“Lydia Mendola is experienced at handling an array of copyright, trade mark and advertising matters. She often assists clients in the fashion, technology and media sectors.” CHAMBERS GLOBAL 2024 - INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Relying upon her 21+ year professional experience, Lydia assists Italian and foreign clients in matters of Intellectual and Industrial Property, in court proceedings, with particular focus upon disputes for violations of trademarks and patents, design and copyrights, as well as in the extrajudicial context of corporate transactions and commercial agreements.

Furthermore, Lydia counsels businesses on consumer protection and advertising, and has honed deep knowledge of the Digital-Media-Tech, Life Sciences-Healthcare, Fashion, and Food & Beverage sectors.

Lydia is ranked by Chambers Global 2024 and by Chambers Europe 2024 for Intellectual Property (Band 5), by The Legal 500 EMEA 2024 as a “Leading Individual” for Intellectual Property, by IAM Patent 1000 2024 in the “Individuals: Litigation” category (Bronze), and by WTR 1000 2024 (World Trademark Review – The world’s leading trademark professionals) in the “Individuals: enforcement and litigation” category (Silver). She is also ranked as a “Patent star” and “Trade mark Star” 2024 (for the ninth year in a row) by IP Stars – Managing IP. Furthermore, Lydia has received an individual recognition as “Best in Copyright” at the Women in Business Law Awards Europe 2020.

After earning her Law Degree from the Università degli Studi di Milano, Lydia was awarded a Ph.D in “International Economic Law” by the Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi of Milan, defending a dissertation on “Exhaustion of intellectual property rights in the framework of the TRIPs Agreement. Interests of intellectual property rights owners and the principle of free circulation of goods”.

Lydia is a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) and of the Chiefs in Intellectual Property (ChIPs) network, where she is in the organizing committee of the Italy Chapter.

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