Legal Areas of Expertise
Patent Law;
Trademark Law;
Design Law;
Copyright Law;
EC Competion Law;
Unfair competion Law;
Community Law;
Litigation;
Out of court negotiation;
Drafting of agreements (licensing, distribution, confidentiality, coexistence, etc.);
Due diligence;
Supplementary Protection Certificates

Technical Areas of Expertise
Organic and inorganic chemistry;
Pharmaceutical chemistry and biochemistry;
Biotechnology;
Polymer chemistry

Patent / Design Specialties
Pre-filing search analysis;
National, European and foreign filing and prosecution;
Community Design filing and prosecution;
European opposition proceedings and appeals;
Patent / Design infringement and validity opinions;
Clearance opinions;
Technical counsel in national litigation;
Supplementary protection certificates

Trademark Specialties
Pre-filing search analysis;
Italian trademark filing and renewal;
Foreign trademark filing, prosecu�on and renewal;
Opposition proceedings before the EUIPO and worldwide;
Trademark infringement and validity opinions;
Clearance opinions

Professional Activities
Member of the epi Council (Council of the EP attorneys bar association).
Member of the EPPC (European Patent Practice Committee of the epi).
Associate member of the LitCom (Litigation Committee of the epi).
Board member of EPLIT (European patent litigators association).
Former Member of the European Qualifying Examination Committee (Paper C - Oppositions).
Lecturer at the EPO "Train the trainers" seminar and at the national seminars on EPC2000.
Lecturer at the yearly Best Practices in Intellectual Property conferences (Tel Aviv, Israel).
Speaker at the Aspen Institute conference on Women in Technology (Expo, Milan).
Speaker at the Women in Biotech conference (Munich, Germany).
Lecturer on Patent Law at the European patent litigator course of the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Lecturer on Patent Law at the JLS Master in IP Law.
Lecturer on Patent Law at the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Lecturer on Patent Law at the University of Bologna.
Co-author of the book “Claims Limitation in Patent Litigation”.
Co-author of the book “Diritio industriale italiano” (Scuffi-Franzosi).
Co-author of the book “The EU Patent Protection: Lights and Shades of the New System” (AIDA).
Member of the Editorial Commitiee of the Italian Patent Atiorneys association newsletter.
Lecturer at EuroForum's Community Trademark Conference.