An Italian-qualified lawyer (avvocato) admitted to the Florence Bar (Ordine degli Avvocati di Firenze), I am a tenured Associate Professor in Intellectual Property (IP) Law at the University of Southampton (UK), a guest lecturer in copyright law at EDHEC Business School (France) and Queen Mary University of London (UK), a door tenant at 8 New Square, and an Editor of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (Oxford University Press).

I have written extensively in the field of IP, and am a regular contributor to specialist blogs The 1709 Blog and The IPKat, for which I have written nearly 1,000 posts over the past few years.

I have organized and co-organized a number of events, conferences, and specialist training on topical IP issues.

I have lectured and presented on topical copyright-related issues in several countries and for a number of institutions and organizations, including: the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the European Parliament, the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, formerly OHIM), INTA, AIPPI, ALAI, BLACA, the Australian Copyright Council, the Singapore IP Academy, the Copyright Association of Ireland, IFRRO, TIPLO, Europeana/EUScreenXL, FAST-Federation Against Software Theft, the Swedish Copyright Association, the WS Society, the Norwegian Industrial Property Office, STOP-Nordic Content Protection, and the Italian Unitary Federation of Writers.

I have also been interviewed by leading general interest media publications, including - recently - The New York Times (on the progress of EU copyright reform following the European Parliament's vote in July 2018 and Trump's trade mark registrations in Russia), CNN, Sputnik International, Wired, The Financial Times, Marketplace and AGI (on the policy debate surrounding EU copyright reform), The Hollywood Reporter (on the protection available to TV formats) The Guardian (on the advantages of studying copyright while at university), The Telegraph (on the introduction into UK law of a parody exception), Metro (on IP issues facing tattoos), and BBC (on restrictions imposed by copyright law).

e-LAWnora provides a variety of services, including bespoke analysis of copyright issues and their implications, and tailored research on topical questions facing copyright law and policy.

Recent work includes:

• Advising major music streaming service on implications arising from recent decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in the area of copyright, as well as national policy initiatives;
• Advising UK collective management organization on implications arising from recent CJEU case law in the area of copyright and related rights;
• Drafting expert opinion on obligations contained in Directive 2014/26/EU (the Collective Rights Management Directive) and their impact on Italian copyright law;
• Advising online betting company on implications arising from recent CJEU case law in the area of databases;
• Advising major stakeholder on possible implications arising from implementation into Italian law of Directive 2014/26/EU;
• Advising restaurant business on potential liability for trade mark infringement and cyber-squatting;
• Contributing to the preparation of a pan-European guide to copyright for consumers;
• Advising author's estate on issues of joint authorship under Italian copyright law;
• Advising major internet company on impact of recent national copyright reforms;
• Advising on the impact of recent case law on the right of communication to the public in EU copyright law.
• Advising on the scope of performers’ rights under UK law.
• Advising musicologist's estate on certain contractual issues under Italian law and jurisdiction issues in EU private international law.
• Advising sports agency on issues of trade mark and copyright infringement, and passing off/unfair competition.
• Advising on issues of joint authorship under UK law.
• Advising on issues of photographic copyright under the law of Vatican City State.
• Advising on issues of plagiarism and copyright infringement in the context of scientific research work.
• Advising on issues of joint authorship and ownership in the context of musical works and music videos.

• The Exception for Text and Data Mining (TDM) in the Proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market - Technical Aspects (European Parliament:2018)
• To What Extent Do Current Exclusions and Limitations to Copyright Strike a Fair Balance between the Rights of Owners and Fair Use by Private Individuals and Others? - UK Report (Ligue Internationale de Droit de la Concurrence:2017)
• FAQs on Copyright – United Kingdom (European Union Intellectual Property Office:2016)
• Copyright Issues Facing Early Stages of Digitization Projects; Exploitation of Cultural Content and Licensing Models (University of Cambridge:2013)

Book

• Originality in EU Copyright. Full Harmonization Through Case Law (Edward Elgar Publishing:2013) 

