Ginevra Righini
She/herPartnerI love my work and get immense satisfaction when there's a good synergy with my clients. I like to listen, understand their needs and goals and deliver high-quality results.
EXPERIENCE
- Successfully defending Protected Designations of Origin (“PDOs”) in countless cases of registration and use of evocative trade marks and in cases of the exploitation of PDOs.
- Winning trade mark disputes both in opposition and appeal proceedings before EUIPO and the Italian Trade Mark Office.
- Through third party observations, obtaining the refusal of trade mark applications on the grounds of descriptiveness and lack of distinctiveness.
Languages
- Italian
- English
- German
Education
- University of Milan, Law degree
- University of Bristol (UK), Intellectual Property Course
Publications
- "Considerations on the protection of the shape of a car as a shape trade mark" ("Il Foro Padano" journal, Gennaio 2009, no. 1);
- "Considerations on the possible conflict of "ambiguous" trade marks with accepted principles of morality and protection of alphabetical trade marks" ("Il Foro Padano" journal, Gennaio 2007, no.1);
- "Considerations on the existence of unfair competition in the event of potential damage" ("Il Foro Padano" journal, luglio 2006, no. 3/4);
- “Made in Italy”, World Trademark Law Report, Maggio 2004.
Seminars
- November 2009 - Series of lectures on "Copyright protection of design" at the University of Camerino (Italy) (PhD course).
- June 2008 - Series of lectures on "An overview of recent court decisions regarding intellectual property: trademarks and patents" at PhD course organised by Just Legal Services (Milan).
- February 2007/June 2006 - Series of lectures on the "Legal Status of Domain Names" at the University of Camerino (Italy) (PhD course).