{"id":31437,"date":"2026-06-26T13:58:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/senza-categoria\/concone-germinario-and-papa-are-sibs-2026-ip-stars\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:09:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:09:48","slug":"concone-germinario-and-papa-are-sibs-2026-ip-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/flash-news-2\/concone-germinario-and-papa-are-sibs-2026-ip-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Concone, Germinario and Papa are SIB&#8217;s 2026 IP Stars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our partners <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/our-team\/emanuele-concone\/\">Emanuele Concone<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/our-team\/pharma-patent-litigation-italy-claudio-germinario\/\">Claudio Germinario<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/il-nostro-team\/brevetti-biomedici-elisabetta-papa\/\">Elisabetta Papa<\/a> on being named 2026 IP Stars!<\/p>\n<p>The IP Stars rankings, compiled annually by Managing IP, select senior professionals considered national leaders as IP Stars.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-31434 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IPStars2026_450.png\" alt=\"IP Stars 2026 Patents Italy\" width=\"450\" height=\"235\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IPStars2026_450.png 450w, https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IPStars2026_450-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.sib.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IPStars2026_450-150x78.png 150w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450\/235;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For Emanuele and Elisabetta Papa, this marks their thirteenth consecutive nomination as IP Stars, and the tenth for Claudio Germinario.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to the SIB team, whose daily contribution helps to achieve these recognitions, and heartfelt thanks to our clients and colleagues who continue to support us by providing the IP Stars editorial team with their feedback on our work.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know how we rank in other international IP surveys? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sib.it\/en\/recognitions\/\">Find out here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congratulations to our partners Emanuele Concone, Claudio Germinario and Elisabetta Papa on being named 2026 IP Stars! 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