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Giulia Maienza

Giulia Maienza is a Senior Associate in the Intellectual Property department at Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer, based in London and previously Milan. With over seven years of experience, Giulia specialises in contentious and non-contentious IP matters, advising international client, particularly in the TMT, fashion, consumer goods, and food sectors, on complex disputes involving patents, trademarks, GIs and designs across Italian, UK, and pan-European courts. Giulia’s expertise extends to transactional and strategic IP work, including licensing, technology transfer, and IP assignment agreements, as well as regulatory and privacy issues.

She has played a key role in high-profile cases, such as leading trademark disputes for global sportswear brands, developing global IP strategies for major tobacco companies, and advising on cross-border design infringement and complex business reorganisations. Giulia has earned accolades such as the Europe Women Rising Star 2025 (Law.com), INTA Tomorrow’s Leader Award 2021, and Rising Star – IP Stars 2024. She has wrote a number of articles for several magazines including JIPLP, Agenda Digitale, Wired, WTR. 
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Protection of geographical indications—EU
Protection of geographical indications—EU
Practice Notes

This Practice Note sets out a summary of the protection that can be obtained for geographical indications (GIs) and designations of origin, including appellations of origin, protected designations of origin (PDOs) and protected GIs (PGIs) in the EU. It considers how appellations of origin, PDOs and PGIs interact with trade mark law. It sets out details of the international framework for protection pursuant to the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (the TRIPS Agreement) alongside the protection afforded by EU law for agricultural products and foodstuffs pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2024/1143, for wine pursuant to Regulation (EU) 1308/2013 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1143), for spirits pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/787 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2024/1143) and craft and industrial products pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2023/2411.

Practice Area

Panel

  • Contributing Author

Qualified Year

  • 2019

Experience

  • Simmons and Simmons (2016 - 2017)

Membership

  • AIPPI
  • INTA
  • INDICAM
  • CHIPS

Qualifications

  • LLM IP (2021)
  • Bachelor (2016)

Education

  • LLM WIPO and University of Turin (2021)
  • University of Milan (2016)

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