PRACTICES
OVERVIEW
Ilaria Maggioni concentrates her practice on the registration, protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in the U.S. and abroad. She litigates both domestic and international patent, copyright and trademark infringement as well as commercial disparagement and trade libel. Ilaria guides companies through the clearance and registration process of trademarks, logos and other IP rights, including the due diligence review and assessment of acquisitions and transfers of IP portfolios and assets in corporate deals. She represents them through take-downs of infringing and defamatory content and in WIPO (UDRP) proceedings.
Clients rely on Ilaria for the drafting and negotiation of contracts, licenses, supply and distribution agreements, influencer, talent sponsorship and web endorsement agreements and other agreements with IP components.
Ilaria’s experience includes the management of multi-country legal teams in patent enforcement and litigation. She began her legal career in Rome, Italy and she has been a practicing New York attorney since 2002. She is experienced in cross-border transactions and brings a global perspective to her intellectual property practice, which spans across industries, including chemical, pharmaceuticals, fashion, manufacturing, food and beverage, software and electronics, mass-consumer products, entertainment and education.
Ilaria’s native language is Italian. She is fluent in English and Spanish and has working knowledge of French and Portuguese.
Recognition and Involvement
Recognition & Involvement
Ilaria is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), where she has been reconfirmed as a member of the Committee for The Trademark Reporter (2023), the organization's law journal. She previously served on The Trademark Reporter's Editorial Board and the Features Subcommittee for Policy and Practice of the INTA Bulletin Committee.
Outside of the office, Ilaria is a certified yoga teacher (RYT200). She is also an avid skier and served on the Board of Skilex International, a multinational entity that organizes ski competitions, events and educational programs on the law of mountaineering sports and liability for legal professionals. She loves music, and supports the Jazz community in New York City and abroad.
Credentials
Bar and Court Admissions
New York
Italy
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Education
University of Pennsylvania School of Law, LLM, 1997
University of Pisa, JD, summa cum laude, 1996
London School of Economics, Introduction to English Law, 1992
Languages
- Italian
- Spanish
News & Insights
Memberships
American Bar Association
International Trademark Association, The Trademark Reporter Committee
New York City Bar Association
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Structured and negotiated licensing, co-existence agreements, supply and manufacturing contracts, asset purchase agreements, cross-branding and merchandising deals for clothing and consumer goods, sporting goods and sports operators, industrial design, pharma, computer hardware and software, music production and entertainment companies
- Built comprehensive contractual packages for software products’ development and launch including: non-disclosures, developer contracts (independent contractor and employee-based); demo-testing and experimental-use agreements; multiuser licenses; skin-wrap licenses; end-user, reseller and distribution contracts; work performed in several different fields including for fantasy sport websites, remote monitoring telemetry systems for chemical water-treatment, instructional music software, monitoring and inventory database software
- Represented leading medical practice in the field of hair transplantation in patent litigation involving medical device patent, in US litigation and coordination of related patent litigation in Germany and Canada
- Represented major multinational Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software company in patent litigation involving nine software patents in the fields of OCR, Network Architecture and Electronic Archiving; reached settlement just days before Markman hearing
- Advised major capital investor about re-possessing and pledging of IP and related IP chain-of-title recordation in complex secured transactions
- Procured and maintained substantial domestic and International trademark portfolios, arranged and supervised comprehensive multi-country and WIPO Madrid Protocol trademark filing programs, in many industries including for a leading U.S. dermatology pharmaceutical company, a New York-based pharmaceutical company in the oncology sector, and wine and spirits makers and importers with worldwide branded distribution reach
- Handled inter partes oppositions and cancellations before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board and equivalent authorities worldwide; assessed strategy for intervention at critical stages of prosecution or developing disputes, securing positioning for settlement
- Performed patent and trademark clearance and IP portfolio assessment, due diligence and strategy for start-ups and mature companies, cooperating closely with internal technical and marketing departments and in-house counsel
- Arranged for validation, representation and enforcement of European patents in the telecommunication sector
- Advised client on domain name procurement, maintenance and resolution of disputes via UDRP and litigation, including obtaining transfer of domain names from cybersquatters to legitimate trademark owners
- Handled trademark, copyright and patent transfers, assignments and secured IP transactions
- Counseled client on IP portfolio prosecution
- Represented OCR software company in patent action involving five patents on information processing. Negotiated favorable settlement at the pleading stage
- Represented, as part of large defense team, online pharmacies against pharmaceutical manufacturer in the leading case on keyword advertising before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; obtained dismissal of plaintiff’s related claims in favor of the online pharmacies
- Obtained judgment of invalidity and non-infringement in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in favor of a Belgian manufacturer of equipment for computer chip inspection. Member of appeal team before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which upheld the judgment of patent invalidity and non-infringement in favor of client
- Represented a German pharmaceutical company as local counsel in seven Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) litigations
- Represented promotional goods manufacturer in infringement action to enforce design patent against commissioning purchaser and Chinese manufacturer; secured favorable settlement after discovery
- Represented patent owner enforcing design patent for fashion accessories against national fashion retailers in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York; obtained settlement at the early pleading stage
- Defeated summary judgment motion in favor of client rejecting a trademark “fair use” and First Amendment defenses to trademark infringement on clothing; reached successful settlement just prior to trial
- Represented wine store owner in trade dress litigation concerning store layout in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Represented clothing manufacturer in copyright infringement actions concerning fabric patterns in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- Represented eyewear manufacturer in infringement action involving design elements applied to fashion eyeglasses frames. Secured settlement after successfully reopening default judgment
- Obtained $10 million judgment in online trade libel and defamation action in the Caribbean Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis under English Common Law; settled shortly after preliminary court decision concerning prospects of U.S. enforcement of the foreign money judgment in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey