Carlo Comolli Acquaviva

Attorney-at-law

Carlo has a wide-ranging and consolidated experience in the protection of intellectual property rights (trademarks, models, patents, copyright, know-how, and domain names), which he draws on to assist national and international clients in the IP right's strategic, formative and constitutive phases, in facilitating the economic exploitation and management of the right, and in protecting it against third parties.

He mainly offers legal assistance out of court (consultancy, contracts, due diligence, and disputes) and in court, including administrative (opposition procedures), civil (precautionary actions and actions on the merits, for infringement, patent interference, unfair competition and invalidity of intellectual property rights) and criminal (counterfeiting and receiving stolen goods).

Carlo also handles problems with customs surveillance at international level (intervention requests, suspension of release of products, appraisals and subsequent steps) and, more generally, activities related to the enforcement of intellectual property rights.

At the contractual level, he drafts licensing contracts, distribution contracts, and contracts for R&D cooperation in new technologies, coexistence contracts, assignment contracts and contracts for joint ownership of intellectual property rights.

Carlo works with multinationals, listed companies, and small and medium enterprise in the sectors of fashion, furniture and luxury goods, automotive, sports, pharmaceuticals, communications, publishing, and food, and he advises innovative startups, drawing on links with universities and research institutions in Italy and abroad.

Carlo graduated from university with a thesis on private law titled "Grounds for invalidity in matrimony".

Prior to joining Modiano & Partners, Carlo gained experience in his family's law firm, which was founded in 1969 and works in family law (separation, divorce and succession), and he also fulfilled an internship at a prestigious law firm in London.

About me

My favorite movie is... 12 Angry Men - William Friedkin

I’ve lived in... the UK

As a child I dreamed of becoming... a basketball player

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Education
University Degree in Law, University of Milan

Professional qualifications
Attorney-at-law before the Unified Patent Court
Italian attorney-at-law
Italian Supreme Court attorney

Specializations in trademark matters
Contracts (license, distribution, confidentiality, coexistence, etc.)
Novelty and freedom-to-operate searches
Oppositions and appeals at the EUIPO
Oppositions and appeals at the national trademark Offices, domestic and worldwide
Trademark due diligence
Trademark portfolio analysis and/or management
Trademark validity and infringement litigations
Trademark validity and infringement opinions
Unfair competition and piracy

Specializations in patents and design
Contracts (license, distribution, confidentiality, research, etc)
Oppositions and appeals before the European Patent Office
Oppositions and appeals before the national patent Offices, domestic and worldwide
Patent, model and design validity and infringement litigation
Patent, model and design validity and infringement opinions

Internet specializations
Pre-filing and freedom-to-register searches
Procedures of reassignment of domain names worldwide

Technical areas of expertise
Agrochemicals
Automotive
Biomedical devices
Biotechnology
Commercial distribution
Cosmetics and perfumes
E-commerce
Fashion
Food & beverage
Food science and technology
Furnishings
Jewelry
Media
Packaging
Renewable energy
Sport
Telecommunications

Languages
English
Italian

Associations
Milan Lawyers Bar Association

Professional activities
Lecturer on IP law at yearly seminars organized by the Association of the Industries of Lombardy, Italy and the Chamber of Commerce of Milan