Intellectual Property: Insights & News

Event Details

ICCS in partnership with Fidinam and Ferrante Intellectual Property, is glad to announce an upcoming webinar on Intellectual Property covering the values of protecting your intellectual property, discussing the enforcement of IP, brand protection and providing a general overview from a fiscal point of view.

Speakers

Marta Giordano

Managing Director of Fidinam

Michele Ferrante

Managing Partner at Ferrante Intellectual Property

Marta has over 15 years’ experience in the Corporate Services Industry, the last 9 of which have seen her in either a management or leadership role.
In this role, Marta’s remit sees her work with teams throughout offices to ensure the delivery of the highest level of corporate services.
After commencing her career as tax advisor in Milan, Marta moved to Singapore where she became Partner at Corporate consulting firm.
In the last 14 years, she developed an in-depth experience in the professional and business consultancy environment, managing a portfolio of blue chip clients across a range of industries and regions. She was instrumental in assisting foreign investments onto Singapore and South/North East Asia, advising prospects and clients on corporate, taxation, accounting and immigration law.
Marta was also responsible for business development for existing and emerging markets as well as identifying potential targets for geographic expansions and new alliances with local service providers and professionals.
Marta graduated in Business Management & Administration from Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Milan and is a professional Chartered Accountant.
Qualifications & Memberships
• Certified Chartered Accountant registered with Order of Professional Accountants of Milan
• Chartered Accountant registered with ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)
• Certified Auditor registered with Register of Auditor

MICHELE FERRANTE is the founder and the managing partner of FERRANTE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. He is an expert on the enforcement of IP rights and anti-counterfeit strategies in Asia.
Michele has contributed to numerous EU-China IPR dialogues and governmental meetings. Two such examples include the Seminar on New Issues of Trademark Filing which focuses on bad faith trademark registration of international famous brands and the Seminar on Discussion about the new Trademark Law of China organized by the European Delegation of China & Mongolia. Michele has also collaborated with the US Department of Commerce in raising awareness on IPR Protection in China, giving his contribution to conferences and meetings organized by the Italian IPR Desk in Beijing and Guangzhou. Additionally, he was appointed as a moderator for the working group on China during the 31st ECTA Annual Meeting.
Furthermore, Michele was a speaker at the ECTA workshop for "The Enforcement Challenges of IPRS in China and Europe" presenting the topic of 'The Enforcement of IPRs in China from a European Perspective'. He has also spoken at the American Bar Association's 29th Annual IP Law Conference, presenting various topics of IP law developments along with practice points in China. Recently Michele Ferrante lectured at the Business School of "Il Sole 24 ORE" Business School in Rome on March 2018. Il Sole 24 ORE is the most influential economic newspaper in Italy.
Over the past years Michele Ferrante and Ferrante IP have been nominated for numerous awards, WTR 1000 Review recommended as a leading Intellectual Property practitioner in China and, in its 2018 edition; the firm was recommended as well by the Worldwide Business Review, as exclusive winner of "2017 Ones to Watch in China" from Law sector, among others.

Michele speaks fluent Italian, English, French and Spanish.