Alessia Ferraro

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CBA Studio Legale e Tributario
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Alessia joined the Firm in 2009. Previously, she worked in leading national and international law firms.
She is involved in IP judicial cases assisting both Italian and foreign clients in proceedings involving patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets.
She acquired strong expertise in both meri and interim proceedings (such as preliminary injunctions, seizures, descriptions also at trade fairs) before the specialized IP Sections of the Italian Courts. She also assists the clients, both on a day-to-day basis and in relation to extraordinary transactions, in the areas of civil, commercial and IP law. Her activities consist in providing specialized consultancy in conceiving, structuring, negotiating and drafting a wide variety of contracts, including international licenses, general terms and conditions, transfer of technology agreements, sponsorship contracts, JVs, R&D and joint development agreements and service agreements, as well as supply, distribution, procurement and agency agreements. She assists both Italian and foreign companies with regard to trademarks, patents, trade secrets, design, copyright, made-in, on-line piracy, IT, IoT and unfair competition. Alessia is recognised by The Legal 500 as a Recommended Lawyer in Intellectual Property and as a Key Lawyer in “Padua: Leading Firms”. She is ranked as an “Associate to Watch” by Chambers & Partners Global.

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Expertise
Professional Associations

Member of the Padua Bar Association, 2013;
Secretary of LES Licensing Executive Society, Italy, 2019 – 2022;
Member of the Patent Mediation and Arbitration Centre (PMAC), 2026.

Education

Law Degree, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padua, 2009;
Master's degree in Intellectual Property Law, JLS, School of Legal Education, 2015;
Postgraduate Course: "The European Patent with Unitary Effect", Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, 2023.

Technical contributions and books

01/2026

Technical contributions

UPC Keynotes
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05/2024

Technical contributions

Proprietà Intellettuale: nuove prospettive per una crescita sostenibile
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05/2024

Technical contributions

Intellectual Property: New Perspectives for Sustainable Growth
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Press Office

08-03-2025

Press reviews

GEMA sfida l’AI: la prima battaglia legale nel mondo della musica
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25-02-2025

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Truffa del risarcimento per le foto pubblicate online, cos'è il copyright troll e come difendersi
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27-06-2024

Press reviews

Music copyrights, European Court of Justice ruling (C-10/22) ended the SIAE-LEA duopoly
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04-04-2024

Press reviews

Patents: US guidelines concerning the role of humans and AI in the inventive process
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21-03-2024

Press releases

EU Court of Justice agrees with CBA in Jamendo's case against the SIAE and LEA duopoly
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26-10-2023

Press reviews

Music, spotlight on EU streaming decision
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05-11-2019

Press reviews

Industry 4.0, Italy’s future depends on patents and IP
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27-06-2018

Press reviews

Italy - Trade Secretes: new regulation for a better protection
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30-11-2016

Press reviews

GPS systems on company cars: is union agreement or authorization necessary? – Exhaustion of brand and parallel imports – Unauthorised building and sale of the property
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31-10-2016

Press reviews

Secondment of workers in Italy – what’s new? – Patent box. Corporate trademarks under challenge – The new challenge of CDP: from social housing to smart housing
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30-09-2016

Press reviews

Employer’s liability in the event of accidents at work – Patents under license –Payment of fees and fair competition – Recent case-law and Madia reform in the building industry
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30-06-2016

Press reviews

Lawful dismissal on disciplinary grounds – Use of patronymics: the real descriptive requirement as a legitimation criterion –Real estate funds in the disposal of Italy state-owned assets
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31-05-2016

Press reviews

Repechage: lightening of the burden of proof for the employer – Abusive use of trademark and software and misappropriation of the customer package: the Mazars case – Preliminary Agreement is not null if the building permit is missing
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30-04-2016

Press reviews

Online resignation: first clarifications of the Ministry of Welfare – Are you giving counterfeited products as a present? Forget it… – Law Decree 18/2016: applicability of fixed duties to some real estate transfers
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31-03-2016

Press reviews

Circular of the Ministry of Welfare no. 3/2016: which boundaries for coordinated work? – The new European trademark law: regulation no. 2015/2424 – Indemnity for works on third parties’ property only if they comply with building regulations
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31-01-2016

Press reviews

Legitimate dismissal grounded on profit increase – The skills of the average technician: parameters for the assessment of counterfeiting for equivalents – 2016 Stability Law: some of the measures for the construction industry
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30-11-2015

Press reviews

Acronym of later trademark and confusion between brands - Listed real estate investment companies
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30-09-2015

Press reviews

Principle of exhaustion, license to use the brand and sell-off period – Instruments available real estate sector to serve renewable energy purposes
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30-06-2015

Press reviews

Distribution of copyrighted works: a recent ruling by the Court of Justice – Jurisdiction on compensation for overridden favourable administrative decision
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29-05-2015

Press reviews

European Court: absolute ban on registration of a EU trademark – Energy retrofit in the real estate sector
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