1. Partner at Nunziante Magrone
FASHION LAW PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Avv. NICCOLO’ FERRETTI
Partner at Nunziante Magrone

2. Avv. NICCOLO’ FERRETTI Partner at Nunziante Magrone
CAREER MEMBERSHIPS 2016 – present Partner at Nunziante Magrone Law Firm, Milan EPLAW, LES and ECTA Resident Partner at BARDEHLE PAGENBERG Law Firm, Milan (Design and WIPO Committees) Partner at Casucci-Ferretti Law Firm, Milan – Associate at Clifford Chance Law Firm, Milan – Trainee at Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners Law Firm, Milan Sarandria Law Firm, Florence EDUCATION LANGUAGES Master in advertising law, Milan Italian, English Milan Bar Association Master on IP management, Verona, Politecnico di Milano 1999 – Law Degree, University of Florence

3. TEACHING EXPERIENCES IN THE FIELD OF FASHION LAW
Lecturer of fashion law at Bicocca University:
Director of the Altalex, Euroconference and Lexenia fashion law short master:
Panellist for Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana:
Speaker at the 8th edition of the Global Brand Protection Summit (Amsterdam 2017):

4. PUBLICATIONS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
Editor of several articles on IP reviews, concerning cases involving fashion companies.
On 2010 founder of the fashion law Group (diritto della moda) on Linkedin, (more than members, amongst IP practitioners and legal counsels of some of the most well known trademarks in the fashion sector, such as ARMANI, VERSACE, GUCCI, FENDI, RALPH LAUREN, etc.).

5. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY SECTOR
During the last 15 years I have assisted many companies of the fashion industry, such as:

6. PRADA
H&M
Cases related to:
Cases against Chanel and Ferragamo related to design and trademark
- exhaustion of trademark rights
parallel imports
Protected goods: shoes, handbags
trademark infringers
Protected goods: shoes, accessories and clothing
DIESEL
A design case against Zara
Protected good: trousers
TIMBERLAND
GURU
Trademark licenses
Anticounterfeiting
Protected products: apparel, clothing, footwear
Protected goods: shoes
CONTE OF FLORENCE

7. BACI&ABBRACCI
Termination of a trademark licence agreement
Products: underwear
LAMBRETTA
From 2007
BIKKEMBERGS
- management of the trademark portfolio
Several cases concerning
- contentious matters related to the infringement of the trademark rights.
Trademark
Unfair competition
- coordination of the worldwide litigation strategy (disputes in UK, India, Vietnam, before Court of Justice and EUIPO office)
Protected goods: shoes

8. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN THE DESIGN INDUSTRY SECTOR
During the last 15 years I have assisted many companies of the design industry, such as:

9. FLOS
Several cases aimed to the protection of the copyrights on the well-known Flos lamps, legal assistance in front of the Court of Justice for the protection of the industrial design according to the copyright law
ILLY
From 2005, several cases of
Design Infringement
Unfair competition
Protected goods: coffee cups and coffee machine
THUN
STRATEGIA
From 2001 Protection of IP rights
A shoe manufacturer company, with more than 500 Community design registration.
Trademark
Design
From 2011 several cases on
Copyright
- Slavish imitation
Protected goods: ceramic goods, in particular statuettes
- Design infringement
Protected goods: shoes

10. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN CONTRACTS, CUSTOM PROTECTION AND THE FAIR IP PROTECTION SYSTEM
Skills in negotiating and drafting:
License agreements;
Distribution agreements;
Co-branding agreements;
Franchising agreements;
Sponsorship agreements;
Confidentiality agreements (NDAs).
Contacts with the relevant authorities for the:
Italian and EU Custom enforcement of IP rights.
Fair IP Protection System
From 2001 – to 2016 Delegate appointed by the Milan fairs “Macef” and “Expocomfort” for the management of the internal IP Protection System.

11. Studio Legale Associato
CONTACT DETAILS
Mr Niccolò Ferretti
Nunziante Magrone
Studio Legale Associato
Foro Buonaparte 70
20121 Milano
Tel
Fax
More than 15 years of experience in the IP rights sector
Master in Management of IP Rights, from the Polytechnic University of Milan and short Master in Advertising Law, from IAP (Istituto Autodisciplina Pubblicitaria)
Lecturer on behalf of various public and private entities, institutions, and Universities (amongst which the Fashion Law course of Altalex).
Legalcommunity Award Fashion Lawyer 2018.
Member of the ECTA Design Committee, LES and EPLAW
Languages: Italian and English