLI is characterised by the personal imprint of its founder, Professor Cesare Galli, Chair of IP Law at the University of Parma (Faculties of Law and Medicine), and has constantly maintained its strong reputation thanks to its highly professional, closely coordinated team.
Professor Galli and his team at IP LAW GALLI have advised and assisted clients in the most important IP Italian cases in the last 35 years, usually along with partner Mariangela Bogni PhD. In 1999 he obtained the first Italian ruling in the field of biotech patents, in 2004 the first Italian ruling on the validity of a computer implemented invention patent, and between 2005 and 2024 some of the most innovative and progressive measures for the protection of trade secrets and well-known trademarks in particular against look-alikes, including the highest damages ever awarded in Italy and the CJEU ruling which forced Italy to effectively grant copyright protection to design. The Firm has been dealing with IP enforcement matters also before the GC, CJEU and Courts established in third countries (in particular South Korea, China, and the US, where Professor Galli served also as Expert Witness), often co-ordinating the enforcement strategies of the Clients at a global level.
Apart from litigation, the Firm usually advises major companies on worldwide anti-counterfeiting, licensing and IPRs management strategies and is often asked to review and manage the most sensitive IP aspects of M&A transactions, developing creative solutions for the most problematic aspects thereof and delimitation of the respective rights of the parties.
Since 2004, Professor Galli has been a member of all the panels of experts appointed by the Italian Parliament and Government on IP Law issues, including the national implementation of Directive no. 2004/48/EC and the 2010 and 2023 reform of the Italian Code of Industrial Property. He is a Legal Expert of CNALCIS - National Council for the Fight against Infringement and Italian Sounding, a member of the European Counterfeiting and Piracy Observatory launched within DG Markt of the European Commission (now a legal Expert of the Observatory on the Infringement of IP Rights at EUIPO), and works on a permanent basis with INDICAM, Confindustria, LES, AIPPI, Centro Studi Anticontraffazione, AmCham and Istituto Bruno Leoni (as Honorary Fellow) on IP issues.
Likewise Professor Galli and his team were heavily involved in the process that led to Italy taking part in the UPC Agreement in 2013 and the enhanced cooperation on the unitary patent in 2015. Further, Professor Galli assisted the Italian delegates in drafting the Rules of Procedure for the working of the Unified Court and has coordinated leading conferences on this issue.
The Firm members and in particular Professor Galli authored an impressive number of publications on almost all aspects of intellectual property, including the largest Italian commentary (a new edition will be out soon) and as Co-Editor of Il diritto industriale (the most important Italian IP Law Review) he analyses enforcement-related case-law to monitor trends and identify new developments in IP.