Cinzia Negro

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) - Spain
Cinzia Negro
Present position
Member of the Boards of Appeals - OHIM
Nationality
Italian
Languages
Italian, English, French and Spanish
Educational background
2009
CIArb Accredited Mediator
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London, UK
1999
Italian and Community Trademark Attorney
Industrial Property Consultants Association (Ordine dei Consulenti in Proprietà Industriale), Milan, Italy
1998
Avvocato (Attorney-at-law)
Court of Appeal of Milan (Corte d’Appello di Milano), Italy
1996
Master in Intellectual Property Law
Convey, Turin, Italy (scholarship awarded by the European Union).
1995
Law Degree with honours
University of Turin (Università degli Studi di Torino, Facoltà di Giurisprudenza), Italy
Earlier positions
2008 - 2013
Legal Assistant of the Boards of Appeal - OHIM
Drafting appeal decisions in the area of trade marks and designs (working and drafting languages:
English, Italian, French and Spanish); holding IP seminars and presentations at the OHIM and abroad;
occasionally representing OHIM as agent in trade mark litigation cases before the General Court;
OHIM Accredited Mediator since 2010.
2003 - 2008
Examiner - Trade Marks and Cancellation Department – OHIM
Drafting decisions on opposition, cancellation and examination cases; coaching of examiners;
responsible for the quality check of decisions on opposition cases; handling controversial procedural
matters concerning opposition proceedings; occasionally representing OHIM as agent in trade mark
litigation cases before the General Court.
2000 - 2003
Examiner - Opposition Division - OHIM
Drafting decisions on opposition cases; dealing with opposition proceedings; coaching of examiners;
holding IP seminars and presentations at the OHIM and abroad.
1997 - 2000
Intellectual Property Consultant / Attorney-at-Law - MODIANO & PARTNERS , Milan, Italy
Handling extra-judicial disputes concerning IP matters (trade marks / patents / designs / copyright
infringement, unfair competition) in Italy and worldwide; following Italian and foreign judicial cases of
trade mark and patent infringement, unfair competition, copyright violation; negotiating and drafting
international and worldwide IP agreements of various kind (e.g. coexistence; license of trade mark /
patent rights, know-how).
1996
Stagiare - internship related to CONVEY Master in Intellectual Property Law - GRUPPO FINANZIARIO
TESSILE (GFT) , Turin, Italy
1995 - 1996
Trainee lawyer in civil and commercial law - Law firms D’ORIA and GREPPI PARODI, Turin, Italy

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