2021

3/3/2021 -
2/3/2021 - EU IP Law, CEIPI-Université de Strasbourg, online
28/2/2021 - The Rise of Fashion Law (Chief Guest), International Winter School on IPR & New Technologies Law - MyLawman, online
1/2/2021 - The Path to Trade Mark Registration: The Absolute Grounds Hurdle, King's College London, online
21, 28/1 and 4/2/2021 - Fashion Law, Fashion Business & Buying - Istituto Marangoni, online
15, 22, 29/1/2021 - Copyright Law, LLM in Law & Tax Management - EDHEC Business School, online

2020

10/12/2020 - 'Overview of Recent Fashion-Related IP Developments', Fashion Reinassance: A Unique Year in Review, online
9/12/2020 - AI and Copyright, University of Bristol, online
3/12/2020 - 'Roasting the Host: From the Safe Harbour to the Direct Liability of Platforms in IP Cases', Stockholm Intellectual Property Law Review Conference - 'IP in the Digital Environment', online
15/10/2020 - 'The Intersection of Freedom of Expression and Trademarks - The EU Perspective', EUIPO IP Case Law Conference, online
13/10/2020 - Copyright Protection of Designs: An International Perspective, 2020 AIPPI World Congress Online, online
5/10/2020 - Fashion and IP: Recent Developments and Related Protection Perspectives, Bird & Bird, online
28-30/9/2020 - The Legal Environment of Luxury Industries, MSc in Luxury Management and Guest Experience, Glion Institute of Higher Education, Glion-sur-Montreux (Switzerland)
26/9/2020 - The Shape of IP: 3D Objects between Copyright and Trademark Law, IP Time, online
22/9/2020 - Forma e Funzione: La Proteggibilità del Design ai sensi del Diritto d'Autore nella Prospettiva Europea e Nazionale, AIPPI Toscana, online
21/9/2020 - La Trasposizione italiana della Direttiva Digital Single Market (Co-Organizer and -Chair), Bird & Bird, online
17/9/2020 - Getting Published in IP (panellist), 2020 Kraków IP Law Summer School, online
11/9/2020 - Copyright Protection of Objects of Design (and Desire) under EU law: An Easy Road Ahead?, EPIP 2020, online
10/9/2020 - From the Copyright DSM Directive to its National Transpositions: Developments and Challenges, CEPIC Legal Webinar - The EU Directive One Year After: Where Are We Now?, online
23/7/2020 - Joint IPKat/BLACA Live Webinar on AG Opinion in Joined Cases C-682/18 and C-683/18 (Organizer and Speaker)
30/6/2020 - The EU Legal System for Copyright, Summer Course on European Intellectual Property Law, ERA - Academy of European Law, Trier (Germany)
29/6/2020 - Fashion and IP: Latest Developments, Fashion Law London - The Virtual Fashion Law Update, online
25/6/2020 - Design Protection under Copyright Law in Denmark – The Anne Black Case (panellist), Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen (Denmark)
23/6/2020 - Copyright Challenges in the Digital Age, WIPO-UNIGE Summer School on IP 2020, Geneva (Switzerland)
30/5/2020 - La Riforma Europea della Disciplina del Diritto d’Autore. La Direttiva UE sul Copyright nel Mercato Unico Digitale, Università LUISS - Guido Carli, Rome (Italy)
15/5/2020 - CJEU Jurisprudence in Copyright Law, Journée d'Actualités - La Jurisprudence Européenne en Propriété Intellectuelle, Strasbourg (France)
12, 13, and 16/5/2020 - AI Creativity and Tools: Protection and Enforcement from a Copyright Perspective, CEIPI-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France)
6/5/2020 - National Copyright Round-Up Live Webinar (Organizer and Chair)
4/5/2020 - CJEU Copyright Round-Up Live Webinar (Organizer and Chair)
30/4/2020 - When Does Copyright Protection Arise? Recent CJEU Case Law, CEIPI-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France)
29/4/2020 - EU Trade Mark Round-Up Live Webinar (Organizer and Chair)
23/4/2020 - Fashion Law: An Introduction, CEIPI-Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg (France)
21/4/2020 - Back to the Basics: When Does Copyright Protection Arise in the EU?, Magister Lvcentinvs - Universidad de Alicante, Alicante (Spain)
25-27/3/2020 - The Legal Environment of Luxury Industries, MSc in Luxury Management and Guest Experience, Glion Institute of Higher Education, Glion-sur-Montreux (Switzerland)
7/3/2020 - Diritto d'Autore ed Intelligenza Artificiale: La Proteggibilità di Opere Create da Autori Non Umani e la Desiderabilità di Tale Tutela in una Prospettiva Europea, Università LUISS - Guido Carli, Rome (Italy)
25/2/2020 - Brexit through the Lens of UK Copyright, Center for Transnational IP, Media and Technology Law and Policy - Bucerius Law School, Hamburg (Germany)
20-21/1/2020 - Copyright Law, LLM in Law & Tax Management - EDHEC Business School, Lille (France)
13/2/2020 - Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union, King's College, London (UK)
13/1/2020 - Originality in EU and UK Copyright, Christie's Education, London (UK)

