Dentons was awarded “Copyright & Design Firm of the Year – Italy 2019” at Managing IP Awards 2019. The awards ceremony took place on March 7, 2019 in London.

The jury granted the award to our team led by Giovanni Francesco Casucci in relation to the assistance we provided to Diesel in an important lawsuit against ZARA. Dentons advised Diesel on enforcing a registered and unregistered design against ZARA Italy and the ZARA group, applying the Co-Defendant strategy in order to get a EU wide injunction and damages in one forum.

This was the first case in the entire EU and it will change the future of litigation strategies.

From left to right are: Marianne Schaffner (Dentons Paris), Constantin Rehaag (Dentons Frankfurt), Matteo Casucci (Dentons Milan), Mary Kate Brennan (Dentons New York), Thomas Winstanley (Dentons London)