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

• Non-Commercial Quotation and Freedom of Panorama: Useful and Lawful? (2017) 8(4) JIPITEC 311-321
• The CJEU Pirate Bay Judgment and Its Impact on the Liability of Online Platforms (2017) 39(12) EIPR 737-748
• The Monkey Selfie Case and The Concept of Authorship: An EU Perspective (2017) 12(12) JIPLP 973-978
• GS Media and its Implications for the Construction of the Right of Communication to the Public within EU Copyright Architecture (2017) 54(4) CMLRev 1221-1242
• Intermediary IP Injunctions in the EU and UK Experiences: When Less (Harmonization) is More? (2017) 3(2017) GRUR Int 206-215
• (with S Stalla-Bourdillon and Others) An Academic Perspective on the Copyright Reform (2017) 33(13) CSLR 3-13
• Why a Reform of Hosting Providers’ Safe Harbour is Unnecessary under EU Copyright Law (2016) 38(11) EIPR 669-677
• International Jurisdiction in Online EU Trade Mark Infringement Cases: Where is the Place of Infringement Located? (2016) 38(8) EIPR 482-491
• Neighbouring Rights for Publishers: Are National (Possible) EU Initiatives Lawful? (2016) 47(5) IIC 569-594 
• (with R Arnold) Are National Courts the Addressees of the InfoSoc Three-Step Test? (2015) 10(10) JIPLP 741-749
• Online Copyright Exhaustion in a Post-Allposters World (2015) 10(9) JIPLP 673-681
• Just a Laughing Matter? Why the CJEU Decision in Deckmyn is Broader than Parody (2015) 52(2) CML Rev 511-529
• Closed Subject-Matter Systems Are No Longer Compatible with EU Copyright (2014) 12 GRUR Int 1112-1118
• Copyright in the EU: In Search of (In)Flexibilities (2014) 9(7) JIPLP 585-598 and 4 GRUR Int 419-428
• The Orphan Works Provisions of the ERR Act: Are They Compatible with UK and EU Laws? (2013) 35(12) EIPR 724-740
• Software Usato ed Esaurimento: Un Approccio poco Soft in UsedSoft (2013) 84(1) Il Diritto di Autore 1-16
• The Orphan Works Directive, or Throwing a Stone and Hiding the Hand (2013) 8(4) JIPLP 303-310
• Towards an EU-Wide Copyright? (Judicial) Pride and (Legislative) Prejudice (2013) 1 IPQ 47-68
• (with CM Rosati) Copyright in Diagnostic Tests: Not Yet the End for Fair Use (2012) 7(7) JIPLP  510-514
• Originality in a Work, or a Work of Originality: The Effects of the Infopaq Decision (2011) 58(4) JCoprSocy 795-817, and 33(12) EIPR 746-755
• The Hargreaves Report and Copyright Licensing: Can National Initiatives Work Per Se? (2011) 33(11) EIPR 673-676
• Searching Responsibilities for Service Providers: Italian Courts and AGCOM Find (Too) Many Results (2011) 22(6) ELR 169-174
• Trade Marks with a Reputation: A Flow-Chart Analysis of the Legal Scenario as Resulting from the Decisions in Intel and L'Oréal (2011) 6(3) JIPLP 155-160
• The Wittem Group and the Project of a European Copyright Code (2010) 5(12) JIPLP 862-868
• Originality in US and UK Copyright Experiences as a Springboard for an EU-Wide Reform Debate (2010) 5 IIC 524-543

Journal Editorials

• Intermediaries and IP: 5 Key Principles of EU Law (2018) 16/2018 GRUR Prax 367-369
• Why Originality in Copyright is not and should not be a Meaningless Requirement (2018) 13(8) JIPLP 597-598
• An EU Text and Data Mining Exception for the Few: Would It Make Sense? (2018) 13(6) JIPLP 429-430
• Why the CJEU Cheese Copyright Case is Anything but Cheesy (2017) 12(10) JIPLP 813-814
• Brexit and UK Copyright: The Story of a Loss among All Other Losses (2016) 11(8) JIPLP 563-564
• Are EU Policy-Makers Fighting the Right Copyright Battles? (2015) 10(9) JIPLP 651 
• 2015: The Year of Blocking Injunctions? (2015) 10(3) JIPLP 147
• Do Ask, Do Tell, Do Nothing: The EU Commission and All Those Copyright Consultations (2014) 9(10) JIPLP 785  
• Luxembourg, We Have a Problem: Where Have the Advocates General Gone? (2014) 9(8) JIPLP 619
• The German ‘Google Tax’ Law: Groovy or Greedy? (2013) 8(7) JIPLP 497

Policy Papers and Reports

• The Exception for Text and Data Mining (TDM) in the Proposed Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market - Technical Aspects (2018), doi:10.2861/480649, ISBN: 978-92-846-2655-7
• To What Extent Do Current Exclusions and Limitations to Copyright Strike a Fair Balance between the Rights of Owners and Fair Use by Private Individuals and Others? - UK Report, in B Kilpatrick - P Kobel - P Këllezi (eds) Antitrust Analysis of Online Sales Platforms & Copyright Limitations and Exceptions (Springer:2018), 583-602
• Copyright Issues Facing Early Stages of Digitization Projects;Exploitation of Cultural Content and Licensing Models (2014), AHRC-funded MobileCollections Project @ University of Cambridge 

Contributions to Edited Collections

• To What Extent Do Current Exclusions and Limitations to Copyright Strike a Fair Balance between the Rights of Owners and Fair Use by Private Individuals and Others? - UK Report, in B Kilpatrick - P Kobel - P Këllezi (eds) Antitrust Analysis of Online Sales Platforms & Copyright Limitations and Exceptions (Springer:2018), 583-602
• IP Disputes Suitable for Mediation: Copyright, in S Bonne - G Humphreys - T Margellos - S Stürmann (eds), Mediation: Creating (and Distributing) Value in International IP Disputes (Kluwer International:2018), 87-94
• L’Opérateur de Plateforme en Ligne et les Droit d’Auteur - Regulating the Transmission of Digital Content through Copyright, in J Senechal - S Stalla-Bourdillon (eds) Rôle et Responsabilité Juridiques des Plateformes en Ligne: Approche(s) Transversale(s) ou Approches Sectorielles? (IRJS Editions:2018), 155-166
• Inibitoria o Risarcimento? (2017), in LC Ubertazzi (ed), AIDA 2017, 461-467 
• The Idea/Expression Dichotomy: Friend or Foe? in R Watt (ed), Research Handbook on the Economics of Copyright (Edward Elgar Publishing:2014) 51-76

Case Comments

• Not Sufficiently 'Transformative' Appropriation of a Photograph Held Infringing by French Court (2018) 13(7) JIPLP 525-526 (Cour d’Appel de Versailles, Alix Malka v Peter Klasen, 1ère chamber 1ère section, RG No 15/06029, 16 March 2018)

