Informazioni di contatto
Riconoscimenti
- WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals – 2024
- Who’s Who Legal – 2023
- WIPR Leaders 2023
- WTR 1000 – The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals – 2023
- Who’s Who Legal – 2022
Competenze
Brevetti, Design, Diritti d'autore, Marchi, Nomi a dominio,Albi professionali
Consulente Europeo in Design
Iscritto all'Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma
Membro del New York Bar
Esperienza professionale
Laurea in Giurisprudenza, Un. La Sapienza di Roma
Master in Diritto Comunitario, Istituto di Studi Europei “Alcide De Gasperi”, Roma
LL. M, Master of Laws, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
Dopo una prima esperienza alla fine degli anni 80, come Capo segreteria legale dell’Ispettorato Centrale Repressione Frodi e successivo conseguimento del Master of Laws (LLM) all’Università di California a Berkeley, nonché ammissione al New York Bar, ha poi iniziato alla metà degli anni 90 la sua attività nel settore IP presso la SIB, divenendone presto Partner. Nella seconda metà degli anni 2000 era in Silicon Valley alla Intel Corporation, dove, quale Senior Attorney, ha gestito tra l’altro a livello mondiale alcuni dei marchi più importanti, come INTEL INSIDE e PENTIUM. Ritornato nella professione privata ha continuato la sua attività come of Counsel presso la De Simone & Partners prima di unirsi a Bugnion, come of Counsel, nel maggio 2018. E’ anche a WIPO Panelist ed è frequentemente invitato quale relatore in congressi e conferenze delle maggiori organizzazioni nel settore IP , come INTA, ECTA, Marques e AIPPI. E’ da anni riconosciuto tra i migliori consulenti/avvocati IP nel Who’s Who Legal, The World’s Leading Trademark Professionals and Global IP Stars. E’ stato nominato tra i Leaders 2018 da WIPR.
Associazioni
Membro INTA - International Trademark Association,
Membro ECTA - European Community trademark Association
Membro MARQUES
Lingue
Inglese
Pubblicazioni
Amicus Curiae briefs of ECTA, INTA and MARQUES agree on “NIGHTWATCH” approach to conversion of EUTMs
“Quandoque bonus dormitat Homerus” [even Homer nods]. So why shouldn’t the GC?
Dangers unknown? A trademark may cause liabilities greater than you think.
Wake up and do something! Acquiescence explained.
Gone With The Wind? The GC just cannot let the UK go.
Mission impossible. Register the name of a State as a trademark
The GC gives the Moon Boot the boot
A “creative” approach to likelihood of association. Is the GC trying to rewrite the laws?
OK. Everyone knows MESSI. But Miley Cyrus?
GREAT EXPECTATIONS…. OFTEN DISAPPOINTED
“SOMETIMES THEY COME BACK”….. Horror movie? No – General Court of the EU on colour combinations!
The “allure” of a famous place as a potential absolute ground of refusal?
Phonetic similarity, even to a high degree, is not enough to cause confusion, the General Court says
“One, No One, and One Hundred thousand”. The Continuing Unfathomable Nature of Bad Faith
Should different meanings outweigh the similarities of non-distinctive elements?
Green is the new black. But in 2003 that was not the case, says the CJEU
Colour trademarks: being unusual isn’t enough. Glaxo’s Purple
Is the CJEU finally reconsidering LOC for weak marks? PRIMA v. PRIMART
ITALY: New Legislation on Ambush Marketing
An increasing value for freedom of expression in trademark law?
Now we know it for a fact: amphoras are not usually made of glass.
Der Grüne Punkt: CJEU says yes to genuine use of the collective “recycling packaging” trademark
Evocation of geographical terms of a PDO/PGI. What elements should be taken into consideration?
A Paler Shade of Orange: A Distinction Without a Difference?
Clarity and precision: who decides what they mean?
Bad faith may be found also for different goods or services, says the Court of Justice
Free speech and trademarks. Could it happen here?
Disclaimers, a thing of the past
Disclosure of Community Designs. One out of the various angles
Scooters and cars, are artworks in the eyes of the beholder?
Amphorae are not made of glass: really?
Parallel imports of pharmaceuticals: rebranding or not rebranding?