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Boris Osgnach
Vice-Chair, ECTA Geographical Indications Committee, De Gaspari Osgnach Intellectual Property, IT

Boris Osgnach is a licensed Italian lawyer and trade mark agent. He is co-founder and senior partner of De Gaspari Osgnach (DeosIP), an IP firm based in Padova, Italy.
He is an active member of some of the major international IP and wine law associations (ECTA, INTA, AIPPI, AIDV) and he is currently serving as ECTA Geographical Indications Committee Vice-Chair.

Boris’ substantial practice ranges in all IP legal issues, including trade marks, designs, copyrights, geographical indications, conflicts between GIs and trademarks, wine labelling. An IP strategist for 20 years, he manages IP portfolios, contentious matters and projects for domestic and international clients, covering different fields of industry, including small and medium sized wineries as well as global wine groups. He represents his clients before the Italian Patent and Trademark, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) and the Italian specialized IP Courts.

Before focusing on private practice he was general counsel in San Margherita, one of the most distinguished and globally reputed Italian wine business groups.

Boris is a wine lover and a licensed Sommelier affiliated with Associazione Italiana Sommelier (AIS).

He is often invited as a speaker at IP meetings and as lecturer at professional seminars.