• Milan Court Finds Trade Mark Infringement and Unfair Competition in Biscuit-Shaped Cushions (2018) 13(7) JIPLP 520-521 (Court of First Instance of Milan, Barilla G and Another v Italy Fashion srl and Another, decision 830/2018, 25 January 2018)
• AG Szpunar Confirms that There is a Way Out of Invalidation for the Louboutin Red Sole Trade Mark (2018) 13(7) JIPLP 518-520 (Opinion of Advocate General Maciej Szpunar in Christian Louboutin, Christian Louboutin SAS v Van Haren Schoenen BV, C-163/16, EU:C:2018:64)

• General Court Confirms that ‘La Mafia se Sienta a la Mesa’ Cannot Be a Trade Mark on Public Policy Grounds (2018) 13(6) JIPLP 432-434 (La Mafia Franchises, SL v European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), T‑1/17, not yet published, 15 March 2018)

• Italian Supreme Court Confirms Eligibility of TV Formats for Copyright Protection (2017) 12(12) JIPLP 968-969 (RTI Reti Televisive Italiane Spa v Ruvido Produzioni Srl, decision 18633/17 (27 July 2017))

• Italian Supreme Court Rules that Mere Reproduction of Vespa Image May Amount to Counterfeiting (2017) 12(7) JIPLP 537-538 (Cassazione penale, 5th Section, 17 March 2017, No 13078)
• CJEU Clarifies Scope of ‘Access to Cable of Broadcasting Services’ in Article 9 of the InfoSoc Directive (2017) 12(6) JIPLP 457-459 (ITV Broadcasting Limited and Others v TVCatchup Limited (in administration), C-275/15, EU:C:2017:144)
• Arnold J Rules that Shape of KitKat Chocolate Bar Cannot Be Registered as a Trade Mark 11(8) JIPLP 577-578 (Société des Produits Nestlé SA v Cadbury UK Ltd [2016] EWHC 50 (Ch))
• CJEU Links Fair Compensation in Articles 5(2)(a) and (b) of the InfoSoc Directive to Actual Harm Requirement (2016) 11(3) JIPLP 167-170 (Hewlett-Packard Belgium SPRL v Reprobel SCRL, Epson Europe BV intervening, C-572/13, EU:C:2015:750)
• General Court Says that Extended Passing Off may Prevent Trade Mark Registration (2016) 11(2) JIPLP 79-80  (Tilda Riceland Private Ltd v Office for Harmonisation in Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), T-136/14,EU:T:2015:734)
• CJEU Says that Mere Recognition/Association is not Sufficient to Prove Acquired Distinctiveness (2016) 11(2) JIPLP 77-79 (Société des Produits Nestlé SA v Cadbury UK Ltd, C-215/14,EU:C:2015:604)
• Beatles Documentary Reproducing Twelve Songs in their Entirety is not Fair Use (2015) 10(10) JIPLP 736-737 (Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC & Another v WPMC Ltd & Another [2015] EWHC 1853 (Ch))
• High Court Issues Blocking Order against Popcorn Time (2015) 10(8) JIPLP 585-586 (Twentieth Century Fox and Others v Sky UK Limited and Others [2015] EWHC 1082 (Ch))
• CJEU Says that Unauthorised Hyperlinks to  Live TV Broadcasts Are Not Infringements Under the InfoSoc Directive (2015) 10(8) JIPLP 582-583 (C More Entertainment AB v Linus Sandberg, C-279/13, EU:C:2015:199)
• CJEU Says that Copyright Exhaustion only Applies to the Tangible Support of a Work (2015) 10(5) JIPLP 329-330 (Art & Allposters International BV v Stichting Pictoright, C-419/13, EU:C:2015:27)
• CJEU Rules on Notion of Parody (But It Will Not Be Funny for National Courts) (2015) 10(2) JIPLP 80-82 (Johan Deckmyn and Another v Helena Vandersteen and Others, C-201/13, EU:C:2014:2132)
• OSA (the Czech Spa case): Article 102 TFEU as a Means to Attack Excessive Copyright Fees of Collecting Societies? (2015) 6(2) JECLAP 96-97 (OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním os v Léčebné lázně Mariánské Lázně as, C-351/12, EU:C:2014:110)
• CJEU Says that Member States May Grant Public Libraries the Right to Digitise Works in their Collections (2015) 10(1) JIPLP 6-8 (Technische Universität Darmstadt v Eugen Ulmer KG, C-117/13, EU:C:2014:2196)
• CJEU Rules that Private Copying Exception May Only Apply to Reproductions from Licensed Sources(2014) 9(9) JIPLP  710-711 (ACI Adam BV and Others v Stichting de Thuiskopie and Stichting Onderhandelingen Thuiskopie vergoeding, C-435/12, EU:C:2014:254)
• CJEU on Communication to the Public and National Systems of Collective Rights Management (2014) 9(8) JIPLP 630-631 (OSA – Ochranný svaz autorský pro práva k dílům hudebním os v Léčebné lázně Mariánské Lázně as, C-351/12, EU:C:2014:110)
• Google Books Library Project is Fair Use (2014) 9(2) JIPLP 104-106 (The Authors Guild, Inc v Google Inc, USDC SDNY 05 Civ 8136 (DC), 14 November 2013)
• Brussels I Regulation and Online Copyright Infringement: ‘Intention to Target’ Approach Rejected (2014) 9(1) JIPLP 18-19 (Peter Pinckney v KDG Mediatech AG, C-170/12, EU:C:2013:635)
• US Supreme Court Holds First Sale Doctrine Applicable to Works Lawfully Made Abroad (2013) 8(8) JIPLP 590-591 (Kirtsaeng v John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 568 US __ (2013))
• E Rosati, Amazon’s Use of Term “Appstore” is not Deceptive (2013) 8(7) JIPLP 511-512 (Apple Inc v Amazon.com Inc, No C 11-1327 PJH (N D Cal, Jan 2, 2013))
• First Circuit Applies Idea/Expression Dichotomy and Originality to News Photographs (2013) 8(5) JIPLP 356-357 (Donald A Harney v Sony Pictures Television, Inc, and A&E Television Networks, LLC, No 11-1760 (1st Cir, Jan 7, 2013))
• Exhaustion also Applies to First Sale of Downloaded Software (2012) 7(11) JIPLP 786-788 (UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp, C-128/11, EU:C:2012:407)
• US District Court Explains Idea/Expression Dichotomy in Videogames (2012) 7(10) JIPLP 713-714 (Tetris Holding, LLC and The Tetris Company, LLC v Xio Interactive, LLC, USDC D New Jersey, 30 May 2012)
• ECJ Interprets InfoSoc Exception for Ephemeral Recordings (2012) 7(8) JIPLP 557-559 (DR and TV2 Danmark v NCB, C-510/10, EU:C:2012:244)
• On Netlog, ACTA and the Scope of IPR Injunctions in the EU (2012) 2(3) QMJIP 297-304 (SABAM v Netlog, C-360/10, EU:C:2012:85)
• US Supreme Court Says Public Domain Works May Return to Copyright (2012) 7(4) JIPLP 238-239 (Golan v Holder, 565 US __ (2012))
• Yahoo! Liable for Contributory Infringement by Display of Links to Infringing Websites (2011) 6(8) JIPLP 521-523 (Tribunale di Roma, PFA Films Srl v Google Italy, Microsoft Srl and Yahoo! Italia Srl, ordinanza 20 March 2011)
• Relighting a Lamp: The CJEU on Revived Protection for Expired Design Rights (2011) 384 ITMA Review 14-16 (Flos v Semeraro Casa e Famiglia, C-168/09, EU:C:2011:29)

