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PGA Intellectual Property - European Patent, Trademark and Design Attorneys

PGA Intellectual Property is a renowned international Firm, with Swiss offices in Lugano and Stabio, that provides a wide range of services in the field of Intellectual and Industrial Property, offering professional advice in patent, trademark and design matters with a highly specialized team of 20 professionals experienced in different areas of technology and a total staff of 40 specialists.

PGA is present and operates directly in Switzerland, in front of the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE/IPI) and in Italy in front of the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM), as well as at European level in front of the European Patent Office (EPO) and of the European Union Office for Intellectual Property (EUIPO).

PGA also protects the patents, trademarks and designs of its Clients throughout the world relying on a well-established network of local agents of proven reliability and quality.

The Firm offers a unique combination of Patent, Trademark and Design Attorneys providing a complete range of IP services, such as prior art searches, drafting of technical and legal opinions, definition of protection strategies, drafting and filing of patent, trademark and design applications and prosecution of such IP rights throughout the world and management of related administrative and judicial disputes.

The technical expertise, the legal experience and the international perspective make PGA a unique point of reference in the European market for the high quality of the services provided and the ability to adapt to Clients’ needs.

FILING AND PROSECUTION OF TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

The Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol, the European Union's trademark system as well as national filing systems in Switzerland, Italy and the rest of the world offer a wide variety of tools and allow their respective owners to protect their trademark rights effectively and efficiently.

Many times it is not easy to find the best and most effective way to obtain adequate protection: our firm starts from a complete understanding of the needs of the client to help him formulate the most suitable protection strategy in each country of interest and globally.

Our services in the trademark area include:

- prior art searches and trademark clearance;

- Filing and prosecution of trademark applications in Switzerland before the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE/IPI), in Italy before the Italian Trademark Office, at European level before the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and before the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO);

- coordination for the filing and prosecution of trademark applications worldwide;

- opposition to trade marks;

- renewal of trademarks;

- judicial and extra-judicial protection of trademarks;

- comprehensive trademark portfolio management strategies.