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Sara Balice

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer
Sara Balice is Of Counsel in the Intellectual Property department at Hebert Smith Freehills Kramer, based in Milan.

For 20+ years Sara has been advising a wide range of leading domestic and multinational clients on their contentious and non-contentious IP needs, as well as on pharma regulatory matters. In particular, Sara advises on patents, trademarks, design, copyright, trade secrets and unfair competition matters. Sara is an experienced IP litigator, involved in complex multi-jurisdictional cases, where she frequently acts as lead coordinating counsel for multinational clients. 

Sara has also extensive experience in drafting and negotiating commercial/IP agreements. Her practice spans multiple industry sectors, from healthcare and life sciences, to consumer goods, fashion, TMT, industrial and automotive.

Sara is recognized by international, Italian and IP-specific legal publications for both IP and Healthcare and Life Sciences. She is recommended by Legal 500 EMEA, Chambers Europe, WTR1000 and IAM Patent 1000, with clients describing her as "always responsive and to the point, very knowledgeable but pragmatic", and stating that "Sara’s representation is stellar from start to finish. She zealously represents the interests of her clients and listens to their concerns".

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2007

Experience

  • DLA Piper (2012 - 2018)
  • Bird & Bird (2009 - 2012)
  • Rucellai & Raffaelli Law Firm (2007 - 2009)

Membership

  • AIPPI

Qualifications

  • LLM IP (2014-2015)
  • Master Degree (2009)
  • Master Degree (2001-2002)
  • Bachelor Degree (2001)

Education

  • Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle - CEIPI (2014-2015)
  • Il Sole 24 Ore Formazione - Milano (2009)
  • Collegio Europeo di Parma (2001-2002)
  • Università degli Studi di Bari (2001)

1 Contributions by Sara Balice

EU geographical indications (PDO/PGI): international framework, 2024/1143 reforms, regimes for wine, spirits, agricultural and craft/industrial products, registration and opposition, enforcement, trade mark interplay, and the Geneva Act
PRACTICE NOTES
EU geographical indications (PDO/PGI): international framework, 2024/1143 reforms, regimes for wine, spirits, agricultural and craft/industrial products, registration and opposition, enforcement, trade mark interplay, and the Geneva Act
This Practice Note provides a concise overview of the legal safeguards available for geographical indications (GIs) and designations of origin, including appellations of origin, protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected GIs (PGIs) under international and EU law. It explains the global framework grounded in the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement), alongside the protection afforded by EU regulations, with particular focus on the regimes applied to different product categories. It also outlines the enforcement routes open to rights holders, and finally reviews how appellations of origin, PDOs and PGIs interface with trade mark law. For guidance on GI protection under UK law, see Practice Note: Protection of geographical indications—UK. International protection of geographical indications Protection of GIs has been achieved through a range of mechanisms dating back to the 1883 Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. The Paris Convention recognised three distinct safeguards connected to a product’s provenance: indications of source — these denote the geographical place where products originate but...
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