LES Licensing Executives Society Italia
The Licensing Executives Society (LES) is a non-profit organization active in the field of Technology and Intellectual Property licensing – from technical know-how and patented inventions to software, copyright and trademarks.
LES International (LESI) has more than 10,000 individual members divided into 32 national and regional societies.
LES Italy is the Italian group of the LESI. Its members include more than 500 representatives from major Italian companies, law and IP firms, universities and research centers.
The association aims to encourage high professional standards among individuals engaged in the transfer and licensing of technology and Intellectual Property rights. It also assists its members in improving their skills and techniques through self education, studies and researches, educational meetings, publications and the exchange of ideas related to domestic and foreign licensing.
PRESIDENT
Rinaldo PLEBANI
Italian and European Patent & Trademark Attorney, Studio Torta, Torino
VICE-PRESIDENTS
(*) Mattia DALLA COSTA
Attorney at Law, Founder and Partner, Head of IP Department, CBA Studio Legale, Padova and München
Gian Antonio PANCOT
Italian Patent and Italian and European Trademark Attorney, A.BRE.MAR S.r.l., Torino
SEGRETARY
Simona CAZZANIGA
Managing Partner, Studio Legale Sutti, Milano
TREASURER
(*) Antonio DI BERNARDO
President, Italian and European Patent & Trademark Attorney, Thinx S.r.l., Milano
OTHER OFFICERS
(*) Dario PASCHETTA
SCIENTIFIC COORDINATOR
Partner, LL.M.-LSE, Studio Frignani Virano e Associati, Torino
dario.paschetta@studiofrignani.com
Emanuela BIANCO
Attorney at Law, Ph.D., Italian and European Trademark Attorney, Name Partner, Saglietti Bianco, Torino and Bern
emanuela.bianco@sagliettibianco.com
Felice Fulvio FARACI
CEO and President, Metroconsult Srl, Torino
Alessia FERRARO
Attorney at Law, CBA Studio Legale, Padova
(*) Marilena GARIS
Italian and European Trademark Attorney, A.BRE.MAR S.r.l., Torino
Sergio LASCA
Head of IP – Patents and Know How, Pirelli & C. S.p.a., Milano
Alessandro LEGANZA
Head of IP, FIS – Fabbrica Italiana Sintetici S.p.A., Vicenza
Valentina PIOLA
Licensing Manager, Sisvel S.p.A, Torino
Ing. Paolo REZZAGHI
IPR Manager, Brembo, Bergamo
(*)Anna Maria STEIN
Of Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland, Milano
annamariastein@eversheds-sutherland.it
* INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES
AUDITORS
Salvatore BASILE
Chartered Accountant and Auditor, Partner, Cortellazzo-Soatto, Padova
Leonardo REGGIO
Chartered Accountant and Auditor, CBA Studio Legale, Milano
Andrea VESTITA
Chartered Accountant and Auditor, Partner, Syntagma Dottori Commercialisti Associati, Milano