Mario Leone

Mario Leone Born in 1966. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering (1991, University of Genoa, Italy). Designer of heat removal systems in the nuclear engineering field (Ansaldo Divisione Nucleare, 1991). Patent consultant since 1993, from 1993 to 1997 at Jacobacci & Perani (Milan Office, now Jacobacci & Partners), and from 1997 to 2006 at Società Italiana Brevetti (Rome Office) Italian Patent and Trademark Attorney, European Patent and Trademark Attorney - authorised to practice before the Italian Patent Office, the European Patent Office, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO – Geneva, Switzerland), the Office for the Harmonization of the Internal Market (OHIM – Alicante, Spain), the Community Plant Variety Office (CPOV – Angérs, France), for any matter concerning patents, utility models, design, trademarks and plant varieties. Founder and Partner of “Studio Associato Leone & Spadaro” (2006) Mainly focused in the drafting and the prosecution of patent applications, utility model applications and design registration in Italy, Europe, in the USA, in further foreign countries and under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (P.C.T.), in any field of the engineering and for software on behalf of Italian and International clients. Expert in setting out patent strategies and in patent portfolio management, in assisting clients for technical evaluations related to patent validity and patent bars. Specialized in patent searches, opposition procedures and technical expertises required in litigation proceedings before Italian and foreign Courts. Lecturer in specialization courses for IP operators from universities and industries, for patent practitioners and for patent formality paralegals. Member of the Italian Patent and Trademark Consultant Institute, the European Institute of Patent Attorneys (EPI), FICPI, AIPPI, the Italian Association of Engineers, appointed in the list of Court Patent Experts. Tutor of the Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle (CEIPI) Université Robert Schumann, Strasbourg (France). Languages: Italian (mother tongue), English, French.