Ersilia Calò

Specialisation

Expert in Italian, EU and international Trademark Law.

Legal advice on management of trademarks, designs, copyrights and domain-names portfolios in Italy, the EU and worldwide for Italian and foreign clients.

Legal, marketing, technical, economic and financial advice for each phase of protection and defence of trademarks: from planning and creation, availability searches, monitoring of new filings and renewals, defence and prosecution through to registration; opposition, revocation and nullity actions; negotiating and drafting, through to conclusion, of coexistence, licensing, franchising, assignment and merger agreements.

Legal assistance in out-of-court matters. Legal assistance in infringement and unfair competition actions abroad.

Publications

I marchi di Certificazioni (Certification marks)(2007), degree thesis, referee Prof. Avv. Adriano Vanzetti, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.

"Ricerche d’Anteriorità sui Marchi" (Trademark Availability Searches), in Franco Angeli (ed.) Professione Wedding Planner, Edizioni Franco Angeli (Milan, 2007).

Professional memberships

Italian IP Attorneys Association - Trademarks section.
EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office), Trademarks and Designs Section
WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), Trademarks Section
INTA (International Trademark Association)
MARQUES (Association of European Trade Mark Owners)

Career

Studied Law, specialising in industrial property law at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan.

Master’s degree (laurea) in Law with specialization in I.P. - mentor Prof. Avv. Adriano Vanzetti, Milan, 1997

Master in International Contracts, at the Business School “Il Sole 24 Ore”, Milan, 2016.

Legal consultant in the industrial property area since 2000. Considerable experience achieved in one of the most leading I.P. legal firms in Milan after working for three years with a well-known US food and chemical-pharmaceutical multinational company in Marketing & Sales division.

Italian and European trademark and design attorney since 2004.

Occasional external lecturer in IP matters at the Politecnico di Milano (Department of Energy) and at the Università di Farmacia, Milan, since 2010.

Joined HOFFMANN EITLE in 2016.