• The Proposed Press Publishers’ Right: An Actual Solution?, in Better Regulation for Copyright: Academics meet Policy Makers, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium), 6 September 2017

Books

• Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union (forthcoming:OUP)

​Journal Editorials

• The Year in EU Copyright: Is the Right Approach an Emotional Approach? (forthcoming) JIPLP

• Fashion and IP: In Search of the Perfect Fit (forthcoming) JIPLP

Contributions to Edited Collections

• The Direct Liability of Intermediaries, in GF Frosio (ed) The Oxford Handbook of Intermediary Liability Online (forthcoming:OUP)

• Linking and Copyright: Easier at Last? First national applications of the CJEU GS Media judgment, in T Synodinou - P Jougleux - C Markou - T Prastitou (eds) EU Internet Law in the Digital Era (forthcoming:Springer).

• E-Books/Mass Digitization Projects – The Role of Licensing, in T Aplin (ed) Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and Digital Technologies (forthcoming: Edward Elgar)

• US Court Refuses to Grant Summary Judgment in Favour of Beyoncé over FEYONCÉ Products (forthcoming) JIPLP (Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter, et al., v. Feyoncé, Inc. et al., 16-CV-2532 (AJN))

• CJEU Rules on Standing of Collecting Societies and Safe Harbour Availability (forthcoming) JIPLP (Coöperatieve Vereniging SNB-REACT U.A. v Deepak Mehta, C-521/17, EU:C:2018:639)

• UK Supreme Court Holds that Intermediaries Have to Bear No Costs of Injunctions Against Them (forthcoming) JIPLP (Cartier International AG & Ors v British Telecommunications Plc & Anor [2018] UKSC 28 (13 June 2018))

• Milan Court Applies Nintendo v Big Ben in Fast Fashion Lawsuit against ZARA (forthcoming) JIPLP (Tribunale di Milano, Diesel spa and Others v Zara Italia srl and Others, case No 22303/2016, decision No 5390/2018, 15 May 2018)

Copyright

• Linking under EU Copyright Law
• Right of Communication to the Public – Potential Liability Under Article 3(1) InfoSoc Directive
• Copyright Infringement Checklist
• UK Copyright Exceptions

Trade Marks

• EU/National Trade Marks (TMs): Main Life Events (Potential)

• Trade Mark Infringement Checklist

Intermediaries

• Intermediaries and IP: 5 Key Principles of EU Law

Student essays

• 5 Mistakes to Avoid in IP Student Essays
• Student Essays: How to Write a Good Piece?

I have also created and manage a Facebook group primarily intended for my students, but open to anyone interested in IP and discussing relevant issues through a more informal channel.

Some of my PowerPoint presentations are available on SlideShare.

• 18/4/2018 - Copyright Law at a Glance: State of the Art and Trends in Europe, APCO Worldwide, Brussels (Belgium)
• 5/10/2016 - A Wonderful Future for EU Copyright ... or Not?, RPC LLP, London (UK)
• 14/1/2016 - Dreams Are My Reality: What Lies Ahead for EU Copyright, RPC LLP, London (UK)
• 26/5/2015 - The Age of EU Copyright Reform?, RPC LLP, London (UK)
• 11/3/2015 - EU Copyright, I Love You, RPC LLP, London (UK)
• 12/12/2014 - Nothing But Exceptional Copyright Exceptions, RPC LLP, London (UK)
• 17/11/2014 - EU Copyright Training, Bircham Dyson Bell LLP, London (UK)
• 28/10/2014 - The Wonderful Life of EU Copyright Law & Policy, Allen & Overy LLP, Brussels (Belgium)
• 23-24/9/2014 - The Fabulous World of EU Copyright, RPC LLP, London (UK)
• 12/6/2014 - (What's the Story) Copyright Glory?, Baker & McKenzie LLP, London (UK)
• 6/5/2014 - Post-Fordham Copyright Catch-Up, Olswang LLP, London (UK)

