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Mattia Dalla Costa

Lawyer - Rechtsanwalt
Place of birth
Padova
Office
Munich
Padua
Languages
English
German
Spanish
French
Italian
Phone
+49.(0)89.99016090
+39.049.0979500
Fax
+49.(0)89.990160999
+39.049.0979541
Practice areas
Corporate, M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital
Information Technology
Intellectual Property
Litigation and Arbitration
Industry
Automotive
Aviation
E-commerce
Fashion
Admission to practice
Avvocato (Lawyer) in Italy since 1997 and Rechtsanwalt (Lawyer) in Germany since 2001. Since 2017 Attorney at Law admitted to the Italian Supreme Court
Education

J.D. University of Heidelberg (Germany), University of Ferrara (Italy) and University of Liegi (Belgium)

Professional
experience
  • 2001: Partner of LCA Avvocati e Commercialisti d'Impresa
  • 2009: Partner of CBA Studio Legale e Tributario: he is head of the Intellectual Property and Information Technology department and Co-chair of the International Practice Group

Since 1993, due to his foreign vocational education, he deals with contractual advice, international trade and litigation (judicial and arbitral) concerning the industrial property rights (in particular licensing, transfer of technology, R&D e JD agreements, know-how e trade secret, licences, brands, design and prototype, copyright), the information technology (in particular software, database, AI, IoT, Blockchain), the  unfair competition and concerning M&A and company and commercial law in Italy and abroad.

Specialization courses

Attended specialisation courses at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition of Monaco di Baviera nel 1993, at University of Liege (Belgium) in 1995 (D.E.S. en Droit Européen) and at the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) in 2009

Commitments and activities

As Avvocato and Rechtsanwalt, specialized in IP, he is speaker and organizer of international congresses and workshops as well as further training courses in favour of trade institutions, chambers of commerce and industry, internationalisation agencies, industrial associations based in Italy (Confindustria) and abroad (Les Italia, Les International, AIJA, Italian-Swiss Tax and Legal Forum, AHK Milano, Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, commercial sections in Italy, IHK tedesche).

For more than 20 years, trusted legal advisor of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) and, for over 10 years, trusted legal advisor of the Italian and German Chamber of Commerce (AHK) and member of the Network team Studi partner “Norme & Tributi” of the German Chamber of Commerce.

  • Co-Counsel del Board of Directors of LES International (LICENSING EXECUTIVES SOCIETY) and President of LES Italy
  • member of EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers Association)
  • member of GRUR (German association for industrial property and copyright)
  • member of VPP (Association of Intellectual Property Experts)
  • member of ALUMNI del MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT für Innovation und Wettbewerb (Munich)
  • member of HEIDELBERG ALUMNI INTERNATIONAL
  • member of MAV (International legal relations section, Industrial property rights and Media at DAV - German lawyers' association) 
  • member of LEGALMONDO (International Association of Lawyers)
  • honorary member of AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) based in Brussels and former member of the Executive Committee during 12 years
  • member of the list of arbitrators at the Arbitration Panel of Padua and the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Munich - REAM
  • member of the list of arbitrators at the WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
  • member of ROTARY MUNICH INTERNATIONAL
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of Italian Sounding e.V., an Italian and German institution established as an association on 24 February 2015 in Rome, and registered with the Court of Stuttgart.
Author

Author of various articles on IP, counsel of know-ho and trade secret and international trade

Published technical contributions and books

2025 Technical Contributions UPC Keynotes
2025 Technical Contributions UPC Keynotes
2025 Technical Contributions Italia - Germania: scenari per imprese e investitori dopo le elezioni tedesche
2024 Technical Contributions Proprietà Intellettuale: nuove prospettive per una crescita sostenibile
2024 Technical Contributions Accordi di licenza, cooperazione e trasferimento di tecnologia nel settore industriale
2022 Technical Contributions IP & NFT Insight
2022 Technical Contributions Unitary Patent Court: it is time.
2022 Technical Contributions Transformative artwork or abusive misappropriation?
2022 Technical Contributions Garbage In - Garbage Out?
2019 Technical Contributions E-Commerce
2018 Technical Contributions E-Commerce

Published articles

Employer’s liability in the event of accidents at work – Patents under license –Payment of fees and fair competition – Recent case-law and Madia reform in the building industry
Lawful dismissal on disciplinary grounds – Use of patronymics: the real descriptive requirement as a legitimation criterion –Real estate funds in the disposal of Italy state-owned assets
Repechage: lightening of the burden of proof for the employer – Abusive use of trademark and software and misappropriation of the customer package: the Mazars case – Preliminary Agreement is not null if the building permit is missing
Online resignation: first clarifications of the Ministry of Welfare – Are you giving counterfeited products as a present? Forget it… – Law Decree 18/2016: applicability of fixed duties to some real estate transfers
Counterfeiting, an 86 million worth market
Circular of the Ministry of Welfare no. 3/2016: which boundaries for coordinated work? – The new European trademark law: regulation no. 2015/2424 – Indemnity for works on third parties’ property only if they comply with building regulations
Executive’s negligence and inadequacy: fair cause for dismissal – The Rojadirecta case: the Court of Milan grants greater copyright protection online – mortgage-backed NPLs – news from the real estate sector
Legitimate dismissal grounded on profit increase – The skills of the average technician: parameters for the assessment of counterfeiting for equivalents – 2016 Stability Law: some of the measures for the construction industry
Acronym of later trademark and confusion between brands - Listed real estate investment companies
Italian Sounding

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