General Information
Born in Piacenza on 4th June 1974
Address: Cusano Milanino (Milano), Viale dei fiori 41
Languages: Italian, English, German, Spanish (passive
Knowledge), French (passive Knowledge)
Computer skills: DOS, Windows (3.1; 9x; ME; 2000), Linux,
Turbo Pascal, Office, Html
Lawyer in Milan since October 2003
School Education
Classic secondary school at Liceo Classico M. Gioia in
Piacenza
Law Degree in Intellectual Property at Pavia University
achieving 110 e lode (1998-1999)
PHD student in Private Law at Univeristy of Palermo (since 1st July 2001)
Scholarships
Centro di prevenzione ed assistenza sociale di Milano: reward as best
graduated student in Law during 1998/1999 academic year
IMAIE (Istituto mutualistico artisti, interpreti ed esecutori): reward
as best graduated student in Intellectual Property Law during 1998/1999
academic year
Libera Università degli studi IULM of Milan (2000/2001 and
2001/2002 academic years)
Max Planck Institute für ausländisches und internationales
Patent, Urheber und Wettbewerbsrecht of Munich (April 2000 – January
2001)
University of Konstanz (April – September 2002)
Teaching activities
The protection of computers’ Interfaces, lecture taken at the
Master in Law of Computer organized by the University of Bologna (May
2000)
The private Law of Economy, classes given at the «Libera
Università degli studi IULM» of Feltre (15 hours,
2001/2002 academic years)
The private Law of Economy, classes given at the «Libera
Università degli studi IULM» of Milan (15 hours, 2001/2002
academic year)
Civil Law, classes given at the University of Pavia (10 hours,
2002/2003 academic year)
Law of contracts, classes given at the «Libera Università
degli studi IULM» of Feltre (8 hours, 2003/2004 academic year)
Trademark Law, I will give these classes at the University of Pavia (30
hours, during 2003/2004 academic year, third semester)
Publications
Museum Protection (degree
dissertation, 1999)
Authors
and Law during the Eighteenth
Century. Bibliography (1999)
The following comments on the Italian copyright law published in
L.C. Ubertazzi, Commentario breve al
diritto della concorrenza, 3ed., Cedam, Padova, 2004: artt. 1-5
(scope of protection), Introduction to artt. 6-11; artt. 6-11
(ownership); Introduction to artt. 12-19 (rights of exploitation);
artt. 12bis-12ter (works made for hire); Introduction to artt. 25-32ter
(term of protection); artt. 25-32ter (term of protection); artt. 33-43
(collective works); artt. 51-60 (broadcasted works); artt. 61- 64;
Introduction to artt. 64bis – 64quater (software protection); artt.
64bis – 64quater (software protection); art. 78bis (audiovisual works);
artt. 185-189 (protection of foreigners); artt. 196-206 (final
dispositions)
The following comments on the European Patent Convention published
in L.C. Ubertazzi, Commentario breve
al diritto della concorrenza, 3ed., Cedam, Padova, 2004:
Introduction to the European patent convention; artt. 1-51 (general and
institutional provisions); artt. 99-105 (opposition procedure); artt.
106-112 (appeal); artt. 113-134 (common rules; impact on national law);
artt. 140-156 (special agreements; final dispositions)
The following comments on the European trademark regulation
published in L.C. Ubertazzi, Commentario
al diritto della concorrenza, 3ed., Cedam, Padova, 2004: artt.
81 82; (fees); artt. 83-89 (representation)
Ubertazzi, Galli e Sanna, Copyright code. Editio minor,
Giuffrè, Milano, 2003
Comment on App. Milano 3 aprile
1999, [2000] AIDA-Annali italiani di
diritto d’autore,
n. 681
Comment on App. Milano 11 gennaio
2000, [2000] AIDA-Annali italiani di
diritto d’autore,
n. 713
Comment on App. Milano 21 marzo
2000, [2000] AIDA-Annali italiani di
diritto d’autore,
n. 725
Comment on Trib. Milano 23 dicembre
1999,
[2001] AIDA-Annali italiani di
diritto d’autore, n. 755
Comment on Trib. Catania 24 ottobre 2000, [2001] AIDA-Annali italiani di diritto d’autore,
n. 785
Comment on Trib. Milano 2 novembre 2000, [2001] AIDA-Annali italiani di diritto d’autore,
n. 787
Comment on Trib. Pisa, ord. 18 aprile 2001, [2001] AIDA-Annali italiani di diritto d’autore,
n. 809
Comment on Trib. Cosenza, ord. 14 gennaio 2003 [2003] AIDA-Annali italiani di diritto d’autore,
n. 934
On-line Publications
Italian Law, in Copyright Code,
edited by L.C.
Ubertazzi, and
written by Galli, Sanna and B. Ubertazzi, in www.ubertazzi.it
Studies and Materials for an
History of
Copyright, edited by Ubertazzi and Galli, in www.ubertazzi.it
Current research interests
The patentability of business method (my PhD dissertation)
The patentability of software
Information and Intellectual Property Rights
The community patents
The international protection of IP