Patents
Trademarks
Designs
Unfair competition
Trade secrets
“ll know-how nel contratto di franchising” in Il Diritto Industriale, VI, 2018;
“Diritto fallimentare e proprietà intellettuale: un rapporto complesso”, in Il Diritto Industriale, II, 2018;
“Il rapporto fra brevetto nazionale e brevetto europeo: la conferma della Suprema Corte in merito all’interpretazione dell’art. 59 C.P.I.”, in Il Diritto Industriale, III, 2017;
“Giurisprudenza italiana e cinese in materia di imitazione delle forme”, in Il Diritto Industriale, I, 2016;
“3D Printing in People’s Republic of China and Intellectual Property Rights”, in Law and Sustainable Business in China, curated by Timoteo, Bologna, 2015;
“L’utilizzatore informato sbarca nella Repubblica Popolare Cinese?”, in Il Diritto Industriale, I, 2015;
“Diritti IP in Cina e Prodotti di arredo”, in Aippi Newsletter, I, 2014.
FIlippo Calda has extensive experience in the field of Intellectual Property Law in both litigation and consultancy issues, with particular expertise on China.
He has been collaborating with the IP LAW GALLI firm, as of counsel, since 2018. He is also a partner of the Studio Legale Calda firm in Bologna.
EDUCATION
Law Degree summa cum laude at the University of Bologna, with a dissertation in Comparative Private Law entitled “Well-known trademarks in China” (2007);
PhD at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (in agreement with the University of Parma), with a dissertation in Intellectual Property and Competition Law entitled “Software, beyond copyright protection: comparative perspectives of the expansion of software protection as a trade secret in Europe, USA and the People’s Republic of China” (2017).
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Internship at the Birindelli firm in Beijing (2006);
Traineeship at the Corona-Catelli firm (2007-2010);
Collaboration at a leading Chinese law firm (2011-2012);
Collaboration at the IP LAW GALLI firm (2013-2016);
Collaboration at the De Simone & Partners firm (2016-2018).
ADMISSIONS
Admission to Court of Bologna bar (2012).
LANGUAGES
Italian, English and Chinese