Protection of know-how

We identify, protect and enhance know-how.

Know-how is the knowledge and unique skills that a company uses to develop products and services, generate profits, and gain a competitive edge.

Know-how can be protected if it meets the following requirements: it has economic value, it is secret and its secrecy is ensured by appropriate measures drawn up by the company.

Identifying whether you really possess know-how is the first step towards enhancing it and transforming it into a strategic asset for your business.

The key objective is to identify the know-how with certainty and protect it effectively, implementing all organizational measures and technical procedures enabling it to be exploited by businesses internally and externally, without any risk of misappropriation, and to be enforced in the event of unauthorized use.

How we work

Our experience in the protection of know-how allows us to provide a comprehensive consultancy service: by combining our legal skills, alongside with the technical skills and support of the IP attorneys of Luppi Intellectual Property, we can assess whether the knowledge assets you possess meet the technical requirements to be classified as know-how and guide you on how to protect them effectively.

Services

We offer services and strategic consulting to provide our clients with precise answers and actionable solutions.

Through our advisory activities, we support complex business projects from the outset, helping businesses to leverage intellectual property as a strategic asset to support and drive their competitiveness.

Advisory

We provide medium and long-term support to companies developing complex business projects helping them to build up, protect (defend) and manage their intellectual property assets.

Strategic consulting

We develop strategic solutions to address business needs with the most effective short and long-term approaches.

Litigation

We represent our clients before all Courts and at any stage and level of proceedings. We address and discuss every matter before Specialized IP Courts.

Contracts

We draft contracts and analyze existing agreements involving intellectual property rights to provide companies with comprehensive and tailored operational tools.

Legal opinions

We draft legal opinions that provide businesses with practical solutions to assess whether and how to take commercial, in court or out-of-court actions.

Risk analysis

We assess and identify potential risk levels of business activities involving intellectual property rights.

Assessment of intangible assets

We assist companies in identifying intangible assets not yet protected and to strategically evaluate whether and how to safeguard them.

Due diligence

We review and analyze the existence, status and history of companies’ intellectual property rights as a crucial step in making informed business decisions.

Patent box (preferential tax regime for IP)

We analyze IP rights and prepare technical opinions to secure tax relief for intellectual property assets under the Patent box regime.