2019

22/11/2019 - Copyright in the Cloud, Annual Conference on European Copyright Law 2019, Trier (Germany)
14/11/2019 - OCSSP ... What?! The (New?) Copyright Liability Regime of Platforms and the Role of Upload Filters, Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen (Germany)
12/11/2019 - Uploading content to YouTube: Who's Liable for What?, BPP University, London (UK)
6/11/2019 - What Does the European Commission Make of the EU Copyright Acquis When It Pleads Before the CJEU? Observations in Digital & Online Cases, Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, Stockholm (Sweden)
23/10/2019 - IPR and Data: Is EU Copyright Now Fit For Purpose?, Helsinki IP Summit, Helsinki (Finland)
16/10/2019 - Liability is Coming: Recent Copyright Case Law and Its Effects on UUC Platforms, Central and Eastern European Music Publishers’ Congress (CEEMPC), Ljubljana (Slovenia)
7/10/2019 - The Liability of Online Platforms from a European Perspective (Case Law And The New Copyright Directive, ICC Turkey: Summit on the Role of Intellectual Property in Promoting Creativity and Innovation for a Strong and Competitive National Economy, Istanbul (Turkey)
18-19/9/2019 - Collective Rights Management in the EU, IPKey South-East Asia: Conference on the Collective Management of Copyright and Related Rights in South-East Asia, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
16/9/2019 - The Art of IP: Museums and Architecture (panellist), AIPPI World Congress 2019, London (UK)
11-12/9/2918 - Mining Data and Information and Using Them to Create: Copyright Issues (panellist), LES Paneuropean Conference - Human Evolution and Artificial Intelligence: Are We Ready?, Madrid (Spain)
18/7/2019 - Second-Hand Markets for Digital Copies: Towards the Tom Kabinet Ruling, FAST Legal Advisory Group Meeting, House of Lords, London (UK)
28/6/2019 - The CJEU Saga: Digital Content: How Can You Make It Available to the Public within the EU?, ECTA 38th Annual Conference, Edinburgh (UK)
18/6/2019 - What Happens (or Cannot Happen) before AI Creates a Work?, AI: Decoding IP, London (UK)
7/6/2019 - Hiding in Plain Sight: Copyright Ambiguities and How the DSM Directive Has Tackled Them, CEPIC Congress 2019, Paris (France)
4/6/2019 - The New Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market: Happy at Last?, Bird&Bird, Helsinki (Finland)
7/5/2019 - Copyright in CJEU Case Law, Amicale des Référendaires et des anciens Référendaires de la Cour de Justice de l'Union Européenne, Court of Justice of the European Union (Luxembourg)
25/4/2019 - The New EU Copyright Directive: Game Over?, 27^th Fordham IP Conference, New York City (NY, USA)
23/4/2019 - Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union, Chicago-Kent Law School, Chicago (IL, USA)
13/4/2019 - EU Copyright: The New Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv (Ukraine)
12/4/2019 - Intermediary Liability and Responsibilization under EU IP Law, Conference on IT Law, Ukrainian Bar Association, Kyiv (Ukraine)
2/4/2019 - Copyright & Brexit: What Next? (Keynote), CILIP Copyright Conference 2019, London (UK)
27/3/2019 - Retromark: the Conference (Co-Organizer), Simmons&Simmons, London (UK)
26/3/2019 - Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union (Organizer), Bird&Bird, London (UK)
19/3/2019 - Copyright Europeo: La Luce in Fondo al Tunnel? (Co-Chair and Co-Organizer), Bird&Bird, Milan (Italy)
15/3/2019 - The Right of Communication to the Public: Intelligible at Last?, Det Årlige Opphavsrettskusket, JUS - Juristenes Utdanningssenter, Sandefjord (Norway)
14/3/2019 - AI in Europe: Is Copyright an Enabler or an Obstacle?, Can Robots Invent and Create? A Dialogue between Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property, University of Alicante, Alicante (Spain)
9/3/2019 - The Place of Intention and Knowledge in the Concept of Communication to the Public/Article 13 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market and the Liability of ‘Online Content-Sharing Service Providers, CIPIL Annual Spring Conference - Mens Rea in IP Knowledge and Intent and Infringement of intellectual Property Rights, University of Cambridge, Cambridge (UK)
27/2/2019 - Copyright and the Court of Justice of the European Union: Role, Action, Legacy, University of Reading, Reading (UK)
18/2/2019 - Copyright Reform in Europe: How It Impacts Creative Works Used by Brands (panellist), INTA 2019 Europe Conference: Embracing Change, Paris (France)
7/2/2019 - Enforcement of IP Rights over the Internet: Where Are We Now?, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth (UK)
22/1/2019 - Can a Taste Be Protected by Copyright?, EUIPO Academy Webinar Series
21/1/2019 - Originality in Copyright Law, Christie's Education, London (UK)

2018

7/1/2018 - AI and Copyright: What Are the Actual Issues?, Confronting Modernity's Challenges and Regulation, City University of Hong Kong
3/12/2018 - Beauty and the Beast ... and the Memes! Copyright Exceptions under EU and National Laws, Wikimedia's Monsters of Law Seminar Series, Brussels (Belgium)
1/12/2018 - Artificial Intelligence and Copyright in Europe: A Happy (or Even Possible) Relationship?, The Challenge of IP and E-commerce - 2nd Congress of ESIMET, Thessaloniki (Greece)
17/11/2018 - Utilizzo di Contenuti Protetti su Internet: Sintomi e Diagnosi, Ho Preso l'Influencer - Bookcity Milano 2018, Milan (Italy)
9/11/2018 - The New EU Copyright Directive: Towards a Greater Responsibilization of Online Platforms?, Colloque ‘Les Nouveaux Modes de Responsabilisation des Plateformes en Ligne’, Paris (France)
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)

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