Marco Bellia

Marco Bellia

Of counsel

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marco.bellia@spheriens.com

Education

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Juris Doctor, summa cum laude

LUISS University of Rome, PhD in law and Economics

Qualifications

Member of the Italian bar

Languages

English

German

Marco Bellia

Of counsel

Marco handles civil litigation and administrative proceedings both domestically and internationally. He has gained extensive experience in the areas of company law, commercial contracts, patents and competition law. He also has experience in advising clients on contractual and strategic matters related to domestic and cross-border operations, particularly in intellectual property matters.

Marco joined Spheriens in April 2023. Among his previous experiences, he worked at the law firm of Prof. Marco S. Spolidoro in Milan from 2017 to 2023 and did an internship at the Italian Competition Authority from 2010 to 2011.

Marco has been lecturer of Patents and Trade Marks at the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna since 2019. Previously, he was a lecturer of “Diritto industriale e della concorrenza” (IP and unfair competition) at Università di Verona from 2014 to 2018 and a post-doc researcher at the Faculty of Law of the Università Cattolica of Milan from 2015 to 2021. He also spent research periods abroad at Columbia University of New York in 2013 and at the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in 2014 and 2019.

Marco regularly holds lessons at the Master course in Fashion e Luxury Law – MiFeLL organized by Università Cattolica of Milan, as well as lectures and seminars within other university courses and masters.

Marco has contributed to the work of international and national journals, including IIC-International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law and “Giurisprudenza Annotata di Diritto Industriale”.

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Publications

Corporate opportunities, in Giurisprudenza Commerciale, 2023;

Academic Authors, Copyright and Dissemination of Kowledge (with Valentina Moscon), in: C. Sappa, E. Bonadio(eds), The Subjects of Literary and Artistic Copyright, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2022;

Case Note on the Italian Supreme Court Decision “Big Red-Gabibbo” (Das „evolutionäre Plagiat“ eines Werkes), in Grur Int, 2019;

Commento sub artt. 2342-2345, 2360, 2362, 2414 bis, 2420 c.c., in Franzoni-Rolli, Commentario al Codice Civile, Tomo II, Giappichelli, 2018;

Comment on the Italian Supreme Court Decision “Vespa”, in IIC, 2018;

Case Note on the Italian Supreme Court Decision “Reti Televisive Italiane” (Urheberrechtlicher Schutz für TV-Formate), in Grur Int, 2018;

Comment on the Italian Supreme Court Decision “Fiorucci”, in IIC, 2017;

Comment on the Italian Supreme Court’s ‘‘Rotoloni’’ Decision, in IIC, 2017;

Top-Tier Design, Copyright Protection, and the Assessment of the “Artistic Value” Requirement Under Italian Law (Case note on “Metalco”), in IIC, 2016;

National Protection of Geographical Indications not Registered at the EU Level (Case note on “Salame Felino”), in IIC, 2016;

Case note on Vorwerk Folletto: an important decision concerning trade mark reproduction on replacement components, in IIC, 2015;

La legittimazione passiva della società consorella per fatti commessi da altra società del gruppo (nota a Trib. Milano 28.2.2014), in Il Foro Padano, 2015;

Diritto e politica della concorrenza: a proposito di un libro recente in tema di fissazione orizzontale dei prezzi, in Jus, 2014;

Abuso di dipendenza economica dal carattere escludente e concorrenza sleale (commento a Trib. Milano 28.2.2014), in Nuova giurisprudenza civile commentata, 2014;

Case note on “Pfizer”, in IIC-International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law, 2014;

Concorrenza sleale da storno di dipendenti e sua interpretazione nella giurisprudenza più recente, in Rivista di diritto industriale, 2013;

The future of Law and Economics: Interview with Guido Calabresi, in Philosophical News, 2013;

La responsabilità civile dell’internet service provider per violazioni di diritto d’autore (co-author), in Il diritto industriale, 2012;

Tutela cautelare antitrust e prospettive europee: il contributo del giudice ordinario (2009 e 2010) (co-author), in Concorrenza e Mercato, 2011;

Cessione di quota sociale e divieto di concorrenza, (nota a Trib. Torino 22.1.2009), in Il Foro Padano, 2009.

Speeches

“Blockchain and licensing”, LES 6th Young Members Congress, July 13, 2018;

“La normativa EPC sui metodi commerciali ed un confronto con gli U.S.A.”, AIPPI Italia, Seminar on “Le eccezioni alla brevettabilità in Europa e negli USA”, April 13, 2018;

“La tutela dell’innovazione nel sistema finanziario”, ODC, IX Convegno Nazionale, Problemi attuali della proprietà nel diritto commerciale February 23, 2018;

“Abuso di Maggioranza”, Ordine Avvocati e Ordine Dottori Commercialisti e Esperti Contabili Avvocati di Treviso, Convegno di diritto societario, September 29, 2017;

“Libor Manipulation and Antitrust Law”, Columbia Law School, Visiting Scholar Research Forum, March 27, 2013.