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    Paolo Lazzarino
    ADVANT Nctm - Milan
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    Paolo Lazzarino

    ADVANT Nctm - Milan
    Lawyer
    Partner

    Expertise

    Paolo Lazzarino is the Milan-based partner expert in intellectual property law, with a wide experience in complex litigation proceedings, also with multi-jurisdictional implications, aimed at defencing corporate intangible assets (trademarks, patents, copyright, design).

    He regularly assists clients in intellectual property and advertising matters and is often involved in the negotiation of licensing, research and development, distribution, sponsorship, software, database, media, and advertising agreements for companies in the fashion, entertainment, marketing, tech, biotech and design field.

    Author of scientific papers and lecturer for master courses at IED (European Institute of Design) and SDA Bocconi, he is quoted by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Who's Who Legal as one of the Italian leading professionals in the field of industrial and intellectual property. In April 2023, he was appointed as a member of the Intellectual Property and Antitrust Commission of the Milan Bar Association and assigned to the study group on the Unified Patent Court (UPC).

    Education

    • Admitted to the Bar of Milan, 2003.
    • IP Law, London School of Economics.
    • Law degree, University of Pavia, 2000.

    Publications

    • “Il conflitto tra ditte patronomiche ed il diritto dell'imprenditore all'uso del nome”
      in: Il Diritto Industriale, n. 3/2010, IPSOA, p. 233
    • “Sulla tutela dello pseudonimo nell’ambito sportivo”
      in: Il Diritto Industriale, n. 4/2011, IPSOA, p. 364.

    Articles

    Legal 500 - Country Comparative Guide on Patent Litigation
    A comprehensive Q&A of 34 key questions, authored by Paolo Lazzarino and Roberto…
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    ADVANT Lawyers offer perspectives on new EU rules for AI regulation
    On 10 July 2025, The European Union unveiled a new code of practice on AI regula…
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    The European Commission’s Template on Training Data Transparency: First Guidelines for the AI Act
    Following the adoption of the AI Act (Reg. EU 2024/1689) on August 1, 2024, one …
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    Trademark vs. PDO: the Italian Court of Cassation Refers the Salaparuta Case to the CJEU for Clarification on Conflicting Protections
    By Paolo Lazzarino Summary With ruling no. 12563/2024, the Italian Court of …
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    The new Ambush Marketing discipline comes into force
    With the conversion of Law Decree 16/2020 into law, Italy has adopted a specific discipline on Ambush Marketing, to protect the organizers of sporting events and exhibitions, sponsors and consumers. Wit…
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    INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Suspension of terms related to intellectual property proceedings following COVID-19 measures
    Suspension of IP related deadlines as of 24 March 2020 EUIPO: All deadlines expiring between 9 March 2020 and 30 April 2020 inclusive affecting all parties in proceedings before the EUIPO are extended unt…
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    Now active the register of historical trademarks of national interest
    The decree of the Director General for the Protection of Industrial Property - Italian Patent and Trademark Office, which establishes the procedures for registration in the special register of historical t…
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