About

I am a specialist and consultant in Intellectual Property Law, with a specific interest in the Law of Geographical Indications; Trade Mark Law; WTO Law and IP&Sustainable Development. 

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I am Lecturer in Intellectual Property Law at the University of Sheffield (U.K.). Until July 2022 I cooperated with Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition (Munich, Germany), where I led the Research Team on Geographical Indications, first as Senior Research Fellow and, later, as Affiliated Research Fellow. 

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I completed a PhD/Dphil at the University of Oxford and I hold an LLM from the University College London. I graduated from the University of Milan. 

I regularly advise public and private stakeholders predominantly on issues related to geographical branding. Among the others, I have cooperated with the European Commission, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and more.

My research is award winning and I am regularly invited to appear in international conferences and IP-related events. In particular, I am the author of the book ‘The Transformation of EU Geographical Indications Law: the present, past and future of the origin link’ (Routledge 2021). 

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I sit in the Scientific Committee of various leading associations and institutions such as ECTA and AREPO and in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Law, Media and Innovation. 

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In my spare time, I enjoy music and chess.