• 2/7/2018 - IPKat at 15: What's Next for IP? (co-organized with Annsley Merelle Ward, IPKat and Bristows), Bristows, London (UK)
• 14/3/2018 - Retromark: A Review of the Year in Trade Marks (co-organized with Darren Meale, Simmons&Simmons), Simmons&Simmons, London (UK)
• 24/11/2017 - A Distinctive Mess? Current Trade Mark Law and Practice in the EU and UK, Allen&Overy, London (UK)
• 20/11/2017 - Online Content Regulation at the Crossroads of Automation and Injunctions: The Way Forward, University of Southampton (UK) (co-organized with Dr Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon)
• 19/10/2017 - The Impact of BREXIT on the UK Copyright Regime, Joint IPKat-BLACA Event, Reed Smith, London (UK) (co-organized with BLACA)
• 6/9/2017 - Better Regulation for Copyright: Academics meet Policy Makers, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium) (co-organized with Dr Sophie Stalla-Bourdillon, University of Southampton, and MEP Julia Reda)
• 18/7/2017 - The Pirate Bay Communicates to the Public: Are There Any More Online Infringement Questions to Be Answered? (co-organized with Darren Meale, Simmons&Simmons), Simmons&Simmons, London (UK)
• 28-29/4/2017 - European Copyright - Quo Vadis? (co-organized with Giovanni Sartor and Ula Furgal, both European University Institute) European University Institute, Florence (Italy) 
• 16/1/2017 - The Present and Future of EU and UK Copyright, Simmons&Simmons, London (UK)
• 13/9/2016 (co-organized with Theo Savvides and Mark Brown, both Bristows) - Linking & Copyright: GS Media Rapid Response Event, Bristows LLP, London (UK)
• 28/7/2016 (co-organized with Darren Meale, Simmons&Simmons) - Life After Cartier: The Future of Blocking Injunctions, Simmons&Simmons, London (UK)
• 26/11/2015 (co-organized with Prof Jeremy Phillips, IPKat) - JIPLP's 10th Anniversary Conference, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London (UK)
• 1/4/2014 (co-organized with Prof Jeremy Phillips, IPKat) - Online Copyright + Enforcement = Happiness?, Bristows LLP, London (UK)

