STUDIO AVVOCATO LEVI

Established in 1983 the firm is counselling companies mainly in commercial and corporate law; it is a founding member of the Association of Independent European Lawyers' ("AIEL"), a network of independent law firms through Europe, specialized in commercial law.

LAWYER PROFILE

Born in Milan, Italy, November 16, 1948
Admitted: 1974,Milan
Education: State University of Milan (J.D., magna cum laude, 1971); New York University (Fulbright Grant and New York University Grant, M.C.J., 1972)


Practice Areas
Mergers and Acquisitions
Company Law
Contracts
Private International Law
Intellectual Property
E-commerce

Languages
  • Italian
  • English
  • French

Biography
  • "Use and Registration of a Trademark in the USA," 1972
  • "Distinctiveness and Secondary Meaning of a Trademark," 1975
  • "Joint Ownership of the Invention," 1977
  • "Clauses of License Agreements of Patents, Know-How and Trade Marks and EEC Competition Law," 1977
  • "Trademark and EEC Laws," 1978
  • "Circulation of Trademark within Companies of Same Group," 1978
  • "Trade Mark and Dominant Position," 1979
  • "Derogations to Legal Principles of Evaluation in Balance Sheet," 1981
  • "OCSE Code on Multinational Companies," 1982
  • "Protection of Software with Particular Regard to Foreign Legal Systems," 1984
  • "The John Player Special Trademark," 1985
  • "Software and Copyright," 1986
  • "Relationships Between Products and Services", 1995
  • "Refusal to Supply, Compulsory License, 'Essential Facility' Doctrine and Monopoly Leveraging in the Antitrust Law," 1996
  • "The Case, Christian Dior v Evora and the Tarnishing of the Trademark," 1999
  • "The Advertising Use of Another's Trademark Made By the Retailer and By the Repairer of Cars of a Known Manufacture ('collateral use')," 1999
  • "The Use of The E-mail for Advertising Purposes: From the 'Spamming' to the Permission Marketing," 2001
  • "The Joint Stock Company with a Sole Shareholder," 2004