Magali Contardi

Magali Contardi

Of Counsel

Italian Lawyer registered with the Milan Bar Association and the Munich Bar Association.

Authorized EUIPO Representative (European Union Intellectual Property Office) as well as a representative before the Italian Patent and Trademark Office (UIBM) and a listed representative before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). Included in the official European roster of professionals specializing in Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, selected within the collaborative framework between EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) and EISMEA (European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency).

Languages: Italian, Spanish, German, English. Basic knowledge of French.

Practice areas

Legal counselling, judicial and extrajudicial assistance, national and international contracts in issues concerning:

trademarks

patents

designs

copyright

Know-how

Informazioni riservate

unfair competition

commercial law

pharmaceutical and biotechnology Law

Education

Master’s Degree in Law, University of Florence (Thesis: “Trademarks and Patents in Bankruptcy: The Experiences of Italy and Germany”, advisor: Prof. Avv. Niccolò Abriani).
First-level Master’s Degree in Corporate Lawyer, University of Pisa (Thesis: Legal Aspects of the Protection of Geographical Indications and Denominations of Origin)
LLM in Intellectual and Industrial Property, University of Alicante, Spain (Thesis: “Patentability Exceptions under Art. 53(b) EPC”)
CopyrightX, Harvard University and University of Turin
Specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property, CEIPI, University of Strasbourg, France (Final Project: AI-Interior Design Apps, Data, and Intellectual Property)
Ph.D. in Law, summa cum laude with international distinction at the University of Alicante, Spain, with a research period at the Max Planck Institute for Competition and Law in Munich, with a thesis on Medical Devices, Artificial Intelligence, and Patents (“The Interplay between Patent Law and Medical Device Regulations in Artificial Intelligence Medical Devices”, Supervisors: Prof. Manuel Desantes, former Vice-President of the EPO, and Prof. Benedetta Ubertazzi, University Bicocca – Milan)

 

Associations

AIPPI – International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property, Co-chair of the Young Members Group Italy and Member of the International Pharma Committee

LES – Licensing Executives Society

Publications

Author and co-author of publications in internationally recognized specialized journals, studies commissioned or funded by European institutions, contributions to collective volumes

Contributions to blogs such as Patent Kluwer, Copyright Kluwer, Trademark Lawyer Magazine.