Patents - Trade
Marks - Designs - Copyright - Litigations
Patents - Trade
Marks - Designs - Copyright - Litigations
About Our Firm
ARENA is a two-attorney Intellectual and Industrial Property firm established in 1983.
ATTORNEYS' BACKGROUND:
Giovanni Arena
.. (Arena senior)
| Undergraduate Education: | Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Electrical subsection, granted by Polytechnical University of Milan |
| Technical Background: | Mechanical, electromechanical and electronics engineering, with particular experience in telecommunication, computation and semiconductor technologies |
| Experience Background: |
Experience involving all phases of
patent and trademark practice in Italy and abroad. Since 1967: Member of the Bar of Milan Court; Since 1983: Member of the Bar of Italian Patent Attorneys; 1962-1964: Professional of the Patent Department of IBM's Italian subsidiary; 1964-1979: Manager of the Patent Department of "Societa' Italiana Telecomunicazioni Siemens s.p.a." 1979-1983: Manager of the Patent Department of "Italtel Societa' Italiana Telecomunicazioni s.p.a." Beginning from 1983: private practice; adviser of the Judge of Milan Court and of other national Courts; teacher, in the years 87, 89, 91-93, by Convey, a training center for patent attorney aspirants. |
| Associations: |
1973-1983: Treasurer and Secretary of AICIPI,
the Italian association of Industrial Property practitioners exercising their profession as employees; member of LES, A.I.P.P.I. and UNION |
| Hobbies: | Classic and folk music; theater performances; readings; software programming (since the foundation of the firm he drafted programs for the automatisation of the office procedures: operation of data-bases, book-keeping and automatic emission and printing, in due time, of annuity and extension reminders; even the logo and the program for the pages of present Home Page were made by him). |
Riccardo Arena
.. (Arena junior)
| Undergraduate Education: | Degree in law issued by the state University of Milan, with graduation thesis on "Uses of trademarks of others not provided for by law" |
| Technical Background: | Attendance at a course of Convey, a training center for patent attorney aspirants |
| Experience Background: |
From 1983 experience of patent and trademark practice by present firm; from 1991 to 1993 law practice by a barrister office in Milan; Member of the Bars of Italian and European Trademarks Attorneys |
| Hobbies: | Computer and telecommunication literature, photography, hi-fidelity classic music, sports |
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