• 17/10/2018 - The EU Perspective on the Value Gap, 2018 Korea Copyright Forum, Seoul (Korea)
• 9/10/2018 - Branderella: Trade Marks and Fictional Characters, JUSPI: Propriété Intellectuelle et Pop Culture - Nouveaux Enjeux, Nouveaux Defis?, Strasbourg (France)
• 8/10/2018 - Fashion and IP, Centre d'Études Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle - CEIPI, Strasbourg (France)
• 5-6/10/2018 - 5 Key Principles of Intermediary IP Injunctions: Present and Future,  CopyCamp 2018, Warsaw (Poland)
• 28/9/2018 - Fashion and IP, Stockholm University (Sweden)
• 27/9/2018 - Balancing Protection with Data Analysis & Innovation (panellist), Microsoft Data Science & Law Forum - Responsible approaches to Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Center, Brussels (Belgium)
• 3/8/2018 - La Riforma Europea del Copyright: Il Suo Impatto sulla Libertà di Internet e la Circolazione dell’Informazione (panellist), IHC - Italian Hacker Camp 2018, Padua (Italy)
• 2/7/2018 - IPKat at 15: What's Next for IP?, Bristows LLP, London (UK)
• 13-16/6/2018 - The EU Copyright Reform: A Bit like the Marriage of Aphrodite and Hephaestus?, Beautiful as Aphrodite? EU Copyright Reform, ECTA 37th Annual Conference - Gods in Transit: IP at the Crossroads of Great Civilizations, Athens (Greece)
• 11/6/2018 - Copyright Update: Recent Decisions and the Current State of the EU Reform Debate, Competition Law Association, Brick Court Chambers, London (UK)
• 3-5/6/2018 - Topical Issues for Press Use of Copyright Content, PLDN 2018 Conference, London (UK)
• 29/5/2018 - Online IP Infringements and Intermediaries: From Remedies to Liability, Swedish Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (SFIR), Stockholm (Sweden)
• 20/5/2018 - Copyright and Trademark: What They Can Learn From Each Other on the Internet Frontier of Trademark Protection (panellist), INTA 2018 - 140th Annual Meeting, Seattle (WA, USA)
• 19/5/2018 - The consequences of Brexit on the Rules of the Common Market (Exhaustion of Rights, Transit, Agreements…) (panellist), The Impact of Brexit on IP Law in the EU - CNCPI/CEIPI, Seattle (WA, USA)
• 19/4/2018 - Artificial Intelligence: An Artificial Approach to Intelligent Protection?, Back to the Basics: Deconstructing Intellectual Property Protection for Music, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, Berlin (Germany)
• 12/4/2018 - Can't Stop Feeling: Copyright at the Crossroads between Nostalgia and Change, WS IP Conference 2018, Edinburgh (UK)
• 10/4/2018 - Construction of EU Copyright in the Case Law of the Court of Justice: High Level of Protection in the Internal Market (Keynote), Software and Audiovisual Copyright. Significant Damage - Training Seminar for Judges, Prosecutors and Police, Riga (Latvia)
• 5-6/4/2018 - The EU Copyright Reform - An Update, 26th Fordham IP Conference, New York City (NY, USA)
• 20/3/2018 - Should Online Platforms Do More to Tackle Unlawful Content Online?, Université de Namur, Namur (Belgium)
• 14/3/2018 - Retromark: A Review of the Year in Trade Marks (Co-Organizer and -Chair), Simmons&Simmons, London (UK)
• 13/3/2018 - Enforcement of IP Rights and the Role of Online Intermediaries, Loughborough University London (UK)
• 8/3/2018 - General Remarks regarding Art. 8.3 and Implementation into the Italian System, Blocking Illegal Content in the EU - Implementation of Art. 8.3 of Directive 2001/29 in Selected EU Countries, ICC Poland - K&L Gates, Warsaw (Poland)
• 22/2/2018 - Text and Data Mining: How Is It Done and Can It Be Done?, Copyright Directive: Text and Data Mining (TDM) - Workshop for the Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
• 31/1/2018 - Le Norme sul Copyright nella Strategia per il Digital Single Market - Come Adeguare il Diritto d'Autore all'Ambiente Digitale per Rendere Competitiva l'Economia European e Nazionale (panellist), European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
• 23-24/1/2018 - Copyright Reform in the EU and US: What Business Leaders Need to Know (panellist), NY:LON CONNECT, New York City (NY, USA)
• 18/1/2018 - Originality in EU and UK Copyright Laws, Christie's Education, London (UK)
• 18/12/2017 - 2nd International Comparative Colloquium: IP and Fashion: From Creator to Consumer (panellist), Embassy of Australia, Paris (France)
• 4/12/2017 - The Digital Single Market Strategy and the EU Copyright Reform, Lund University (Sweden)
• 28/11/2017 - The Filmspeler CJEU Judgment - Legal Implications for Makers and Users of Kodi Boxes, FAST Legal Group Meeting, House of Lords, London (UK)
• 27-28/11/2017 - The Proposed DSM Directive on Copyright and the Regulation on Cross-Border Portability – Where Are We and What Areas Remain Controversial?, International Copyright Law Conference, London (UK)
• 27/11/2017 - Fashion Law and Trademarks, Fashion Law Masterclass, Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design, London (UK) 
• 24/11/2017 - A Distinctive Mess? Current Trade Mark Law and Practice in the EU and UK (Organizer and Chair), Allen&Overy, London (UK)
• 20/11/2017 - Intermediary IP Injunctions: Who Must Bear the Implementation Costs?, Online Content Regulation at the Crossroads of Automation and Injunctions: The Way Forward, University of Southampton (UK)
• 16-17/11/2017 - Copyright and Internet Linking, REDA 2017: Regulation and Enforcement in the Digital Era, Nicosia (Cyprus)
• 9/11/2017 - Il Diritto d’Autore nell’Era Digitale tra Evoluzioni Giurisprudenziali e Proposte Normative, Novità Normative e Giurisprudenziali in Materia di Brevetti, Marchi d’Impresa, Diritto d’Autore, Segreto Industriale e Concorrenza, Scuola Superiore della Magistratura, Scandicci (Italy)
• 19/10/2017 - The Impact of BREXIT on the UK Copyright Regime (Chair), Joint IPKat-BLACA Event, Reed Smith, London (UK)
• 15-16/9/2017 - Internet e Diritto d'Autore UE, XXXII Incontri di AIDA - Palazzo di Giustizia, Milan (Italy)
• 6/9/2017 - Better Regulation for Copyright: Academics meet Policy Makers, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
