Luca Ghedina

Luca has extensive experience in intellectual property and unfair competition matters, both in and out of court.

He has represented clients in important, precedent-making cases related to patents, trademarks, geographical indications, designs, know-how and copyrights before both national and European Courts (including the EU General Court and Court of Justice), as well as in commercial communication and consumer law disputes before self-regulatory and administrative bodies (IAP and AGCM).

He has significant expertise in contract law (licensing, distribution, research and development, publishing), Internet and IP policy.

Clients appreciate his depth of knowledge, responsiveness, and a practical, down-to-earth approach to identifying the best IP protection and enforcement strategies.

Thanks to his international background and far-reaching language skills, Luca has impressive interpersonal and communication skills with foreign clients and colleagues.

Professional Experience

Luca has been a partner in the firm since 2010 and works in the Turin office.

He is the founding partner and head of the German Desk, which is dedicated to serving German-speaking clients.

Education and Teaching

Luca received his law degree cum laude from the University of Trento in 1995.

His legal education has a strong international bent and includes:

• M. (Legum Magister) in German law at the University of Regensburg, Germany (1998);
• postgraduate diploma in international trade law from the International Labour Organization and the University Institute of European Studies in Turin (1996);
• European Legal Studies Program in French law and Certificat d'Etudes Juridiques Françaises at the University of Nancy, France (1993);
• European Legal Studies Programme in English law at the University of Lancaster, England (1992).

He spent his first training and professional years at Allen & Overy, Turin office, from 1998 to 2002.

Professional Affiliations

Luca has been a member of the Turin Bar Association since 2001 and was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court since 2022.

Luca is a member of EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association), LES (Licensing Executives Society), and the leading German associations in the field of intellectual property: GRUR (Deutsche Vereinigung für gewerblichen Rechtsschutz und Urheberrecht) and VPP (Vereinigung von Fachleuten des Gewerblichen Rechtsschutzes).

Publications and Recognition

Luca has regularly participated as a speaker in numerous national and international conferences and seminars, as well as in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, as well as in preparatory courses for patent attorney and trademark attorney certification.

He has contributed to several publications, both international and domestic, including:

• The database between creativity protection and investment protection, in Intellectual property: new perspectives for sustainable growth, Les Italia - Netval, 2023
• National Patent Litigation - Italy, in les Nouvelles - Journal of the Licensing Executives Society, Volume LIII No. 4, December 2018, available on SSRN;

“Luca Ghedina stands out for his absolute reliability, competence and dependability. The response times were very short, and Mr. Ghedina always tried to proactively point out possible decision paths. The working method was clear and structured, so that, as a client, you always felt in good hands.”
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Passions and Interests

Luca is passionate about mountain life, music, photography, and enjoys books and good wine with friends.