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We are very proud to announce that our fellow partner Heiko Seeger has been named CEIPI IP Business Academy Ambassador in Italy. The Ambassadors are represent...

The podcast “Oral proceedings by videoconference” is online! Our partner Matteo Maccagnan, Rachel Free (partner at CMS) and Minna Alarcon (Senior Pa...

We are very proud to announce that Simone Bongiovanni, Lidia Casciano, Fabio D’Angelo, Mauro Eccetto and Luigi Franzolin have been recognized as World’s Le...

We are very proud to announce that Studio Torta has been recognized as Highly Recommended Firm in the patent prosecution category by IAM Patent 1000/2021. T...

In a press release dated 9 July 2021, the German Federal Constitutional Court announced that it has dismissed the preliminary injunctions directed against the a...

Congratulations to our Patent team! Studio Torta has been named one of Europe’s Leading Patent Law Firms 2021 by the Financial Times and its research partne...

We are very proud to announce that Luigi Boggio, Simone Bongiovanni, Fabio D’Angelo, Mauro Eccetto and Luigi Franzolin have been recognized by Leaders League ...

We are very proud to announce that Maria Cristina Baldini, Raffaella Barbuto and Elisa Tricerri have been recognized by Leaders League as “Leading professiona...

We are very happy and proud to announce that Luigi Boggio and Simone Bongiovanni have been recognized “Patent Star 2021” and Raffaella Barbuto has been reco...

We are very proud to announce that Studio Torta has been recognized as Top Tier Firm 2021 in the category “Patent prosecution” for Italy by MIP IP STARS, th...

We are very proud to announce that Studio Torta has been recognized as Top Tier Firm 2021 in the category “Trade mark prosecution – patent & trade mark ...

Proud to announce that our professionals Nadine Battiato and Andrea Fiorini have brilliantly passed the European patent qualifying examination. Our congratulati...

The annual “IPL SPRING Virtual” meeting organized by ABA-IPL Section kicks off from April 7th to 16th, 2021. Eight days of conference with presentations by ...

April 1st marks the 142nd anniversary of the founding of Studio Torta. Since 1879, our firm and its staff have lived through three centuries of growth, difficu...

Covid has imposed deep changes on companies and organizations, which have adapted to remote work and virtual conferencing systems to ensure business continuity....

On March 10, 2021, the Enlarged Board of Appeal (EBA) of the European Patent Office issued decision G 1/19 concerning computer-implemented simulations, substant...

We are happy and proud to announce that our partners Elena Cerbaro and Luigi Franzolin have been appointed as members of the SACEPO Working Party on e-Patent-Pr...

Thousands of packages of chocolates bearing the counterfeit trademark CHOCO CRISPO were seized at the port of La Spezia. A decision of the Criminal Section of t...

Studio Torta was recognized in CAPITAL ELITE Category during the CHINA AWARDS ceremony – XV EDITION 2021 held yesterday in streaming on https://video.mila...

We at Studio Torta congratulate the 7 candidates Federico Baiotto, Gabriele Biondi, Stefano Bragato, Alessio Mangraviti, Matteo Sagone, Heiko Seeger, Angela Ver...

Proud to announce that Luigi Franzolin was elected as Honorary President of UNION-IP. Congrats for this deserved achievement after many years of active particip...

Studio Torta is proud to announce that Gabriele Martini and Heiko Seeger have become partners of the firm as of 1 January 2021. Gabriele, who joined the team in...

Recent facts: 20.03.2020     The German Bundesverfassungsgericht – BVerfG (Federal Constitutional Court) delivered its decision on the complaint against t...

The so-called “transition period” of the BREXIT process will end on 31st December 2020: therefore, from 1st January 2021 all the European Union Regulations ...

EPO and CNIPA agreed to enhance their bilateral co-operation in the framework of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) by starting a CNIPA-EPO pilot. The CNIPA-EP...

Proud to announce that Heiko Seeger and Gabriele Biondi were nominated as “Rising Star 2020/21” and Elisa Tricerri as “Notable Practitioner” in Italy by...

Proud to announce that also this year Studio Torta was recognized by Leaders League as “Leading firm” in the categories “Italy – Best IP Agencies fo...

Direct national entry for the grant of an Italian patent or utility model is possible for International (PCT) applications filed as of 1st July 2020. The term f...

Elisa Tricerri will take part as speaker in the Roundtable- IP after COVID_19 organized by the firm Clarke Modet on July 9, 2020. Registration: https://bit.ly/3...

Proud to announce that Studio Torta was recognized by the IAM magazine, in the ninth edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, as ...

May 12, 2020: Law Decree no. 16 of March 11, 2020 on “Urgent provisions for the organization and conduct of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Milan ...

Law no. 27 of 24 April 2020, which converted into law – with some modifications – Law Decree no. 18 of 17 March 2020, further modifies the terms of validity...

Proud to announce that Luigi Boggio, Simone Bongiovanni and Raffaella Barbuto were nominated by Managing Intellectual Property as “IP Stars 2020”. Well done...

“The Rules of Procedure before the Boards of Appeal” has been adopted by the Presidium, being responsible for the regulation and organization of the...

In the year 2019, the number of patent applications in Italy saw a further increase, with over 10.000 applications (10.127). The same positive trend for patent ...

The European Patent Office (EPO) has introduced an amendment to Rule 103 EPC regulating the refund of the appeal fee. The new Rule has entered into force on 1 A...

The Coronavirus has profoundly changed our personal and professional lifestyles, confronting us with new scenarios and challenges. During these weeks, many comp...

Today, Studio Torta celebrates its 141st birthday. Since 1879, Studio Torta protects technology and creativity in a nation which has developed from a farming to...

On March 20, 2020, the German Federal Constitutional Court has rendered public its decision to partially uphold the constitutional complaint raised against the ...

The firm is fully operational in remote working mode. Our professionals and staff work with normal efficiency from their homes with secure connections to the St...

In connection with the COVID-19 outbreak in Europe, the EPO and EUIPO (besides the Italian PTO as already announced) have adopted measures to extend time limits...

To all clients and colleagues In connection with the Covid-19 outbreak and the related exceptional measures taken by the Italian government to limit further spr...

To all clients and colleagues In relation to the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy, we reassure you that all our offices are open to date, and that our business contin...

In connection with the Coronavirus spread in northern Italy, we assure that all the offices of the firm are fully operational. We are taking measures to reduce ...

Proud to announce that Studio Torta was recognized by the World Trademark Review 1000 as “Highly recommended Agency 2020” for Italy. They say about us: “A...

Great Britain and the European Union have ratified the Brexit agreement. The document allows the United Kingdom to leave the EU on January 31, 2020. From that d...

Direct national entry for the grant of an Italian patent or utility model will be possible for International (PCT) applications filed as of 1st July 2020. The t...

  Great to see you in Shanghai at the 4th China Pharma IP Summit 2019  ...

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Maria Cristina Baldini took part in the two-day Intellectual Property seminar in Moscow with a speech on European PDOs and GIs specifically related to the wine ...

We are proud to announce that Studio Torta has been awarded as “Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year” for Italy at the EMEA MIP Awards 2019. We thank...

Starting from February 26th, 2019 it will be possible to file Italian trademark applications through a “fast track” procedure. This will considerabl...

On the 16th of April 2018 the United Kingdom announced ratification of the Agreement on the Unified Patent Court (UPCA). The United Kingdom is one of the three ...