Marina Tavassi

Marina Tavassi is President of the Milan Court of Appeal and President of the Specialized Court of Undertakings of the second degree (specialized in IP, Company law and Competition law). She is also Professor (contract professor) of the Pava University of the Studies for the course on Patents and Competition Law, starting from the academic year 2018/2019. On September 2017, she has been confirmed as Italian Member of the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office. Since June 2014 she is a member of the Expert panel for the Rules of Procedure of the Unitary Patent Courts. Before her appointment as President of the Milan Court of Appeal, she was President of the Industrial and Intellectual Property Division at the Milan Court of first instance. Joining the judiciary, she has always been involved in IP, as judge of the Court of first instance, then of the Court of Appeal, up to the Supreme Court, where she was Counsellor (judge) for five years. She has taken part in several seminars, as speaker and chairperson, in the field of IP and competition law, publishing numerous articles and monographs.