INTRODUCTION
Contributed by: Gordon Harris and Vittorio Cerulli Irelli, Trevisan & Cuonzo
Trevisan & Cuonzo is the largest IP practice in Italy and one of the largest boutique IP prac - tices in Europe. With 11 partners and over 40 lawyers, the firm covers all aspects of IP law and practice and works with clients of all sizes – from start-ups to multinationals – in all fields of technology. The firm has already been in - volved in a number of cases before the UPC in the Central and Local Divisions in Milan, and
its lawyers have written and spoken widely on topics related to the development and practice of the UPC and its jurisdiction. As a European firm with a global reach, Trevisan & Cuonzo has three decades of experience in conducting and co-ordinating multi-jurisdictional litigation. Its cross-border teams regularly work alongside lawyers in other jurisdictions in multinational cases.
Contributing Editors
Gordon Harris is an IP lawyer with over 40 years of experience in European Patent law. He was a partner at Gowling WLG for over 30 years and headed the IP team there for 25 years. In 2024,
Vittorio Cerulli Irelli is a partner at Trevisan & Cuonzo and heads the Rome office. An expert litigator with 18 years of courtroom experience, Vittorio joined the firm in 2008. He has
he joined Trevisan & Cuonzo to contribute to the firm’s international growth, and to work with the firm’s lawyers in cases, including those in the UPC, following the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union. Gordon has conducted cases at all levels in the UK, as well as the CJEU, the EPO and OHIM. He is a mediator accredited by CEDR and WIPO and is the Contributing Editor to the Chambers Unified Patent Court Global Practice Guide 2025.
successfully represented many multinational clients before the Italian and European Union courts and agencies in a broad range of high-profile cases with an international dimension, including the first case ever filed before the Milan LD of the Unified Patent Court. Vittorio has published extensively and repeatedly provided expert opinions on Italian law to the German, Dutch and UK Courts. His contentious matters have spanned across a wide range of technologies and industries.
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