Cristina Schiavone graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Bologna in 1996. In 2008, she passed the national patent attorney qualification examination. In 2009, she passed the national trademark attorney qualification examination and the European qualifying examination (EQE). In 2017, she qualified as European patent litigator (European patent litigator certificate). Since 2018, she has been a member of the Examination Committee of the EQE. From 1996 until 2003, she worked in the industry in the Modenese area, dealing with design, production, and management of intellectual property assets. Since 2004, she has worked at Manzella & Associati. She particularly deals with drafting opinions on patentability and infringement; drafting patent specifications; giving technical advice in litigations which involve intellectual property rights; representing clients in opposition and appeal proceedings before the European Patent Office; giving advice and opinions in trademark and design matters.
Languages: Italian English, French and German.

Direct contact: telephone +39 051 6448049; email c.schiavone@manzella.eu