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The Firm
The firm Porta & Consulenti Associati S.p.A. is a tailor-made counseling boutique operating at 360 degrees in the field of industrial property on an international level.
Thanks to the expertise of its professionals and back office staff, the firm PCA has developed over the years a deep knowledge of every aspect of industrial law applied to trade and industry, providing technical-legal advice in the field of patents, designs, trademarks, domain names and copyright.


Who We Are
It is us. You can see us, you can know us.
Who We Are / It is us. You can see us, you can know us.
Search and find out the right professional to help, support and advise you in your business project with competence and confidentiality. Different technical/law degrees, peculiar specializations, different experiences: we cover all industrial sectors and all disciplines.
News
EPO “ten-day rule” to be abolished with effect from 1 November 2023
Under the current Rule 126(2) EPC, relating to notification by postal services, Communications sent by the EPO are deemed to have been delivered on the tenth day following the date printed on the Communication ("Ten-Day Rule"), effectively postponing by ten days any time limit calculated from the date printed on the document. Due to the instantaneous notifications in the digital [...]
The hissing goes away
The advent of the electric car also has effects on corporate brands. In recent months, Porsche has tried to record the hiss generated by its electric model when accelerating. However, the EUIPO rejected it for lack of distinctiveness, i.e. of particular sound elements worthy of being memorable. In a few years we will see whether this sound may have acquired [...]
Amendment of the Italian Industrial Property Code
The draft law amending the Industrial Property Code has been definitively approved. The reform pursues the strengthening of the competitiveness of the country's economic system, the protection of industrial property and the administrative simplification and digitalisation of procedures. The measure, among the novelties introduced, provides: with the new text of Article 65, that also in Italy, as in the rest [...]
Italian cultural heritage and IP
With Decree dated 04.11.2023, the Minister of Culture intervened on the subject by publishing the "Guidelines for the determination of the minimum amounts of fees and considerations for the concession of use of the goods held by state cultural institutions and places”. The Guidelines concern both non-profit reproductions and those for commercial purposes, also providing for tables for calculating the [...]
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The firm Porta & Consulenti Associati personally and carefully takes care of the selection and training of its professionals and assistants.
You can send your curriculum vitae directly here or by post to our office:
Porta & Consulenti Associati S.p.A. – Via Vittoria Colonna 4 – 20149 Milan
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Job Opportunities
- Administrative department