Paul Bodenham

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"I am a British national working in Italy as an attorney-at-law specialized in Intellectual Property and Information Technology. I advise and assist clients on how to protect, manage and enhancement their Intellectual Property Rights, including filing and prosecuting patents, trademarks and designs, as well as conducting litigation before national and Community Authorities and drafting contracts relating to IPRs (i.e. assignment, licensing and confidentiality agreements). "

Curriculum vitae

"PAUL BODENHAM Nationality: British Date of Birth: 22nd June 1965 Address: Largo Vassalletto, 6 00196 Rome, Italy Mobile (+39) 348 8735070 Home (+39) 06 31056503 E-mail: pb@avvbodenham.it paul.bodenham@gmail.com Professional Experience Of Counsel Studio Legale Alma (Rome) 2011
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Present Areas of specialization: new technologies, trademarks, invention patents, utility model patents, designs, copyright, unfair competition, advertising, domain names, data protection. Activity: Defence, management and enhancement of Clients' Intellectual Property Rights, including the filing and prosecution thereof and IP Litigation before national and Community Authorities. Drafting of opinions and IP agreements (assignment and licensing of intellectual property rights; confidentiality know-how agreements etc.). Lawyer De Tullio & Partners s.r.l. (Rome) 2008
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2010 Areas of specialization: trademarks, invention patents, utility model patents, designs, copyright, unfair competition, advertising, domain names, data protection. Activity: Defence, management and enhancement of Clients' Intellectual Property Rights, including the filing and prosecution thereof and IP Litigation before national and Community Authorities. Drafting of opinions and IP agreements (assignment and licensing of intellectual property rights; confidentiality know-how agreements etc.). Lawyer Barzanò & Zanardo Studio Legale Associato (Rome) 2001 - 2008 Areas of specialization: trademarks, invention patents, utility model patents, designs, copyright, unfair competition, advertising, domain names, data protection. Activity: Defence, management and enhancement of Clients' Intellectual Property Rights, including the filing and prosecution thereof and IP Litigation before national and Community Authorities. Drafting of opinions and IP agreements (assignment and licensing of intellectual property rights; confidentiality know-how agreements etc.). Lawyer Studio Legale Grimaldi Clifford Chance (Rome) 2000 - 2001 Areas of specialization: Securitisation transactions. Contract Dataspazio S.p.A. (Rome) Manager 1991
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1999 Drafting of software agreements (software licenses, software development agreements etc.). Trainee Macintyre Hudson (London) Tax Consultant 1988 - 1989 Tax consultancy services provided to corporate and private clients. Education and qualifications Bar vocational Bar Council of November 2000 England and Wales Enrolled with the Bar of England and Wales since November 2000 after having successfully completed the Bar Vocational Course at Cardiff Law School. Examinations: Civil Procedure; Criminal Procedure, Professional Conduct; Advocacy; Opinion Writing; Drafting; Negotiations; Conferencing; Company Law; Commercial Law. Bachelor in Law (LL.B) University of Manchester 1984
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1987 Subjects studied: Contract Law; Torts; Constitutional Law; Criminal Law; Equity and Trust; Land Law; Public International Law; Jurisprudence; Conflict of Laws; Family Law; Social Security Law; Civil Liberties. Lawyer Court of Appeal of Rome May 2000 Enrolled with the Rome Bar Council since May 2000. J.D. University of Rome 1993 - 1996 La Sapienza Thesis on New Types of Software Contracts. Subjects studied: Civil Law; Criminal Law; Civil Procedure; Criminal Procedure; Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Comparative Law; History of Roman Law. Conferences and seminars June 2011 Lecture at V Italian Free Software Conference on Open cloud computing and Re-use of Trashware in Italian Government. May 2009 Lecture on Patents and technology transfer: New business models in order to face international challenges in the cycle of intellectual property training and awareness seminars and workshops organized by the Taranto Chamber of Commerce. May 2009 Lecture on The protection of products in the agricultural and food sector in the cycle of intellectual property training and awareness seminars and workshops organized by the Taranto Chamber of Commerce. May 2009 Lecture on Case Studies on patents in the naval sector in the cycle of intellectual property training and awareness seminars and workshops organized by the Brindisi Chamber of Commerce. April 2009 Lecture on Rights of economic use over patents: contracts, enforcement and judicial remedies in the framework of the SIDEREUS programme organized by FILAS (Finanziaria Regione Lazio) on behalf of the EU China IPR Desk for SMEs. April 2009 Lecture on International copyright conventions in the framework of the conference on copyright organized by the Italian Cultural Heritage Ministry, General Direction for Book Heritage, Cultural Institutes and Copyright for the World Intellectual Property Day. Publications Co-author of the publication Intellectual Property Asset Management by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in the Agro-Foods Sector commissioned by the World Intellectual Property Organisation to be published at the beginning of 2012. Co-author of the publication edited by RAI-ERI Intangible Riches. Intellectual Property and competitiveness of the audovisual sector, January 2011. Contribution on Intellectual Property and competitiveness of the Italian Economic System in Guide for the Disegno e Design Exhibition held at the Ara Pacis in Rome from November 5 2009 to January 31 2010. Intellectual Property for access to the Argentine market: The cases of Argentina, Libya, Poland and Vietnam edited by the Italian-Argentine Chamber of Commerce, May 2009. Intellectual Property Protection in 12 North and South American Countries, as well as in the African Mediterranean edited by Italia Oggi, April 2009. Trademark World: Overstepping the Mark. The Italian Government Exceeds Authority, July 2007. Trademark World: When in Rome. The application of the Enforcement Directive under Italian law, October 2005. Trademark World: Catch 22. Italy's Draft Industrial Property Code, March 2004. Trademark World: Allegiance in Sport: An Italian perspective on Arsenal vs. Reed, June 2003. Language skills English - C2 Italian - C2 French - B2 "

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"I am a British national working in Italy as an attorney-at-law specialized in Intellectual Property and Information Technology. I advise and assist clients on how to protect, manage and enhancement their Intellectual Property Rights, including filing and prosecuting patents, trademarks and designs, as well as conducting litigation before national and Community Authorities and drafting contracts relating to IPRs (i.e. assignment, licensing and confidentiality agreements). "