RAFFAELLA BARBUTO

Milan

barbuto@studiotorta.it

She graduated in Law and joined the firm in 2001, becoming a partner in 2003. She works in our Milan office and assists various companies in the protection of their distinguishing features in Italy and abroad. Raffaella provides advice on Trademarks, Designs and Copyrights including prior art searches, filing strategies, remark and opposition management, drafting of contracts and agreements, anti-counterfeiting activities, customs surveillance, trade fair activities and trademark protection on the web.

An author of articles and a co-author of the Italian chapters of “Enforcement of IP Rights through Border Measures” and of “International Pharmaceutical Law and Practice”, she has been a lecturer in several conferences, courses and seminars.

She constantly collaborates with the national Consultants Institute. She is a member of INDICAM, participating in the Legal Group for the study of IP rights protection issues and for the organization of training and refresher seminars for IP Consultants and Lawyers. Raffaella is a member of FICPI and, since 2019, she is the Italian member of the ECTA Council.

She is Unioncamere’s Expert for the internationalization of Industrial Property and IP Protection Service’s advisor for Federlegno.

Training

Master's Degree in Law (Università di Torino)

Services

Design Trademarks

Awards and Accolades

“IP Star” for trademark prosecution by MIP (2018 / 2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2023 / 2024) | “Leading individual” by WTR 1000 (2019 / 2020 / 2021 / 2022 / 2023) | “Key figure” for trademark prosecution by Leaders League (2020)

Qualifications

European and Italian Trademark Attorney | European and Italian Design Attorney

Languages

Italian (native language) English