Francesco Fiussello Biotechnology Lawyer of the Year Italy
Firm Profile
Studio Torta which specialises in the strategic use of Industrial Property tools for protecting and making the most of the intangible assets of a company – be they innovative products and processes or brands – was born in Turin in 1879. Having originally stemmed from the entrepreneurial effort of brothers Vincent and Secondo Torta, the Firm, which is now organised as a joint-stock company and has Mr. Luigi Boggio as its President, has six operative offices in Italy (Turin, Milan, Bologna, Treviso, Rimini and Rome) and two abroad (Munich and Alicante).
The staff includes about fifty professionals and more than one hundred secretary assistants. Among the professionals, all levels of seniority as well as all technical backgrounds are fairly represented, so that the firm can offer each client the best assistance, by relying, at once, on the experience that senior consultants have acquired in the field of industrial property and related contract law and on the competence that junior
consultants possess as concerns novel technologies
(nanotech, biotech,
telecom, software, and so forth). The vast and qualified Client portfolio (including about 3000 companies overall, of which 2000 in Italy and 1000 abroad) is a testament to the value of the contribution made daily by the Firm’s professionals in all technical fields.
Studio Torta manages more than 50,000 patents/patent applications and 15,000 trademarks, by exploiting, among other assets, a software designed ad hoc by specialists operating exclusively within the Firm.
The greatest attention is paid to the quality of the services provided (not only for the filing of new patent and trademark applications, but also as concerns the enforcement of Industrial Property rights, assistance with contracts, training of Industrial Property managers for the Clients, etc.) with a constantly proactive approach, so as to always be prepared
About Francesco Fiussello specialized in inventions
Francesco Fiussello joined Studio Torta in 1998 after a first experience in the patent department of a chemical Company and became an associate in January 2005; he in food
chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceutical technology, biopolymers. He has also assisted clients in the deposit of biological material under the Budapest Treaty. He is a registered Italian and European patent attorney since 2004. He is an active member of the Italian Association of Patent Searchers (AIDB).
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searches and in validity, infringement and legal opinions. He has assisted clients in multinational litigation in the fields of food chemistry, biopolymers and pharmaceuticals.
He has an extensive experience in opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office.
Numerous lectures within Italy and abroad on different subjects, particularly regarding patent portfolio management for small and medium enterprises and more recently on the unitary patent Regulations and the unified patent court. He fluently speaks English and German and has a good knowledge of French.
to offer solutions that can satisfy a Client’s needs.
Results, work management system,
approach with Clients and the ability to work as a team have made it possible for the Firm to receive in 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013 the “Managing Intellectual Property Award”, the most significant international accolade in the field, conferred by an international specialized magazine, as the best Italian Industrial Property Firm.
An Italian Jury composed of law
practitioners specialising in Intellectual Property has selected the Firm in 2013 for a similar accolade, the “Legalcommunity Award”.
Areas of Expertise
• Validity and Non infringement opinions
• Litigation both in Italy and abroad
• Opposition and Appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office on
o food chemistry o biotechnology o pharmaceutical technology o biopolymers
Contact
Francesco Fiussello Studio Torta Via Viotti, 9 Torino, 10121 Italy Tel. +390115611320 Fax +390115622102 Email:
fiussello@studiotorta.it Website:
www.studiotorta.it
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