• 29-31/8/2017 - Business of Music in the Caribbean Developmental Workshops - Negotiating and Managing Contracts in the Music Industry Workshop, Kingston (Jamaica)  
• 27/6/2017 - The EU Legal System for Copyright, Summer Course in European Intellectual Property Law, Trier (Germany)
• 22/6/2017 - Gli Effetti sulla Disciplina del Diritto d'Autore e dei Diritti Connessi al suo Esercizio, Effetti della Brexit sulla Proprietà Intellettuale, Università LUISS - Guido Carli, Rome (Italy)
• 15/6/2017 - Copyright in the Digital Age: US and UK Perspectives - Joint AIPPI/AIPLA Event, Bird&Bird LLP, London (UK)
• 13/6/2017 - LIDC Questions Workshop, Redd Solicitors LLP, London (UK)
• 15/5/2017 - Fashion Law and Designs, Fashion Law Masterclass, Condé Nast College of Fashion, London (UK)
• 10/5/2017 - IPSoc - Latest Developments in Copyright, Simmons&Simmons, London (UK)
• 9/5/2017 - Protecting IP While Allowing Startups in Europe to Flourish, Roma Startup Week, Rome (Italy)
• 5/5/2017 - Second-Hand Markets for Digital Copies: An EU Copyright Chimera?, Università Commerciale 'Luigi Bocconi', Milan (Italy)
• 28-29/4/2017 - The Interplay between New Obligations and the EU Acquis: Just a Clarification?, European Copyright - Quo Vadis?, European University Institute, Florence (Italy) 
• 20-21/4/2017 - Communication to the Public & Hyperlinking (panellist), 25th Fordham IP Conference, New York City (NY, USA)
• 30/3-1/4/2017 - DSM and Brexit, The European Digital Single Market - Breaking Down Digital Barriers, Click by Click, International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), Dublin (Ireland)
• 28/3/2017 - Linking After GS Media: Clear (and Happy) at Last?, The Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation, London (UK)
• 10/3/2017 - UK IP post-Brexit, Det Årlige Opphavsrettskusket, JUS - Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Sandefjord (Norway)
• 10/3/2017 - Originality in EU Copyright, Det Årlige Opphavsrettskusket, JUS - Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Sandefjord (Norway)
• 9/2/2017 - Originality in UK and EU Copyright, Christie’s Education, London (UK)
• 21/12/2016 - L'Autore in Europa: tra Giurisprudenza e Policy, Stati Generali dell'Autore - Gli Scrittori: I Nuovi Poveri?, Rome (Italy)
• 30/11/2016 - Private Copying and Fair Compensation under EU Copyright Law, University of Uppsala (Sweden)
• 24/11/2016 - Rôle et Responsabilité Juridiques des Plateformes en Ligne: Approche(s) Transversale(s) ou Approches Sectorielles?, Ecole de Droit de la Sorbonne, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris I) – IRJS, Département Sorbonne Immatériel, Paris (France)
• 22-23/11/2016 - Joint WIPO / UNWE National Seminar on Copyright in the Digital Age, Sofia (Bulgaria)
• 14/11/2016 - What Role for Online Intermediaries? The UK Experience, (Non-)Regulation of Online Platforms and Internet Intermediaries: State of Play, Visions, and Next Steps in Germany, UK and the EU, 7th GRUR Int/JIPLP Joint Seminar, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum Humboldt University of Berlin, Berlin (Germany)
• 7-9/11/2016 - Copyright Exceptions and the CJEU: In Search of (In)Flexibilities, Shaping the Future [of IP], International Conference organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic and the Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava (Slovakia)
• 19/10/2016 - Use of Protected Content by Information Society Services (Value Gap) - Internal Parliament Workshop on the Academic Evaluation of the Copyright Reform Proposal, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium) 
• 14/10/2016 - GS Media and the Value Gap Proposal: Happy at Last?, GS Media v Sanoma and The Value Gap Proposal, Vereniging voor Auteursrecht, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
• 13/10/2016 - Recent CJEU Case Law and its Impact on EU Copyright Policy, GRUR Annual Meeting 2016, Munich (Germany)
• 13/9/2016 - Linking & Copyright: GS Media Rapid Response Event (panellist), Bristows LLP, London (UK)
• 5/9/2016 - International Jurisdiction in Online EU Trade Mark Infringement Cases: Where Is the Place of Infringement Located?, European Policy for Intellectual Property – 11th Annual Conference, Oxford (UK)
• 28/7/2016 - Life after Cartier: The Future of Blocking Injunctions (panellist), Simmons&Simmons LLP, London (UK)
• 24/6/2016 - Saving News with Copyright? (panellist), CREATe Festival 2016, London (UK)
• 17/6/2016 - Neighbouring Rights for Publishers: Are National and (Possible) EU Solutions Lawful?, Oxfirst Webinar Series
• 26/5/2016 - Originality in UK and EU Copyright, Christie’s Education, London (UK)
• 8/4/2016 - La Dolce Vita: Present and Future of EU Copyright Law and Policy, EIP Seminar Series 2015/16 – Advanced Studies on Innovation, Market, Competitiveness and Economic Growth, Università degli Studi della Basilicata (Italy)
• 5/4/2016 - United in Diversity? The Present and Future of EU Copyright (Keynote), The 10th Annual International Graduate Conference, King’s College, London (UK)
• 1/4/2016 - Copyright Poutpourri (panellist), 24th Fordham IP Conference, New York City (USA)
• 31/3/2016 - EU Copyright Reform and Digital Single Market (panellist), 24th Fordham IP Conference, New York City (USA)
• 26/2/2016 - Fashion Law and Copyright, 1st Fashion Law Masterclass, Condé Nast College of Fashion and Design, London (UK)
• 25/2/2016 - Recent CJEU Case Law in the Area of Copyright, 8 New Square, London (UK)
• 12/2/2016 - The Digital Single Market Strategy: Just a Dream?, Modernising Copyright in the EU Digital Single Market, Trinity College, Dublin (Ireland)
• 18/12/2015 - Recente Giurisprudenza della Corte di Giustizia in Aree di Interesse per gli Autori, Stati Generali dell’Autore – 4a Edizione, Rome (Italy)
• 9/12/2015 - How to deal with IP … in an IP Blog, Rettigheter og Eierskap i Sosiale Medier, Patentsyret, Oslo (Norway)
• 26/11/2015 - A Decade of Random Copyright (Reform) in Europe, JIPLP’s 10th Anniversary Conference, London (UK)
