Giacomo Valeriani

Thomas is a co-founder and partner at Abion’s Norwegian branch and a seasoned IP attorney with 20 years of industry experience. He provides strategic counsel across the full spectrum of intellectual property, with a particular focus on trademark and design protection, enforcement, and dispute resolution.

He advises both national and international clients on IP protection, managing cases both in Norway and globally. With prior experience at the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), he now handles matters before both the Norwegian Industrial Property Office (Patentstyret) and the EUIPO. Thomas earned his law degree from the University of Oslo in 2004 and became a licensed attorney in 2020.

In addition to his practice, he chairs the Marques Copyright Team and serves as a member of the SQAP team, reviewing opposition decisions at the EUIPO on behalf of Marques.

• Università degli Studi La Sapienza, Political Sciences, Rome, Italy
• Diploma in community manager studies, Ist. Jean Piaget, Rome, Italy
• British International School of Prague, IGSCE, Prague, Czech Republic

• EUIPO IP Course for Paralegals (Alicante, Spain)
• WIPO’s seminar on the Madrid System for the International registration of marks (Geneva, Switzerland)

Services

• Trademark Prosecution & Litigation
• EU Opposition & Cancellation Proceedings

Industry Experience

• Intellectual Property
• United Nations international organizations

Interest

Playing soccer and basketball, movies and TV shows and new Tech.

I root for

AS Roma and LA Lakers!

Languages I speak

• Italian
• English

My superpowers

Make complicated things easy.