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Domenico Signori

Patent and trademark attorney
Domenico works principally on patents, but has broad expertise in all intellectual property law.

He assists clients with filing and prosecuting applications for patents, designs and trademarks and, more generally, with managing their IP rights portfolios, working closely both with R&D departments and with commercial representatives of client companies.

His practice also includes prior art searches, for both patents and trademarks, freedom-to-operate and validity opinions, out-of-court matters and disputes before the national courts, due diligence activities, and strategic IP planning. 

Domenico also assists clients with licensing, distribution, confidentiality and settlement agreements in general.

He works with clients operating in the sectors of mechanical engineering, machine tools, construction, metallurgy, paper manufacturing, food & beverage, and medical devices. His clients include international groups, small and medium enterprises and private clients.

Domenico graduated from university in mechanical engineering with a thesis titled “Preliminary analysis for the design of a high-performance vehicle with hybrid propulsion”.
About me
The best trip I’ve ever taken was...  to Paris 
Sports I practice include... mountain running, ski mountaineering and mountaineering 
My favorite book is...  Touching the Void - Joe Simpson 

Focus

Education
University Degree in Mechanical Engineering, University of Brescia

Professional qualifications
European trademark attorney
Italian patent attorney
Italian trademark attorney

Specializations in trademark matters
Contracts (license, distribution, confidentiality, coexistence, etc.)
Filing, prosecution and renewal of European Union trademarks
Filing, prosecution and renewal of international trademarks
Filing, prosecution and renewal of national and foreign trademarks
Novelty and freedom-to-operate searches
Recordal of trademark ownership changes
Trademark portfolio analysis and/or management
Trademark validity and infringement opinions

Specializations in patents and design
Contracts (license, distribution, confidentiality, research, etc)
Filing and prosecution of national, Community and international utility models
Filing and prosecution of national, Community and international designs
Filing and prosecution of national, European and foreign patents
Novelty and freedom-to-operate searches
Patent, model and design portfolio analysis and/or management
Patent, model and design validity and infringement litigation
Patent, model and design validity and infringement opinions
Recordal of patents, models and designs following changes of ownership
Technical advice/assistance to the court in national litigation

Technical areas of expertise
Electrical engineering
Electronic engineering
Electrotechnical engineering
Industrial chemistry and metallurgy
Mechanical engineering
Thermotechnical engineering

Languages
English
Italian

Associations
Institute of European trademark and design attorneys
Italian Industrial Property Consultants Institute

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