E-mail: m.mazzitelli@bmlex.it

MARIA MAZZITELLI

Partner of BMLex BACCHINI MAZZITELLI – Associated law firm

Qualifications:

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.

Practice areas:

Advice and dispute resolution on patents, designs, trademarks, copyright, know-how, unfair competition, domain names; contracting, industrial due diligence and evaluation of trademarks and patents; privacy consulting, labour law, business management.

Education: 

University of Catanzaro, Doctor of Laws, 2000. Training course on business management; Master in Intellectual Property Law; Training course on Privacy.

Associations and Annual meetings: 

American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA); Association Internationale pour la Protectione de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI), International Trademark Association (INTA), Licensing Executives Society (LES), Compagnia delle Opere (CDO).

Languages: 

English

 Teaching assignments and conferences: 

Speaker at various seminars and conferences related to Intellectual and Industrial Property Law organised by Business Associations, Companies, Bar Associations, Chambers of Commerce.

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;

·         PACKAGING. 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;

·         COUNTERFEITING. INCREASINGLY DIGITAL WITH ONLINE TRADE “Online brand protection” in three moves;

·         ONLINE IMAGES MYTHS TO DISMISS ABOUT USE. Cosa si può e cosa non si può fare 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. Lawyer Mazzitelli: “Web workers avoid risk of hidden advertising”