• 18-20/11/2015 - EU Copyright Harmonization, Infringements of Designs Protected by Design Law and Copyright, Joint OHIM/Europol Event, Office for the Harmonization in the Internal Market, Alicante (Spain)
• 27/10/2015 - European Copyright Reform, Policy-UK, London (UK)
• 22/10/2015 - EU Copyright Reform Debate, Building a Fairer Framework for the Future, 17th Biennial Copyright Law and Practice Symposium 2015, Sydney (Australia)
• 14/10/2015 - Oh Dear, How (Un)Civilised: EU Copyright and its Reform Debate, Svenska Föreningen för Upphovsrätt, Stockholm (Sweden)
• 5/10/2015 - Link at Your Own Peril?, Hot Topics in Copyright Law, 2015 MBL Conference, London (UK)
• 24-25/9/2015 - UK Copyright Law, Advanced Master in Intellectual Property and Knowledge Management, Maastricht University-Faculty of Law (The Netherlands)
• 8/9/2015 - UK Copyright and the Impact of EU-Level Reform: Is There such a Thing?, Westminster Media Forum - EU Copyright Reform and the Digital Single Market – Priorities and Challenges, London (UK)
• 26/8/2015 -Towards a New EU Copyright Framework?, 5th Global Forum on Intellectual Property, Singapore
• 24/8/2015 - Overview of UK/EU Perspectives on Copyright, Breaking Barriers: Intellectual Property and the Value for Society – Joint UK Intellectual Property Office and US Patent and Trademark Office Event, Singapore
• 2/7/2015 - Should the EU Restrict Freedom of Panorama?, European Parliament Working Group on IPR and Copyright Reform – Meeting on “Freedom of Panorama”, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
• 26/6/2015 - Overview of Recent CJEU Copyright Judgments, Annual ICEL IT Law Conference, Hilton Hotel , Dublin (Ireland)
• 25/6/2015 - Overview of Recent CJEU Copyright Judgments, WS Intellectual Property Law Conference 2015, The WS Society, Edinburgh (UK)
• 22/6/2015 - EU Copyright: Just like a New IP Lawyer?, Why IP Matters: Who Owns the Arts and the Sciences? (Keynote) - New IP Lawyers Inaugural Conference, University of Exeter (UK)
• 2/6/2015 - The Age of EU Copyright Reform? (Keynote), IFRRO European Group Meeting, Vienna (Austria)
• 28/5/2015 - Originality in UK and EU Copyright, Christie’s Education, London (UK)
• 8/4/2015 - EU Copyright Law, 23rdFordham IP Conference, Cambridge (UK)
• 24/3/2015 - Digital Exhaustion: Can Downloads Be Sold Second-Hand Without a Licence from the Copyright Owner?, The Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation, Lincoln’s Inn, London (UK)
• 13/3/2015 - Introduction to the EU Copyright Regime and Its Reform, Competition Law in the Technology Sector, Instituto de Estudios Bursátiles, Madrid (Spain)
• 3/3/2015 - EU-Style Fair Use? EU Copyright and the Introduction of an Open Norm, Towards a New Legislation on Intellectual Property in the Digital Single Market. Proposal for a New Framework Under INFOSOC and IPRED Directives, European Parliament, Brussels (Belgium)
• 24/2/2015 - Sensory and Sensibility – Will Copyright Awake Your Senses?, Joint IPKat/BLACA Meeting, Reed Smith LLP, London (UK)
• 9/12/2014 - Online IP Enforcement: Where Are We Now?, FAST Legal Advisory Meeting hosted by Lord Younger, House of Lords, Parliament, London (UK)
• 26/11/2014 - Not Just a Court of Laugh Resort: Why the CJEU Decision in Deckmyn is Broader than Parody, University of Southampton - School of Law, Southampton (UK)
• 24/10/2014 - Divided in Diversity. Cross-Border Availability of Audiovisual Works, FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2014, Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
• 1/10/2014 - Should ISPs Be Copyright Cops? (Chair), Copyright & Technology 2014, London (UK)
• 12/8/2014 - Nobody’s Land? Directions in EU Copyright, The WS Society, In conversation with Dr Eleonora Rosati, Edinburgh (UK)
• 20/6/2014 - Nobody’s Land? Directions in EU Copyright, Copyright Association of Ireland, Recent Developments Seminar 2014, Dublin (Ireland)
• 13/5/2014 - Bringing Audiovisual Works Online: (No) Sooner Said than Done?, EUScreenXL IPR Workshop, Europeana Foundation, The Hague (The Netherlands)
• 24-25/4/2014 - The Proposed UK Orphan Works Licensing Scheme: Is It Compatible with EU Law?, 22nd Fordham IP Conference, New York City (USA)
• 24-25/4/2014 - Overview of CJEU Copyright Case Law from the Past Year, 22nd Fordham IP Conference, New York City (USA)
• 1/4/2014 - Copyright Enforcement in the EU – Review Plans in the Shade of CJEU Blooming Activism, Online Copyright + Enforcement = Happiness?, Bristows LLP, London (UK)
• 19/3/2014 - Is UsedSoft Bound to Remain Special?, Queen Mary, University of London (UK)
• 10/3/2014 - Different Notions of Copyright-Protected Work in Europe: The Legal Situation in the UK, 4th GRUR Int/JIPLP Joint Seminar, Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition, Munich (Germany)
• 12/2/2014 - Are Moral Rights Human Rights?, Joint BLACA/IPKat Meeting, London (UK)
• 13/1/2014 - Copyright in the EU: In Search of (In)Flexibilities, Google, London (UK)

• 8/10/2018 - Copyright Waffle (podcast/interview)
• 13/9/2018 - Sputnik International (on the EU progress of the EU copyright reform)
• 12/9/2018 - CNN (on the EU progress of the EU copyright reform)
• 5/7/2018 - The New York Times (on the EU progress of the EU copyright reform)
• 3/4/2018 – Wired (on the proposed EU press publishers’ right)
• 20/10/2017 – Radio Città del Capo (on the policy debate surrounding EU copyright reform)
• 18/6/2017 – The New York Times (on Donald Trump's trade mark registrations in Russia)
• 21/4/2017 – BBC (on restrictions imposed by copyright law)
• 10/2/2017 – AGI (on the policy debate surrounding EU copyright reform)
• 14/10/2016 – The Hollywood Reporter (on the protection available to TV formats)
• 14/9/2016 – Marketplace (on the policy debate surrounding EU copyright reform)
• 11/9/2016 – The Financial Times (on the policy debate surrounding EU copyright reform)
• 14/5/2015 – The Guardian (on the advantages of studying copyright while at university)
• 29/9/2014 – The Telegraph (on the introduction into UK law of a parody exception)
• 11/7/2014 – Metro (on IP issues facing tattoos)