Maria Mazzitelli

Maria Mazzitelli

Founding partner of BMLex BACCHINI MAZZITELLI – Associated law firm.
Lawyer enrolled in the Milan Bar Association; Italian Trademark Consultant qualified before the Italian Bar Association; European Trademark and Design Attorney qualified before OHIM (Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market); Legal Practitioner before EPO.

Languages: Italian and English

Practice areas

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

patents

designs

trademarks

copyright

know-how

unfair competition

IP due diligence

evaluation of trademarks and patents

privacy

labour law

business management

Education

University of Catanzaro, Doctor of Laws, 2000. Training course on business management 2000; Master in Intellectual Property Law 2001; Training course on Privacy 2003-2023; Unitary Patent Training Course 2023; National Arbitration Training Course 2024.

Teaching assignments and conferences

Speaker at various seminars and conferences related to Intellectual and Industrial Property Law organized by Business Associations, Firms, Bar Associations, Chambers of Commerce, in Italy and abroad including:

  • 2022: lecturer on ‘The Metaverse and the protection of virtual goods and services through trade marks: the evolution in administrative practice”, at the seminar ‘From brand to metabrand: approaching the Metaverse in the phygital era’ organized by Convenia s.r.l.;
  • Since 2010: Lecturer in the preparation course for the Trademark Consultant examination and the Operational Master in Intellectual Property organised by the Italian training company Convey Intelligence & Knowledge;
  • 2012: Lecturer in the project for the training of professional experts related to the creation of a Centre for Molecular Diagnostics Studies, organised by the SDN Foundation and the IIT (Naples).

Publications

SPECIAL BUSINESS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY – Journal of Brescia

  • ECONOMIC REVALUATION. IMMATERIAL ASSETS MORE VALUE LESS TAXES-Increased protection of intangible assets;
  • THE NEW FRONTIER OF INNOVATION. A four-headed monster in defence of packaging;
  • MICRO-ENTERPRISES. MODEL 231: DREAM OR REALITY. IP Compliance: entrepreneur and manager in compliance with 231;
  • GREEN INNOVATION. PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS IN ITALIAN SME. An SME-friendly patent protection strategy;
  • INCREASINGLY DIGITAL WITH ONLINE TRADE “Online brand protection” in three moves;
  • ONLINE IMAGES MYTHS TO DISMISS ABOUT USE. “What you can and cannot do”;
  • THE TRADEMARK CHANGES LOOK AND RENOVATES. Attention to brand restyling;
  • SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING: CONSUMER PROTECTION AND PERCEPTION. New trends in packaging innovation

ITALY TODAY

  • The object of shape protection through design
  • The principle of conformity of use of the general trademark looking beyond national borders

Dossier Lombardia

  • Innovation: a market to protect

AZ Franchising

  • Why it is important to register trademarks and domains before going abroad and how to do it.

Il Sole 24 Ore

  • Due Diligence and Industrial Property

Law and Business

  • Influencer law: “Web workers avoid risk of hidden advertising”