Team • Giovanni DE SANTIS
Practice areas
Patent prosecution
Patent Litigation
Unfair Competition
Contracts
Strategy
Audit
Giovanni DE SANTIS
Partner
European Patent Attorney | Italian Patent Attorney | US Patent Agent | UPC Representative
ITALY
Before joining LAVOIX’s Milan office in 2018, most of Giovanni de SANTIS’s career took place in Italy, the United States and Switzerland within a leading group in energy and automation technologies.
Technology areas
Banking & consulting
Biotech
Chemistry & materials
Defense and aerospace
Medical devices
Distribution and consumer goods
Electronics & robotics
Energy and decarbonization
Foodtech, agri-food, nutrition and health
Quantum computing
IT, AI, data
E-commerce
Luxury & cosmetics
Mechanics and construction
Media & entertainment
Mobility
Optics, photonics
Pharmacy & medtech
Public research and public/private partnerships
Sports and multimedia
Telecoms
Signal and image processing
Wines and spirit
Training
Professional experience
Giovanni’s activity was marked by support for research and development projects, corporate mergers and acquisitions, and financial management of a portfolio of trademarks and patents. He also participated in many European and international disputes, including for anti-infringement activities in the Middle and Far East. He developed IP strategies, conducted freedom to operate studies, performed audits, negotiated licenses, and specialized in the issue of employee inventions and patent ownership.
He handled many patent grant procedures, as well as patent validity and enforceability consultations. Giovanni also participated in training future professionals and was a member of several qualification exam committees as an Italian Patent Attorney.