In 1986 graduates magna cum laude in Law; in 1987 winns a
scholarship to attend a seminar on the subject of international
commercial contracts organized by St. Johns University-School of
Law, of New York; from 1987 develops activity of research in the
field of industrial and intellectual property rights mainly on the
subject of trademarks and unfair competition. From 1989 is member
of the examination board for comparative private right,
industrial/intellectual and commercial law in the Faculty of Law of
the University in Bologna and for copyright law in the Faculty of
Scienze della formazione; in 1990 is put on the bar of Bologna. In
years 1989, 1990 and 1991 and 1995 wins scholarships of the Max
Planck Gesellshaft for the carrying out of a research in
Max-Planck-Institut fÃÆ'¼r auslÃÆ'¤ndisches Patent Urheber
und Wettbewerbsrects in Munich; in 1991 is “tecnico
laureato†in Istituto di Applicazione Forense (University
of Bologna); in 1993 is “dottore di
ricerca†(PHD)â€; from 2002 is
“ricercatore ordinario†in the University
of Bologna; from 2005 is “professore
aggregato†of commercial and business law
– faculty of law – University of
Bologna; has a good knowledge of French, English and German
language.