Andrea is a European Patent Attorney and a European Patent Litigator, is admitted before the European Union Intellectual Property Office for Trademarks and Designs, and he is an Italian IP Attorney.
He has a five-year degree in Electronic Engineering, University of Rome “La Sapienza”, with academic background in hardware, software, telecommunication and remote sensing.
From October 1996 to April 2012, Andrea was affiliated with one of the largest Italian IP firm in Rome, where he received in-house legal training. In 1998 and 1999, he completed several patent law internships in the U.S. and U.K. From 1994 to 1996, he was a designer of software applications and an engineer expert on informatic technologies. Andrea has been co-author of a paper in remote sensing and of an IP manual.
In April 2012, Andrea entered private practice by establishing IP Sextant.
Besides prosecuting IP rights in Europe, he often acts as Court appointed expert in patent and copyright lawsuits in Italy, and he regularly acts as party expert as well.
He is a tutor for the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) National Basic Course in Rome since 2006, and a tutor for the European Patent Institute (EPI) since 2010.
Also, Andrea regularly lectures on IP subjects.
He is a member of AIPLA since 2002 and of AIPPI since 2006.
Andrea is Italian mother tongue and fluent in English.
